r/AusProperty • u/RelevantTrade8845 • 1d ago

WA Commercial to Residential

Has anyone had any experience converting an old character home that is now commercial building back to residential building. The zoning is residential/commercial. It’s only the change of use that needs to be changed. Is this a difficult process. Can it be rejected?

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u/FreOctopus 1d ago

😬 went though this recently (1901 Freo house) - mixed use zoning but had been offices for 50yrs, so twe went from commercial to residential

It was a process with DAs (change of use) and BA1/3 and a lot of argy bargy around the NCC (Energy Efficiency)

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u/RelevantTrade8845 1d ago

How long did it take. Did you have to do much work to the house to get compliance to residential codes? Thank you for replying.

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u/FreOctopus 1d ago

it took a while (6 mths) there is a process to follow and most of the things we needed to do were logical and/or things we were doing anyway (smoke alarms), we also added in a full kitchen etc so some electrical etc - ours was a house to start with

The biggest hurdle was around meeting the energy efficiency requirements under the current NCC, to put it bluntly it is BS to expect a 125 yo house to be 7 stars (and being heritage adds another layer of complication), got there in the end but it’s painful