Builder in Picton
Picton is the closest of the Macarthur towns to our Wollongong base, about 45 minutes by road, and we also work in Tahmoor, Thirlmere and Bargo. We build granny flats, extensions, renovations and new homes on town lots and on the larger blocks around them.
A Wollongong-based builder for Picton
Picton, Tahmoor, Thirlmere and Bargo are all in Wollondilly Shire, where most of the land is national park, bushland, water catchment or rural. For many blocks here the first checks are whether the land is mapped as bush fire prone and whether it is connected to sewer.
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Services for Picton: Granny Flats, Home Extensions, Home Renovations.
We also take on work in Tahmoor, Thirlmere, Bargo, Camden and across Macarthur.
Granny flats in Picton, Tahmoor and Thirlmere
We build granny flats in Picton, Tahmoor, Thirlmere and Bargo, from design and approval through to handover. A secondary dwelling can only be approved as complying development on a lot of at least 450 square metres, so that is the first number we check on any block here.
Many blocks in Wollondilly are larger than a standard suburban lot, and some are in rural zones. The state policy lets a council adopt a clause in its local environmental plan that sets its own maximum floor area, and its own maximum distance between the main house and the flat, for secondary dwellings in rural zones. Whether it applies to your zone is something we confirm for the block.
Bush fire prone land has its own standards in the Housing Code, and a lot of land in this part of the shire can fall into that mapping. A flat on mapped land has to be designed for it from the start, which affects cladding, windows and the roof, so we check the mapping before the plan is drawn.
On a block without a sewer connection, the wastewater system has to cope with a second dwelling. We check that with the council before the design is locked in.
What's involved in a granny flat buildHome extensions and renovations in Picton, Tahmoor and Bargo
We take on extensions and full renovations across Picton, Tahmoor, Thirlmere and Bargo. Picton is about 45 minutes from our base, Tahmoor and Thirlmere about 50 and Bargo about 47.
Larger blocks here usually leave room to extend at ground level, which avoids the structural work a new upper storey needs. The older houses in the towns are more often renovations: reworking a closed-in layout, replacing tired wet areas and bringing wiring and plumbing up to standard.
On a property with an on-site wastewater system, we check the system can serve the larger house before the design is locked in, because adding bedrooms can load it. On any older house we check for asbestos-containing material before walls are opened.
How we run a home renovationPlanning a build in Picton?
Tell us about the project and we'll come out, talk through your options and put together a fixed proposal. No pressure, no obligation.