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Welcome to Key 2 Owner Building, the web site for Owner Builders  by Owner Builders.

You may have used a search engine and come across our site looking for something specific which is why you  have been directed to our links page. Feel free to  scroll down the following links to find the one that is of interest to you. I would also like to invite you to check out the rest of our site as there may be something of interest to you. Good luck with your projects.    

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Latest news links:

20/10 Banks compete for your morgage
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=asVDtiDaqDmI&refer=australia

18/10 First time owners boost grant
http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,25197,24522192-14327,00.html

15/9 Rudd lauches $512M housing fund
http://news.theage.com.au/national/rudd-launches-512m-housing-fund-20080915-4glt.html

12/9 Cramborne residents furious over methane gas leak
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24333559-661,00.html

10/9 Builders forced to cut prices....
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24327991-662,00.html

1/8 Build a granny flat and fix the housing shortage in NSW
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/31/2319881.htm?section=business

29/7 Buyer for Beechwood Homes
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/business/family-company-buys-beechwood/1229963.aspx

25/7 Builders bar meddling buyers from construction sites
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23917774-2862,00.html

16/7 Beechwood homes
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/15/2304234.htm?section=australia

 

 

Government links:

Useful government sites for owner builders including links to application forms.

Owner Building ACT form
www.actpla.act.gov.au/customer_information/residents/diy

Owner Building Northern Territory form
www.nt.gov.au/lands/building/boards/bpb/applications/index.shtml
www.nt.gov.au/lands/building/boards/bpb/applications/documents/ownerbuildermanual_000.pdf

Owner Building New South Wales form
www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/building/homeowners/becominganownerbuilder.html

Owner Building Victoria form
www.buildingcommission.com.au/www/html/452-request-an-owner-builder-application-kit.asp

Owner Building Tasmania form
www.wst.tas.gov.au/resource/bsrbactowner.htm

Owner Building Western Australia form
www.builders.wa.gov.au/default.aspx

Owner Building South Australia form
www.planning.sa.gov.au/download.cfm;

 

Tasmanian Councils:

The following links will take you to the home page of the relevant council. By serching the home page you should be able to download building permit forms etc and find out what other information you need to submit with your application. Good luck with your projects.

Break O'Day www.bodc.tas.gov.au
Brighton www.brighton.tas.gov.au
Burnie www.burnie.net
Central Coast www.centcoast.tas.gov.au
Central Highlands www.centralhighlands.tas.gov.au
Circular Head www.circularhead.tas.gov.au
Clarence City www.ccc.tas.gov.au
Derwent Valley www.derwentvalley.tas.gov.au
Devonport City www.dcc.tas.gov.au
Dorset www.dorset.tas.gov.au
Flinders www.flinders.tas.gov.au
George Town www.georgetown.tas.gov.au
Glamorgan Spring Bay www.gsbc.tas.gov.au
Glenorchy City www.gcc.tas.gov.au
Hobart City www.hobartcity.com.au
Huon Valley www.huonvalley.tas.gov.au
Kentish www.kentish.tas.gov.au
Kingborough www.kingborough.tas.gov.au
King Island www.kingisland.tas.gov.au
Latrobe www.latrobe.tas.gov.au
Launceston www.launceston.tas.gov.au
Meander Valley www.meander.tas.gov.au
Northern Midlands www.northernmidlands.tas.gov.au
Sorell www.sorell.tas.gov.au
Southern Midlands www.southernmidlands.tas.gov.au
Tasman www.tasman.tas.gov.au
Waratah Wynyard www.warwyn.tas.gov.au
West Coast www.westcoast.tas.gov.au
West Tamar www.wtc.tas.gov.au
Tasmania Central Portal www.tasmaniacentral.tas.gov.au

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Victorian Councils:


The following links will take you to the home page of the relevant council. By serching the home page you should be able to download building permit forms etc and find out what other information you need to submit with your application. Good luck with your projects.

