Perth & Metro Building Inspections

✨You can now build compliant granny flats without planning approval. 🏘

✨Granny flats on residential land will still need to meet setback requirements and must not exceed 70 square metres.

☎️Contact your local government for information about building a granny flat and whether an exemption applies.

👉Relaxed amendments to Residential Design Codes (R-Codes) include:

🔸 R-code compliant granny flats on residential lots of any size in Western Australia will not require planning approval, allowing homeowners to simply seek a building permit.

🔸 granny flats will no longer be required to be compatible with the design of the existing dwelling.

🔸 the minimum lot size requirement of 350 square metres has been removed while ancillary dwellings will now also be permitted in grouped dwellings and strata lots.

🔸 granny flats are not required to have a parking bay, except for some densities or locations where a car is more likely to be needed due to distance from public transport.

Don't let this be your new home

Always a practical completion inspection Perth

This inspection need to occur just before the pre handover inspection

The entire bottom 2 course bricks for this wall is history I'm surprised the wall hasn't blown out

The worst bricky workmanship I've ever seen

This site gutter drainage is not functional, always make sure gutters and downpipes maintain every 3 months 😊

Exposed electrical wires like these in your roof space are extremely dangerous. To avoid electrocution or a fire they should be located in a junction box! Check yours today!!

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