Notice templates · Tasmanian builders and owners
In Tasmania the neighbour has 21 days to respond to protection work, and work cannot start until they have agreed or are taken to have agreed.
Quick answer: Before protection work in Tasmania, the owner must notify each adjoining owner, the building surveyor and, for plumbing, the permit authority. The notice sets out the building work, the protection work, the program and the building surveyor’s name. The adjoining owner has 21 days to respond, and no response counts as agreement. Work cannot start until every adjoining owner has agreed or is taken to have agreed.
Send it as soon as the protection work design is settled, and at least 21 days before the protection work is due to start. Copy the same notice to your building surveyor.
Check with your building surveyor whether they want a particular form used. This letter covers the details the Building Act 2016 asks the notice to include. If the neighbour disagrees, the building surveyor decides. More on the Tasmanian 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 work: [site address]
I am the [owner / builder] of [site address], which adjoins your property. This letter is notice of protection work under Part 9 of the Building Act 2016.
The building work
[Eg demolition of the existing garage and construction of a two storey extension with footings along our shared boundary.]
The protection work
[Eg temporary shoring of the boundary retaining wall, underpinning of [x], and a dilapidation report on your house before work starts.] Plans are enclosed.
Program
Protection work is planned to start on [date] and finish by [date]. The building work is expected to take about [x] months.
Building surveyor
[Name], [licence number], [phone or email].
Your response
You have 21 days from receiving this notice to agree or disagree with the proposed protection work. If you do not respond within that time, you are taken to have agreed. If you disagree, the building surveyor will decide.
I am happy to meet on site and answer any questions. Please call me on [mobile].
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.