Tuesday, October 20, 2009

To excavate or not?

Have broached the subject of digging out the rest of our backyard during the build (ideally ASAP) with our SS and he was not overly keen on it. He explained the builder's official position etc but then said if we hadn't have asked and just done it, then that would be a different story. Very confused. Is that code for 'go ahead, I won't object but I can't give you the nod officially'??? Not sure what to do... Don't want to be penalised for doing our own work. Will discuss the dig out with our friendly excavation guru Josh and see what he recommends. Perhaps we can do it at handover, before the dividing fence is built...? Or maybe sneak in at midnight for a stealth dig operation!? Lol.
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2 comments:

  1. HarribekaOctober 21, 2009 at 11:05 PM

    We did the unauthorised thingy. We thought if we don't do it now, how will we access the back when fences are up etc.

    Our SS / Henley, had a fit (probably rightfully so) and forced us to put in a retaining wall straight away. we ended up using the same guy Henley used for our main one, and at a large unplanned for cost. However if we didn't, it might have affected us getting the frame approved and or certificate of occ later on.

    Lots of stress we didnt need.

    Have fun kiddies !

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  2. FelicityandChrisOctober 22, 2009 at 11:57 AM

    Thanks for your insight Harribeka. I don't know anyone else who's done it before so it was good to see how they reacted. That's ok with us if they require the walls to be done. But our SS said not to do walls if we were going to excavate. If we don't dig out closer than a safe distance from the fence (no more than the depth of the cut)and if it's all battered down professionally, no risk of wall falling in etc. Henley should be ok. Not happy but ok. We'll know soon I suppose.

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