What to know before Building

Before building, several steps should be taken to ensure that the project is completed safely and in compliance with local building codes and regulations. These steps may include:

  1. Obtaining necessary permits: Depending on the location of the project, you may need to obtain permits from your local building department. This typically includes a building permit, but may also include zoning, grading, and erosion control permits.
  2. Conducting a property survey: Before beginning any work, it is important to have a property survey conducted to ensure that the property lines are accurately marked and that no underground utilities are in the area where you plan to build.
  3. Creating a detailed plan: Create a detailed plan for the new project, including floor plans, elevations, and specifications for materials and systems. This will help you understand the scope of the project and will be necessary to obtain permits.
  4. Checking with local authorities: Check with local authorities to ensure that your building plans comply with local building codes, zoning regulations, and any other requirements that may apply.
  5. Obtaining a soil report: It is important to obtain a soil report from a geotechnical engineer to ensure that the soil on the building site is suitable for building.

It’s important to note that the requirements may vary depending on the location, the local building regulations and the scope of the construction. It’s also important to have a clear understanding of the budget and the timeline of the project.

What services do you provide?

Dwelling on Design is a building design and drafting company that can assist you throughout the start and finish process in designing your place. Whether you want to design a new home, develop units, construct apartments or simply want to extend your existing home, dwelling on design can bring clients ideas into reality through design and documentation. Apart from designing your further dwelling, our company can assist in the town planning process, and prepare the appropriate paperwork ready for council, on the given requirements. Dwelling on Design is accountable from concept to completion

Why chose us?

Clients choose Dwelling on Design to look after their housing designs because they trust that we can promise and deliver quality designs and services that meet design and building regulations. Our high levels of customer satisfaction reflect that we are an accredited building design and drafting company, with a number of client testimonials, recommendations and returning customers.

What suburbs/ areas do you design buildings for?

Dwelling on Design is a Melbourne based company, completing jobs right across Melbourne, Victoria, and throughout Australia .

Where do clients begin the process?

Clients can begin the process by calling or emailing our office today to chat to our design manager to discuss your vision. We are able to correspond via email then a formal quotation can be sent to the client based on their enquiry.

Do you provide consultation for interior design and material specifications?

Yes, we are able to provide these consultations. A consultation can be arranged during the preliminary sages to put forward a design ddirection. When the working drawings are almost completed, At our design office we have a materials room filled with a range of interior oopens for clients to browse through and come up with their final selections.

How else can we help?

Dwelling on Design offer services to assist clients through the standard procedures as the process of designing and building can be quite stressful for clients. When designing and building a given project, the main stages involve design development, town planning, and working drawings.

How much do you charge for building design?

A formal quotation is presented to the client which outlines the stages and costs to go ahead with the process. Payments are required before each stage commences. Housing designs can vary in price, depending on the size of the dwelling, and on clients’ budgets.