Hi Liam,
You are correct, I should have said they are opposed to a"someone else's granny" flat i.e. as you state dual occ. I do find it a bit contradictory on the BCC website, in the new house FAQ document it states quite clearly:
"
Can you rent out a Secondary Dwelling (granny flat) under a house?
No. Acceptable Solution A8 in the House Code states that a House must be used by a single household group. Renting out a Secondary Dwelling or "granny flat" would be contrary to the Acceptable Solution as the house is used by one group and the Secondary Dwelling by an autonomous group.
Non-compliance with the acceptable solutions triggers a notifiable code application."
However if I go to A8 it has multiple points:
Performance criteria
House must be used for domestic residential purposes
Acceptable solutions
A8 The main dwelling, together with any secondary dwelling, is used by a household group comprising
• 1 person maintaining a household, or
• 2 or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, or
•
not more than 6 persons, not necessarily related by blood, marriage or adoption, or
• not more than 6 persons under the age of 18 and not necessarily related by blood, marriage or adoption, together with 1 or 2 adult persons who have care and control of them, or
• not more than 6 persons with disabilities permanently occupying a dwelling where care or assistance is provided by other persons, provided that no more than 2 of these other persons reside at the dwelling
so this is telling me that 6 random people can inhabit the house? I guess the term "a household group" seems to be the sticking point. What triggered my question was Andrew saying in this thread:
http://somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?p=881190#post881190
"There's a review due for Brisbane in 2012 about this type of housing.. fingers crossed somebody has some common sense and we get some sensible granny flat rules."
Anyone else have info on this?
Thanks
Scott