Want to Owner Build

Victorian laws for Owner Builders are designed to protect and support Owner Building. It is important you become familiar with your obligations as an Owner Builder

Victorian Owner-Builders:

• Must obtain a Certificate of Consent from the Building Practitioners Board in order to obtain a building permit to carry out domestic building work valued over $12,000
• May only obtain building permits for a single dwelling and associated work on a single property in any three-year period
• Must reside and continue to reside, or intend to reside in the single dwelling

In order to obtain a Certificate of Consent, owner-builders must:

• Read an Information and Education Kit and sign the statutory declaration
• Complete an application form
• Send the statutory declaration, application form, application fee of $79.15 and any supporting documentation to the Building Practitioners Board.

Want to know more:

• Owner-Builder Application Kit
• Applying for Owner Builder Permit
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