Our emotions and sentiments define how humane we are. We make memories and cherish them in every single house that we turn into a home. We build our future in our homes. Over a while, just like us, our houses become old and need periodic refurbishments. You might love your locality and like where you live. But if your house needs a major upgrade, and you wish to have an appealing new modern abode, our expert team at Sierra Homes can help you with our “Knockdown & Rebuild” project. It involves similar building stages such as planning and application processes to help us proceed with the demolishing of your old house and rebuild a new one in its place.
Knockdown & Rebuild
Advantages of a Knockdown & Rebuild
Some of the advantages of a “knockdown & rebuild” project are:
- Continue to live at your current address.
- Enjoy a brand-new home personalized and more suited to your current lifestyle.
- Avoid relocating to a new address (avoid your children moving to new schools!).
- Save on extra costs.
- This project will help you save extra expenses involved in the complicated and cumbersome lengthy renovation of an older home.
- Less maintenance.
- Save on stamp-duty and other selling costs.
- Exponentially increase the value of the property if you decide to sell the property in the future.
Why choose Sierra Homes for your KnockDown ReBuild project
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Consultation
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Research & Preliminary building contracts:
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Open Checklist
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Style, Planning and Personalization
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Obtaining Permits & Signing of Contracts
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Demolition & Rebuilding
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Sierra Homes’ Knockdown & Rebuild project
Some of the easy knockdown & rebuild projectsteps involved in this project are:
1. Consultation
The first step in this project involves your consultation with our expert team to determine the feasibility of this project. You will then be provided with a detailed quotation of the entire process involved in this project.
2. Research & Preliminary building contracts:
It is important to obtain all the appropriate level of approvalsfrom your council concerning rebuilding a new house at your currentaddress. Necessary soil testsand careful assessment of your block of land will be undertaken while preparing your building contract including the itemized costs involved in the entire process
3. Open Checklist
It is important to consider the below when planning to proceed with the “Knockdown & Rebuilding” project:
- Proper permit requirements
- Depth of the existing block of land.
- Neighbourhood.
- Orientation of the house and determining the direction of natural light.
- Positioning of the driveway.
- Drainage system.
- Access to the street.
- Power supply.
- Pool (if applicable).
4. Style, Planning and Personalization
Personalization:This is another critical stage involved in choosing the design, colourand style for your new house.
5. Obtaining Permits & Signing of Contracts
Once you are happy and content with your final decision regarding your new house, your final contract with Sierra Homes will be prepared and that needs to be signedbefore the demolition and re-construction begins. Simultaneously, an asset protection permit/approvalfrom your council needs to be obtained along with thedemolition andbuilding permits.
6. Demolition & Rebuilding
Rebuilding:Sierra Homes will then recommend you toaregistered and reliable demolition company. The demolition of your old property and rebuilding of your new homewill then commence and will be supervised by our site managerat every stage of the project
It is imperative to have a demolition permit and construction permit beforethe demolition of your old property. Your dedicated site manager will periodically provide you with construction updates. You may follow our usual “Site Visit”policy mentioned in our handbook.