Hidden In Your Backyard
HOW DOES IT WORK?
If you have a reasonable size block with 4 metres between one side of the house and the boundary, then you can do something like the image below.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
What do I look for when buying a property?
What if I need an Easement?
How do I defer costs until after I have a sale?
To find out how much money is hidden in your backyard, make an appointment with us to get the answers to these questions.
A half hour chat could make you hundreds of thousands of dollars!
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WHAT CAN I DO IF I DON’T HAVE ENOUGH LAND?
Minimum Lot sizes change from Council to Council and even from area to area within a Council.
Other rules can also apply like the minimum width of Lots, the minimum width of driveways and the way Lot sizes are calculated.
IE is the area in a battle-axe handle included in the Lot area or not?
The following diagrams are just some of the tips and tricks to help you create a lot, build a Granny Flat or maybe a Dual Occupancy.
Scenario 1
In this scenario, the front block has the required 450 m2 but the back block is 580 m2 and that is 20 m2 less than the required minimum of 600 m2 (this is an example – actual minimum areas vary depending on locality).
There are different ways this could be solved. Sometimes it is possible to apply for a variation to the minimum Lot size or another way is to buy a little strip of land like the diagram below.
Different examples
The images below are all examples of things that can be done when you don’t think you have enough room.
You’ve established that your parcel of land is big enough to be subdivided into two lots. However, the existing dwelling is only 3 metres from the side boundary. To meet council requirements, it must be a minimum of 4 metres to create access through a Right Of Way (R.O.W). So to overcome this hurdle you could approach your neighbour about creating an easement on 1 metre of their land to allow for the R.O.W to have access to the backyard.
Odd Shape Lot Options
Odd shape Lots can still be utilised for the purposes of Dual occupancies, Granny Flats or subdivision.
The following pages show some examples of odd shaped Lots that have successfully been used for those purposes.
