Useful Documents

Here are a number of useful documents to help you with the building process.  Click on the titles to download the pdfs.

The Building Book

This is a helpful book on the general building process.

The Home Maintenance Checklist

A guide to regular maintenance that you should undertake on your home.

The Progress Payment Guide

A guide to what progress payments are usually required during the building process

Homeowners Pre-Building Checklist

A checklist of things to remember to do before you start the building process

The Building Act

The purpose of this Act is to provide for the regulation of building work, the establishment of a licensing regime for building practitioners, and the setting of performance standards for buildings, to ensure that :

1. people who use buildings can do so safely and without endangering their health; and
2. buildings have attributes that contribute appropriately to the health, physical independence, and well-being of the people who use them; and
3. people who use a building can escape from the building if it is on fire; and
4. buildings are designed, constructed, and able to be used in ways that promote sustainable development.