Alpineshire www.alpineshire.vic.gov.au/index.asp?h=-1
Ararat www.ararat.vic.gov.au/
Ballarat www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/
Banyule www.banyule.vic.gov.au/
Basscoast www.basscoast.vic.gov.au/
Bawbawshire www.bawbawshire.vic.gov.au/
Bayside www.bayside.vic.gov.au/
Benalla www.benalla.vic.gov.au/
Bendigo www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/
Boroondara www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/home
Brimbank www.brimbank.vic.gov.au/
Buloke www.buloke.vic.gov.au/
Campaspe www.campaspe.vic.gov.au/
Cardinia www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/
Casey www.casey.vic.gov.au/
Central Gold Fields www.centralgoldfields.com.au/
Colac Otway Shire www.colacotway.vic.gov.au/
Corangamite www.corangamite.vic.gov.au/
Greater Dandenong www.greaterdandenong.com/
Darebin www.darebin.vic.gov.au/
East Gippsland Shire www.egipps.vic.gov.au/
Frankston www.frankston.vic.gov.au/
Gannawarra www.gannawarra.vic.gov.au/
Geelong City Council www.geelongcity.vic.gov.au/
Gleneira www.gleneira.vic.gov.au/
Glenelg www.glenelg.vic.gov.au/
Goldenplains www.goldenplains.vic.gov.au/site/page.cfm
Hepburnshire www.hepburnshire.com/
Hobson Bay www.hobsons.vic.gov.au/
Horsham Rural City Council www.hrcc.vic.gov.au/
Hume www.hume.vic.gov.au/
Indigo Shire www.indigoshire.vic.gov.au/
Kingston www.kingston.vic.gov.au/
Knox www.knox.vic.gov.au/
Latrobe www.latrobe.vic.gov.au/
Loddon www.loddon.vic.gov.au/
Macendon www.macedon-ranges.vic.gov.au/index.asp?h=-1
Manningham www.manningham.vic.gov.au/CA256D26001ED423/HomePage?ReadForm&1=Home~&2=~&3=~
Mansfield www.mansfield.vic.gov.au/
Maribyrnong www.infowest.maribyrnong.vic.gov.au/
Maroondah www.maroondah.vic.gov.au/
Melbourne City www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/info.cfm?top=23&pg=966
Melton www.melton.vic.gov.au/
Mildura www.mildura.vic.gov.au/
Mitchellshire www.mitchellshire.vic.gov.au/index.asp?h=-1
Moira Shire www.moira.vic.gov.au/
Monash www.monash.vic.gov.au/
Mooney Valley www.mvcc.vic.gov.au/
Moorabool www.moorabool.vic.gov.au/
Moreland www.moreland.vic.gov.au/
Mornington Penisular www.mornpen.vic.gov.au/
Mount Alexander www.mountalexander.vic.gov.au/
Moyne www.moyne.vic.gov.au/
Murrindindi www.murrindindi.vic.gov.au/
Nillumbik www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au/
Northern Grampian www.ngshire.vic.gov.au/
Port Phillip www.portphillip.vic.gov.au/
Pyrenees www.pyrenees.vic.gov.au/
Queenscliffe www.queenscliffe.vic.gov.au/index.asp
Shepparton www.greatershepparton.com.au/
South Grampians www.sgsc.vic.gov.au/
Stonnington www.stonnington.vic.gov.au/www/html/7-home-page.asp
Surfcoast www.surfcoast.vic.gov.au/
Swan Hill www.swanhill.vic.gov.au/
Towong www.towong.vic.gov.au/
Wangaratta www.wangaratta.vic.gov.au/
Warrnambool www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au/index.asp?h=-1
Wellington www.wellington.vic.gov.au/
Westwimmera www.westwimmera.vic.gov.au/index.cfm
Whitehorse www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/
Whittlesea www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/
Wondonga www.wodonga.vic.gov.au/
Wyndham www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/
Yarra City www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/
Yarra Ranges www.yarraranges.vic.gov.au/
Yarriambiack www.yarriambiack.vic.gov.au/

South Australian Councils:

The following links will take you to the home page of the relevant council. By serching the home page you should be able to download building permit forms etc and find out what other information you need to submit with your application. Good luck with your projects.

<city><place>Adelaide</place></city> City Council www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/scripts/nc.dll?ADCC:HOMEPAGE::pc=HOME

<city><place>Adelaide</place></city> Hills Council www.ahc.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Alexandrina www.ahc.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Barossa  www.barossa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Barunga West  www.barungawest.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Berri Barmera  www.berribarmera.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Burnside  www.burnside.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Campbelltown www.campbelltown.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Ceduna  www.ceduna.net/site/page.cfm

Charles Sturt  www.charlessturt.sa.gov.au/

Clare & <place><placename>Gilbert</placename> <placename>Valleys</placename></place>  www.claregilbertvalleys.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Cleve & District  www.cleve.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Coober Pedy http://www.cooberpedy.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Coorong  www.coorong.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

Copper Coast  www.coppercoast.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm

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