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Consider Cost and Time at Resource Consent Stage 17/03/2019
2019/03/17 Council Consent 役所の許認可, New Home 新築, The Way We Work 仕事のこだわり
Hi All, The recent trend is that there are many customers who are thinking to subdivide their own land and build new residential buildings. It is necessary to acquire a resource consent (= RC) in order to do land subdivision. Things Commonly Happen At RC Stage Many companies do not spend much time, energy or money on preparing good plans for RC application. Therefore, at the time of a building consent design (= BC) which is the post process of RC, It takes time for them to correct errors and develop details that should have been considered at the RC stage. Common errors found in the BC stage often relates to Height In Relation To Boundary, too much construction costs, room layouts and access to […]
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Shadow Analysis For New Home Development
2018/01/28 Council Consent 役所の許認可, New Home 新築, The Way We Work 仕事のこだわり
Hello everyone, We often do a shadow analysis for our new home development to make sure next door buildings have enough access to sunlight. (日本語訳下にあります) (下面有中文的翻译) Shadow Analysis Normally we study the area of shadows cast by our new building for four key dates through a year, namely Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice, Vernal Equinox (Spring) and Autumnal Equinox (Autumn). Here the analysis example for our new home for Summer Solstice when the sun reaches the highest point in the sky. The shadow covers only a small part of the neighbor building and it can access to a plenty of sunlight so it is all fine and also complied with the Council standard. Below is for Winter Solstice when the sun angle is the lowest in the […]
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Resource Consent For Minor Dwellings To Be Approved By August 19
2016/06/19 Council Consent 役所の許認可 Council Consent, Granny Flat, Minor Dwelling
Hi everyone, Thanks for visiting Japan Homes blog. (For Japanese please see at the bottom of this post). There is updated news about building minor dwellings (MD) in Auckland that Resource Consent (RC) for these new buildings needs to be approved by August 19, 2016. For the other posts about Minor Unit: HURRY TO PLAN YOUR GRANNY FLAT!! Minor Unit Project in East of Auckland Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan and RC Application As some of you guys already know Auckland Council is going to introduce a new district plan called “Proposed Auckland Unitary Plan (PAUP)” this year (most likely in September). Currently there is still on-going talk about the details of the new regulations but most likely PAUP will not accept building MDs in […]
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HURRY TO PLAN YOUR GRANNY FLAT!!
2016/05/01 Council Consent 役所の許認可, The Way We Work 仕事のこだわり, What I feel 自分が感じたこと Auckland, builder new house renovation nz, Design, property, ニュージーランド 不動産 投資
Hi everyone, Hope everything goes well for you. Today I just tell you one thing: YOU MUST HURRY TO PLAN YOUR GRANNY FLAT!! if you are thinking to do so!! 1 What is Granny Flat? A Granny Flat (Minor Household Unit, Minor Unit, etc.) is a small house (Maximum 60m2-65m2 floor area) built in the same section where the main house already exists. The minor unit can have all facility needed for a few people to live such as Kitchen, Bathroom, Laundry, Living&Dinning and Bedroom. 2 Deadline Auckland Council (AC) will not accept application for a new minor unit from September 1, 2016. So if you are considering to build a granny flat (GF) at your own property in Auckland you have to begin planning at […]
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Minor Unit Project in East of Auckland
2016/04/17 Council Consent 役所の許認可, The Way We Work 仕事のこだわり
Hi All, Today I am going to talk about a minor unit + garage project in East Of Auckland which is a very interesting case and should provide helpful info. to those who are considering to build their own minor unit in their land. The Client Needs/Wants: 1 Would like to design and build a 60m2 floor-area minor unit, 40m2 double garage and 20m2 sleepout 2 These are to be all connected under the same roof 3 The garage and sleep out should have their own bathroom 4 Future replacement of a new home with the existing home or subdivision of the land Initial Japan Homes Concept Design We are very happy to hear this idea of building a new minor unit because […]
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Application For New Minor Units Will Be Banned On Sep 1!!
2016/04/03 Council Consent 役所の許認可
Hi Aucklanders, Application for new minor units There is shocking news that application for building a new minor unit at a private property across Auckland will not be accepted by Auckland Council from September 1, 2016. So if you are considering to build a granny flat at your own property in Auckland you will have to be quick to get your plan ready to lodge with AC. What you have to do for the application is to prepare Resource Consent (RC) for your minor unit plan and lodge it with AC by September 1. However, you dont have to be worried about quick-build of your minor unit as it is just to be built within 5 years since the RC application is accepted so […]
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Auckland’s housing shortage worsening with new dwelling consents still falling well short of demand
2015/11/14 Council Consent 役所の許認可, NZ Economy NZの経済について, NZ Property NZの不動産
10月に始まった、規制の変更でマーケットは沈静化を示しているが、下記の記事などをみると面白いなと思う。年間、13000件の新築着工目標件数を考慮すると、月に1100件程度の新築許可申請認可が必要になる。が、実際には、8月741件、9月は643件と半分もいない計算である。
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I want to open a café. How much is the construction fee for the start up? カフェを開業するときの立上げに必要な工事資金が気になる。
2015/08/16 Council Consent 役所の許認可, FAQ よくある質問
Today I will show you Q&A between me and a client who is planning to open a café. Q) It doesn’t seem to have mains water. My real estate agent says that we can lead water from a restaurant next door. How much would it cost to proceed including the permission? A) We need to check the site first but it would be around $10,000 – $15,000 including the lead-in water, connection, supply and design. Also the distance from an exhaust port, drainage and supply to the shop is important. The length and difficulties affect the cost. Thus we need to calculate the estimation of construction and to think whether we will step the next stage. After getting your confirmation, we start to consider an […]
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The NZ Building law gets stricter every year 年々厳しくなる建築の法律
2015/07/28 Council Consent 役所の許認可
This month we applied for a Building Consent to change a ground floor space that consists of workshop and garage sized about 60m2 to living space in West Auckland. Currently the space is just large, but our project is a huge renovation that we will install a Japanese bathroom, bedroom, office, living room and mini kitchen that doesn’t have cooking equipment (=BAR). However, recently the council that grants building permission seems to change the correspondence. It becomes harder to obtain permission for a part of renovation, which is BAR AREA. The BAR AREA is a small sink for washing cups, and it was no problem before but now it is highly likely that they don’t allow building BAR AREA. Usually the council response slowly […]
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