Car port and driveway

[demuire]

Called council today, and they couldn't give me any sort of solid answer... First they said "yes you have to get a surveyor out" then they said "you should get one out for your own peace of mind" and then they started talking about siting variations and how the structure must be further away from 6 meters or I'll need one (even though I mentioned that I am going to put in a siting variation application because it will be within 6 meters). The lady sounded like she was in a hurry and was sounding rather annoyed so I didn't pursue it. The guy from Titan recons they don't generally ask for a surveyor's certificate, so if I'm confident it will sit within my boundary then it should be ok. But maybe he's just trying to sell me the carport...

[demuire]

I got a long tape measure and measured out my property according to the plans I got when I bought the house. It looks like about 2m of the neighbour's front hedge and paved area is outside of his property, and part of the carport too. Hmm.

In any case, if what I have measured is right (assuming my back fence is where it is supposed to be), it looks like it will be very close to the boundary. Does anyone have any recommendations for a surveyor? I've called every number listed in the yellow pages, and the cheapest quote I have is still between $1000-$1400...

[Nachoman]

How's it all going??

[demuire]

Well, after talking to neighbors and people at Titan I've decided to not get a surveyor. No matter how I measure it I can't see how my car port could go over my boundary, at worst case it may be maybe a meter away from it.

I've ordered the carport and put in the applications to council, so now I'm just waiting. Apparently council applications generally take about 5 weeks (I also had to get a relaxation because I'm within 6 meters of the boundary), so I suppose ETA sometime in March.

[Nachoman]

Cool. Glad to hear it's all going ahead.

I'm just about to get a job in the surveying section on the council so in future i will hopefully be able to help with these things in future for small fee's hahaha.

[demuire]

Got my council approval (yay). Unfortunately the person who did the drawing of my property wrote the wrong length for my property boundary, so I'm trying to chase that up now (he wrote it down as 22m, and not 23m - and this is on the corner that is closest to the car port!) So yes, hopefully it isn't a problem, or maybe it will need to be re-drawn and re-approved...

[demuire]

The Titan salesperson called me up today and told me not to worry about the incorrect measurements on the council application, the engineering firm that I thought drew the plans (they didn't actually, I think the salesperson did) voiced concern that if the building application is drawn that way then it may be a problem in the future. Does anyone know?

I called the salesperson up again and he got all narky about it and said I was worrying over nothing and if I really was concerned I can go to council and get it changed (and then more or less hung up).

Hmm. This totally sucks. Maybe I'll call council and see what they have to say.

[demuire]

Just in case anyone was wondering what was happening with this, it's all progressing well. Holes have been dug (see other thread), inspections passed, now to do the actual building of the carport

[Yonnee]

"I called the salesperson up again and he got all narky about it and said I was worrying over nothing and if I really was concerned I can go to council and get it changed (and then more or less hung up)."

Now that's what I call 'after sales service'.

Hope it all goes well in the end.