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12 questions to ask council before you buy or build

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Page 1 of the free checklist: 12 Questions to Ask Council Before You Buy or Build Page 2 of the checklist: questions about lot size, overlays, covenants and existing structures
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Four pages. Twelve questions. One email.

Part A · Questions 1–5

Can a house go on this lot?

Zone, minimum lot size, overlays, covenants — and whether that shed on the land is approved, and approved as what.

Part B · Questions 6–9

Access, services and fire

Legal access and the driveway, the toilet council will accept, water tanks and bores, bushfire ratings.

Part C · Questions 10–12

Living there

How long you can stay in a caravan, living on site while you build, and what a shed approval really allows.

Every fact in the checklist comes from our book, where each rule was checked against the law or the official government page. General information, not legal advice.

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