Early VCAT decision
Some emails should arrive with a fanfare – a call to arms on the bugle. They catch your attention with a colourful display of fireworks to proudly announce their arrival! ... Read More
Facts about the trees
Finding out exactly where the roots from the trees next door come into our property should be helpful in reducing our neighbour's concerns about future excavations damaging these canopy trees. Read More
What does going to VCAT mean?
I didn’t believe Libby was serious when she said it. I remember thinking, “I heard that wrong.” When I asked her to repeat the sentence, it was identical. She replied, ... Read More
Planning permit decision
Libby had her psychic antenna up and running the other day. She felt the need to call David and ask him if he’d heard anything from the Council about our planning ... Read More
Planning for a building permit
Hang on a moment! You might be thinking, “What happened to the planning permit? I’ve missed something. When did we jump to the building permit?” Planning permit review well underway. ... Read More
Public review begins
Nearly two years ago, Libby stood out the front of our property, heart pumping, making the final successful bid at the auction. Today we have reached an important milestone in our ... Read More
Response from Council
“Relax,” said David when Libby mentioned she hadn’t seen any change to the status of our planning permit application on the Maroondah Council’s website. She thought a response should have ... Read More
Sustainability scorecard results
Designing a sustainable home from first principles means combining lots of ideas into something that is so much different to a standard design. Does the overall design make sense? Is ... Read More
Planning permit application
Submitting the planning permit application was a significant milestone in our project development. Now we await feedback comments from the various Council reviewers. Read More
Sustainability assessment
As the planning permit documentation comes together, our thoughts turned to how best to share the sustainable design features with the Council personnel who will review the paperwork. Not really ... Read More- 1
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