Building Your Dream - Building Surveying Tasmania

There are certain steps to follow before you can build.

Please read the following:

Land Title Planning Permits Architects Designers Builders Buying a property

You will need to have a full copy of your title. A title consists of a folio text (who owns the title, title description), folio plan (the actual plan of your block) and easements/covenants (not all titles contain easements and or covenants).

The cheapest way for you to obtain your title is to buy one from any Service Tasmania Office, or we can purchase one for you.

When you bought your property your Lawyer/Conveyancer may have given you a copy of your full title.

You should at least have a copy of the folio text and folio plan. On your folio text, it will identify if there are easements and or covenants on your block.

Easements on a title may restrict where you can build on your land and covenants may restrict the use of building material.

If you want to purchase a property, you should always ensure that you view a copy of the registered title and you may need to obtain legal advice for same.

You will need to consult with your local Council to find out if your building block is affected by any Planning constraints; such as maximum height, building setbacks, heritage, etc

In Tasmania, all Architects or Designers are required to be accredited. You can request their accreditation number and check it yourself or you can ask a Building Surveyor to check for you.

You can search here to check an accreditation.

This will also apply to interstate Architects/Designers.

In Tasmania, all Builders are required to be accredited. You can request their accreditation number and check it yourself or you can ask a Building Surveyor to check for you.

You can search here to check an accreditation.

This will also apply to interstate Builders

When you are thinking of purchasing a property in Tasmania there are two certificates you can apply for with the Council.

132 Certificate: This certificate will let you know if there are any outstanding rates owed on the property. If there are and you purchase the property, you will be responsible to pay these rates back.

337 Certificate: This certificate will ask the council to respond to a series of questions in relation to the property, such as; is there a Building Order in relation to illegal work, are there any Building or Plumbing Permit issued, etc.

Building Certificate: You may apply for this certificate and Council will inspect the property and check to make sure that the records they have reflected what has been built on site.

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