Looking to purchase a house here in Brisbane and wondering about it's development potential before I put an offer down on paper. I called Brisbane city council, but town planners aren't available until tomorrow..?
- It's on a 810sqm block, made up of two 10x40m rectangular lots side by side making a 20m frontage.
- Located in CR2 zone. Current house was built pre-1946 and spans across both lots in the middle towards the front. It's about 12-13m wide, so it is difficult slide to fit on just 1 lot, even with approval, as it's too wide.
Ideas:
1)
My initial thought was to reconfigure into battle-axe formation and keep the DCP, CR2 house in the front and build a unit at the back or land bank. May need to slide house in front further towards one corner if needed, but it currently has enough room for a driveway either side.
Unfortunately the land has been flagged for overland flow flooding from waterway/creek. 3.1m to 3.9m 20% and 1% respectively. DFL is 3.9m, but weirdly enough the highest and lowest points on the lots are 3.1m and 3.9m too. Does this sound suss? Am I reading the report correctly?
Obviously I'd need a surveyor out there at some point.
I imagine the council would be reluctant to reconfigure 'flooded' land like this. However, if it's 3.1-3.9m, can the site be filled to alleviate the problem? It slopes down ever so gently away from the road towards back which is where the flooding mostly is. What if the new development was on stumps?
If I can get the battle-axe formation what does the new vacant land become? CR2 land??? Can I build a 2 storey unit on there? The lots on the other side of the road are all LMR2 and have units built on them already.
2)
Alternatively, can the existing house be partially demolished and slide to one side given it's DCP constraints? Is the only way burning half of it down with fire?
If I can fit it into one of the 10x40m lot then it leaves the other one vacant ready to build, which is probably cheaper to do than having to reconfigure.
Thoughts?
- It's on a 810sqm block, made up of two 10x40m rectangular lots side by side making a 20m frontage.
- Located in CR2 zone. Current house was built pre-1946 and spans across both lots in the middle towards the front. It's about 12-13m wide, so it is difficult slide to fit on just 1 lot, even with approval, as it's too wide.
Ideas:
1)
My initial thought was to reconfigure into battle-axe formation and keep the DCP, CR2 house in the front and build a unit at the back or land bank. May need to slide house in front further towards one corner if needed, but it currently has enough room for a driveway either side.
Unfortunately the land has been flagged for overland flow flooding from waterway/creek. 3.1m to 3.9m 20% and 1% respectively. DFL is 3.9m, but weirdly enough the highest and lowest points on the lots are 3.1m and 3.9m too. Does this sound suss? Am I reading the report correctly?
Obviously I'd need a surveyor out there at some point.
I imagine the council would be reluctant to reconfigure 'flooded' land like this. However, if it's 3.1-3.9m, can the site be filled to alleviate the problem? It slopes down ever so gently away from the road towards back which is where the flooding mostly is. What if the new development was on stumps?
If I can get the battle-axe formation what does the new vacant land become? CR2 land??? Can I build a 2 storey unit on there? The lots on the other side of the road are all LMR2 and have units built on them already.
2)
Alternatively, can the existing house be partially demolished and slide to one side given it's DCP constraints? Is the only way burning half of it down with fire?
If I can fit it into one of the 10x40m lot then it leaves the other one vacant ready to build, which is probably cheaper to do than having to reconfigure.
Thoughts?