Notice templates · NT builders and owners
Excavation or demolition close to the building next door means the adjoining owner hears from you before work starts.
Quick answer: In the Northern Territory, where excavation or demolition is close to an existing building, the owner must protect the adjoining property. Before work starts, notify the adjoining owner with the building work, the protection works and the certifier’s details. They have 14 days to respond, and no response counts as agreement. Disagreements go to the Director of Building Control.
Send it once your certifier has signed off the protection works design, and at least 14 days before the work starts. Allow longer if you are posting it.
The rules are in Part 9 of the Building Act 1993 and regulation 22 of the Building Regulations. Your certifier can confirm what to attach. More on the Northern Territory notification rules page.
Change everything in [square brackets], delete anything that does not apply and check it against your own conditions before you print.
[Your business name or your name]
[Licence number if a builder] · [Phone] · [Email]
[Date]
To [adjoining owner’s name], owner of [neighbour’s address]
Notice of protection works: [site address]
We are planning [excavation / demolition] at [site address], close to your building. Before work starts, we want you to know what is planned and how your property will be protected.
The building work
[Short description, eg demolition of the existing house and excavation for a new slab, about [x] metres from your house.]
The protection works
[Eg temporary shoring along the boundary, a dilapidation survey of your building before work starts, and vibration monitoring during demolition.] Details are enclosed.
Building certifier
[Name], [registration number], [phone or email].
Timing
Work is planned to start on [date] and the protection works will be in place before then.
Your response
You have 14 days from receiving this notice to respond. If we do not hear from you, it is taken as agreement. If you disagree, the matter can go to the Director of Building Control.
Please call me on [mobile] if you would like to meet on site or have your own engineer look at the plans.
Kind regards,
[Name]
[Business name, or owner of [site address]]
Pin the site, set the distance and get every letterbox inside the circle as a walk list. With a job pass or yearly plan, print this notice for every address with your logo, in walk order.