More disappointing news for the shed today.
After paying for a Private Building Surveyor to get the Owner/Builder and Building Permit last week, a phone call today changed all that. The PBS disagreed with the information I had been provided by the Council Building Surveyor, and flat refused (surprisingly bluntly) to continue with the process – no argument (there was no opportunity to argue), no discussion would be entered into. Money will be refunded, all the documents submitted torn up as if they were never seen. And here I was under the misguided illusion that the Building Dept of the City Council were the ultimate authority on what can and cannot be built in their district. Oh wait, they are.
So now I have to do it all myself. Dragging this damned project kicking and screaming to the finish line.
It will play havoc with the original timeline.
I now have to apply for my own Owner-Builder Certificate of Consent (3 weeks), then apply for the Building Permit (2 weeks). So instead of getting the Building Permit by the end of this week, it will now cost me another month (assuming no problems (yeah, right)).
So for my own benefit, this is the new timetable (worst case scenario).
| Project Stage | Original Estimate | New Worst Case | New Best Case |
| Owner-Builder Certificate | 7 Oct – 25 Oct | 7 Oct – 18 Oct | |
| Building Permit | 30 Sep – 13 Oct | 28 Oct – 8 Nov | 21 Oct – 1 Nov |
| Order Concrete | 14 Oct | 8 Nov | 1 Nov |
| Order Shed | 14 Oct | 8 Nov | 1 Nov |
| Shed Manufacture | 14 Oct – 10 Nov | 8 Nov – 8 Dec | 1 Nov – 1 Dec |
| Clear Out & Remove Shed | 19 Oct – 20 Oct | 16 Nov – 17 Nov | 9 Nov – 10 Nov |
| Order Skip | 21 Oct | 18 Nov | 11 Nov |
| Block Clearance | 28 Oct – 29 Oct | 25 Nov – 26 Nov | 18 Nov – 19 Nov |
| Casting Slab | 30 Oct – 31 Oct | 27 Nov – 28 Nov | 20 Nov – 21 Nov |
| Shed Arrival | 11 Nov | 9 Dec | 2 Dec |
| Lead Time for Assembly | 11 Nov – 24 Nov | 9 Dec – 22 Dec | 2 Dec – 8 Dec |
| Shed Assembly | 25 Nov – 1 Dec | 6 Jan – 10 Jan | 9 Dec – 13 Dec |
| Completion |
So now, best case scenario adds about 2 weeks to the delivery.
Worst case, and this has now added 6 weeks, and means delivery won’t happen this side of Christmas (or this year).
Just for once, it’d be nice if things worked out like they could, not as they always seem to.
Filed under: Shed Tagged: Building Permit, Building Surveyor, Certificate of Consent, Council Building Surveyor, Owner-Builder
