Permits, Hume City Council and building disputes in Kalkallo
Kalkallo is in the City of Hume. A private or council building surveyor issues the building permit and the occupancy permit, while planning matters run through Hume City Council under the Hume Planning Scheme. Disputes with a builder go first to the Building and Plumbing Commission's dispute resolution service (formerly DBDRV), then to VCAT.
Building permits
Your builder normally engages the building surveyor. Ask for the permit number at contract stage and keep copies of the mandatory inspection records.
Occupancy permit
Issued at the end of the build. It confirms the house is suitable to occupy; it is not a statement that there are no defects.
Checking additions on a resale
Decks, pergolas and garage conversions may need permits. Hume City Council can provide property information to check what was approved.
When the builder will not fix it
Put the defects in writing with photos and a report. If that fails, lodge with the Building and Plumbing Commission dispute resolution service, then VCAT.
Evidence that holds up
A defect investigation report suits negotiation with the builder. For VCAT you need an expert witness report written to the VCAT practice note.
More about Kalkallo
- Building a new home in Kalkallo: estates, stages and the defects that repeat
- Buying an established home in Kalkallo: prices, age of stock and what to check
- Kalkallo growth: from a gold rush stop to one of Melbourne's largest planned communities
- Kalkallo soil: the Gilgai plain, reactive clay and cracking
- Termites in Kalkallo: management systems, gardens and conducive conditions
- What our Kalkallo inspections find, stage by stage
- Kalkallo site conditions: wind, climate, grassland and creek overlays
Written by our local inspection team from work carried out in Kalkallo. Licensed building practitioners, Building & Plumbing Commission registration CDB-U 53425.
