The Benefits of a Dual Occupancy Approval
A Dual Occupancy is the construction of two separate, self-contained dwellings on a single lot. Depending on the size of the property, these dwellings can either share one roof and resemble a single house or be two distinct structures. In some cases, the lot may be subdivided.
The benefits of Dual Occupancies include:
- Financial Benefits: Dual Occupancy Approvals often offer investors more substantial long-term financial advantages over granny flats because of a number of reasons explained in our video.
- New Housing Opportunities: Through infill development Dual Occupancy Approvals enable more people to live within existing communities.
- Reduce Debt Levels: Dual Occupancies can provide a steady rental income and if approved for subdivision there is the ability to sell one of the properties, another advantage over granny flats, which cannot be sold separately.
- Generate Growth: Dual Occupancy Approvals allow you to create growth regardless of current market conditions.
Some of the Issues You’ll Face with your Dual Occupancy Council Approval…
If you’re feeling overwhelmed or drowning in endless paperwork and compliance, you’re not alone. The planning system is complex and can be frustrating for homeowners and investors.
Putting together an application for a dual occupancy can be extremely hard and tiring and dealing with council can be a nightmare, not to mention the whole process can be very expensive. Plus, we’re pretty sure, you have better things to do… That’s where we fit in!
It’s what we do, all day, everyday. With a team of 20+ highly knowledgeable and experienced town planners, property consultants, architects and draftsmen, we’re pretty good at what we do.
What Rules Do I Need to Comply With?
Having worked on hundreds of dual occupancy projects over the past 25 years common compliance rules and questions to consider are:
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Privacy – You have fantastic ideas for a dual occupancy. However, your difficult neighbour has put in an objection to your proposal because it will overlook their backyard. Did you know that you can be given opportunity to address neighbour objections before council makes a decision on the DA? But how do you go about addressing those objections on planning grounds?
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Defining your Development – Did you know your plan for dual occupancy is very similar to a secondary dwelling, but with differences? It may be that your site would be better suited for a secondary dwelling? How do you know the difference and what is council likely to support?
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Bushfire Prone Land – What do you do if your site is located within a bushfire prone area? Did you know that this may introduce other agencies into the assessment process, such as the Rural Fire Service? What would you need to do to satisfy the requirement of the Rural Fire Service?
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Subdivision – You may want to build another dwelling on your property for a family member, or you may want to subdivide so that the two dwellings end up on different titles. Can your dual occupancy be subdivided and, if so, how? Depending on the size of your land, you could end up with getting an approval for 2 dual occupancies, which will give you in fact 4 separate dwellings on the land that could be separately sold.
And Here’s How We Can Help…
We understand that getting to the point of having the right approval for your dual occupancy is not an easy journey. It’s one that needs the best experience the industry has to offer. That’s why we’re here to help… We’d love to make your council approval journey for a dual occupancy simple and as pain free as possible.
We’ve worked on hundreds of dual occupancy projects and have dedicated town planners and designers that specialise in this type of development application.
You can glean from the wisdom we’ve gained from all of our past projects. 25 years of being in the industry and our 50 consecutive years of experience has taught us a few things.
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We could make up a fantasied timeframe to wow you, but to be straight up the length of getting an approval is dependent on the project development type, the local council, who examines your application within council, location of the property within the local council and on the property itself, and the list goes on. The approval process will no doubt take longer than you expect because we are dealing with administrative red tape.
But what our team has done has studied the 40,000+ properties we have been involved in and analysed the 300+ flight years of team council approval experience to create a formidable system.
So to answer the question, how long does it take for us to get council approval? The fastest in our industry.
We have over 20 team members lead by our founder Max Fragar with his 50 consecutive years of town planning and council approval knowledge. The team is made up of skilled town planners, property consultants and designers that we have hand picked to work on your project. It turns out that we’ve had over 300 collective years of experience working and dealing with local government councils.
What does this mean for you? One word, streamline. We know how to talk the council lingo, can perceive even predict the ins and outs of those council hoops of fire, and understand the nitty gritty to work tirelessly to achieve the best outcomes for our clients and their projects.
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