Elegant Simplicity
Everyone can remember at least one of the major bushfire disasters of recent years. Due to these unfortunate events, authorities have implemented tighter controls to keep our communities safer and bushfire-ready.
Do you live close to the bush or at the urban-bushland interface? Bushfires present significant risks to your life and property. Take appropriate measures to improve the resilience of your home, and you can reduce or avoid the consequences of bushfire.
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Do you need to make your home safer from bushfires? Designing and renovating on bushfire prone land can be technically challenging.
The best solution? Have all these technical issues resolved by your designer before designing your dream home (which is the fun part of the project!).
Here is an outline of the process your designer will undertake when designing your project.
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Do you live on Bushfire Prone Land in NSW? Are you planning to do a renovation to your existing home or build a new house? There are some important requirements to make your dreams become a reality. One of them is to work with a good bushfire consultant.
A designer with experience in the design of homes on Bushfire Prone Land will already have a Bushfire Consultant whom they work with. Engaging your designer to coordinate with their preferred Bushfire Consultant on your behalf, will simplify and speed up the process.
Alternatively, the following information outlines the process to find a good Bushfire Consultant.
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Whether you are entertaining on a balmy night, or the outlook from your property to the bush is simply spectacular, a timber deck connects indoor living with the outdoor environment.
A home on Bushfire Prone Land is no exception. You can enhance your abode by adding a timber deck overlooking the backyard, pool, or the nearby bush.
With careful planning, specified materials and construction, a timber deck may be possible in certain circumstances.
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Sydney, when viewed from above, is lined by spectacular harbour foreshore and bushland. These areas are considered Bushfire Prone Areas.
For safety reasons, authorities have a compliance plan for Councils, NSW fire authorities, builders and certifiers to follow.
If you are planning a home renovation, you will have to submit your plan to the authorities.
Therefore, you need to obtain approval to renovate in Bushfire Prone Areas.
Experts estimated that around 1 million homes in Sydney suburbs are prone to bushfire, and according to a report by the NWS Rural Fire Service, almost 200,000 homes are located in areas that are highly vulnerable to bushfire attack.
While the prospect of bushfire present is serious matter, most properties in bushfire-prone areas do not have emergency plans and many residents fail to prepare their homes to a level that would increase the survivability of the structures as well as ensure their own safety.Read More
It is better to be safe than sorry, especially if you live in bushfire-prone areas. Talking of safe, there is nothing safer than a having a house and, thus, the two components correlate. It is becoming imperative to create and live in houses averse to bushfires. The problem is that the materials and house design needed to ensure the same also make houses more expensive to buy.
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The 10/50 Vegetation Clearing Code of RFS, which came into action on August 1st 2014, has found a vehement critic in Pittwater Council, says Cayla Dengate on the website dailytelegraph.com.au. The Code allows residents of Pittwater, NSW and its surrounding areas the facility to clear trees and vegetation dangerously near their houses.
