WE help with “STUFF” LIKE …
We review properties to help identify potential game changers like character restrictions, protected veg, flooding etc ... so that you know where the “goal posts” are before starting a project. Let’s be real ... ain’t nobody got time or energy to deal with a redesign (and the unhappy clients that come with it).
Can you tweak the design or do anything to avoid a planning app ... to speed up the process through council ... or to increase your chances of success? We review your ideas/plans early on, to help work out what the options are. So that the client can “choose their own adventure”.
If a DA (planning application) isn’t required, or if the design can be adjusted to avoid triggering one, we can provide a formal letter confirming just that. Allowing you to proceed to the next steps with confidence … and giving the certifier something to cover their backside down the track.
If you are planning something totally outside the box, if there isn’t any flexibility to negotiate during the assessment process, and/or if the decision to proceed will cost big buckeroos ... we can meet with council on your behalf, to suss out the chances of success/key issues etc. before anyone commits.
Got one of those teeny tiny things that “common sense” says just shouldn’t trigger, but technically does ... things like balustrade infills or above ground pools in traditional areas, stairs in the front setback on small lots etc. ... we can manage an exemption certificate request with Council to work around the trigger.
These bad boys are our “bread and butter”. We loooove traditional renos, heritage renos, “small lot” renos, flood resilience renos, renos in mapped waterway corridors, you get the idea ... we can prepare, lodge, and manage an app for everything from carports and pools, up to multi million dollar overhauls.
New houses in traditional areas, houses triggering performance outcomes on “small lots”, houses over the standard height limits, houses in mapped biodiversity areas, houses in mapped waterway corridors ... basically we do apps for houses, houses and more houses!
Certifier thrown you a curve ball, price blow outs triggering design changes, material availability issues forcing you to adapt, or things just not quite going to plan on site? If you need to tweak an approval, we do mods (aka modifications, section 81 and 82's) too.
You won’t usually find us hanging around outside Brisbane, on big jobs like unit towers and shopping centres, or lodging objections against other people’s applications. Sticking to houses in Brissy lets us go deep on the rules, and the repetition lets us automate the behind-the-scenes stuff … freeing us up for the warm fuzzies (aka good customer service).
If we aren’t right for you, no stress, we are more than happy to connect you with other planners who might be.
