With spectacular scenery, friendly people and a relaxed lifestyle, Southern Tasmania provides a wonderful place to call home. Be it your permanent home or a holiday home, building in Southern Tasmania is a smart choice.
As you start planning your build, here are 7 things you need to consider.
1. The south Tassie climate
Tasmania has four distinct seasons with the warmest months being December to March. The average maximum daily temperatures in summer are between 17 and 23 degrees while winter temperatures sit between 3 and 11 degrees. In terms of rainfall, the south is home to some of Tasmania’s driest regions, with Hobart being Australia’s second driest capital city after Adelaide.
Close to the coast the temperatures can be cooler with a series of cold fronts coming in from the Southern Ocean.
2. Topography
Much of Tasmania is composed of Jurassic dolerite intrusions (the upwelling of magma) through other rock types, sometimes forming large columnar joints. Mount Wellington just north of Hobart is a good example, showing distinct columns known as the Organ Pipes.
In the south, the dolerite is underlaid by sandstone and similar sedimentary stones. Owing to a relatively dry climate and its alkaline parent material, soil presents a different story to the soil in the rest of the state. Mostly classified as “prairie soils” or “brown earth soils” it bears some resemblance to the chernozems of Russia and North America.
Somewhat acidic in the surface levels and high in nutrient levels, the soil supports productive pasture. Large numbers of sheep are grazed in the region and grain crops and apples flourish.
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3. Natural hazards
Southern Tasmania is prone to bushfires, flooding, landslides, coastal erosion and coastal inundation. There may be additional considerations if you are building in the areas subject to natural hazards, with new statewide planning and building requirements being implemented for hazardous areas during 2018. The changes are set out in Part 5 of the Building Regulations 2016. The state uses a nationally agreed methodology for the risk management process:
- Establish the context
- Identify risks
- Analyse risks
- Evaluate risks
- Treat risks
Likelihood refers to ‘the chance of something happening’, the frequency of something occuring and the impact it will have. The risk rating is expressed as High, Medium or Low.
In Southern Tasmania, bushfire is considered the most significant natural hazard. In 1967, fires swept through Hobart and resulted in the deaths of 62 people. Until the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria in 2009, this was the highest number of fatalities from bushfire in a single day experienced in Australia.
Because of the risk of bushfire, development standards apply to new use and development within a ‘bushfire-prone area’. A bushfire-prone area for the purposes of Tasmanian planning and building regulation includes:
- Land that is within the boundary of a bushfire prone area shown on an overlay on a planning scheme map; or
- Where there is no overlay on a planning scheme map, land that is within 100m of an area of bushfire-prone vegetation equal to or greater than 1 hectare.
Frequent storms and wild winds are not uncommon in Southern Tasmania and mitigation actions for storms are also included in building standards.
4. The Significant Tree Code
The Hobart Interim Planning Scheme 2015 includes a Significant Tree Code, recognising the use, character and value that garden and street trees contribute to the urban environment. The list initially comprised of trees included on the National Trust of Australia Significant Tree Register but has since welcomed nominations from members of the public.
Nominations for additions to the Significant Tree Register closed on 21 May 2018. A total of 200 nominations were received. 115 of these were for individual trees and 85 were for groups of trees containing approximately 1400 trees. An update of the Register will be announced soon.
To check if a tree is already listed on the register, view a map of Significant Trees.
5. Water management guidelines
The region’s water sensitive urban design guidelines are intended to help lessen the impact that urbanisation is having on Tasmania’s waterways and offer an improved standard of water management in new and existing development. The guidelines include 12 sets of Practice Notes for greater efficiency in water use and reuse. The guidelines can be downloaded here.
6. Energy efficiency
New home builders are encouraged to reduce their heating and cooling costs and impact on the environment through good design and construction methods. Some improvements may include:
- Selecting a building location that has good exposure to the sun
- Building a house that has a northerly position to make the most of the sun for that climate zone
- Well insulated wall, floor and ceiling
- Windows that do not lose heat in winter and reflect heat in summer
- Internal and external shading of windows and walls in summer
7. Building regulations in South Tasmania
If building a kit home in Southern Tasmania the work will either be deemed “Medium Risk” or “High Risk”. If it’s a Medium Risk an application (Notice of Work) is made to a building surveyor for a Certificate of Likely Compliance. This can be carried out by a licensed builder with regulatory oversight by a building surveyor. Council will need to be notified that the work is taking place but doesn’t need to give approval.
If you are planning to erect your kit home as an Owner Builder or you’re carrying out your build in a hazardous area, you will need to apply to council for a Building Permit. This requires you to go through a full building approval process with council.
Plumbing work will also be classed as either Medium Risk or High Risk and will reflect whether or not you need a Certificate of Likely Compliance or a Plumbing Permit.
Kit home designs to build in Southern Tasmania
We recommend the following designs for building a home in Southern Tasmania
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