Knock Down and Rebuild: What to Expect

 

Home builders would always say that it is more practical, money- and time-wise, to knock down and rebuild than do repairs and renovation. True enough, but any home owner must first fully understand what is it and know what to expect before going for it.

 

Knocking down a house, however old it is, is as major a decision as building a new house. The home owner must first weigh all the pros and the cons of reaping down a structure and understand fully the process and the consequences of wasting the whole thing in order to build a new one. Discerning on this matter is imperative to avoid too late of regretting and blaming.

 

Knock Down and Rebuild Brisbane simply involves entirely breaking down of an existing structure to build an entirely new structure on the same site. But it is now that simple. Weighing why you would do it is in itself tricky. You must be in one or more of these conditions to go for it:

 

1) You love the site and the community where your house is located but you want major change in the way your house looks and stands.

 

2) The house where you are living-in has aged that its design and material has waned over the years and starting to look awful and pose danger on those living in the house.

 

3) Your family is growing and needing more functional spaces that the existing house does not provide.

 

4) The needed changes in the house would require ripping of some house parts and doing so would cause consequential alteration on its remaining parts as well.

 

5)  The new design that you want to achieve in your house does not match with the existing structure.

 

 

Before deciding, appreciate the following benefits of Knock Down and Rebuild Brisbane:

 

1) Having rid of the old structure allows you better perspective of the house design you are considering. You no longer have to be curtailed by the existing design of the old house.

 

2) Building a new structure is cost- and time-effective. Retrofitting old weak structure always turns out more costly and time-consuming.

 

 

Here a catch though. One thing you have to address or mitigate before you can proceed with Knock Down and Rebuild Brisbane- permission from the authority.

 

Some communities have very strict rules in relation to knock and rebuild because the process itself has direct impact on your neighbors and even on the whole community especially if the structure that will be fully demolished is so grand. The process would certainly create a lot of litters and dust not to mention the loud noise of the demolition process.

 

Especially in places with geographical and environmental considerations, known down and rebuild has to pass through rigid tests. Determining the impact of the demolition on the soil and terrain is crucial.

 

Some heritage-listed suburbs prohibits any form of demolition because each structure in the area forms holistically part of the heritage of the place. Not only would the demolition affect the holistic nature of the place, the specific design of the new house must likewise come in congruence with the original holistic design and ambiance of the place. Hence, any alteration on the existing structure lest a demolition and rebuilding of new structure would require permit from authority.