Timing, Planning & Consent

Planning of a renovation can be lengthy.

Generally all renovation projects will need a building consent and good quality plans. The length of time these take to produce will vary from project to project but the things that will affect them are as follows:

1. The size and complexity of the project

2. What consents will be required. Building consents are reasonably straight forward, resource consents can add considerable time.

3. The budget. A tight budget generally needs a conservative approach with the budget continuously being assessed at the different stages of the design process.

4. The length of time it takes you to make decisions on design and budget at the various design stages.

Depending on the above, a project will take anywhere between three months to a year to take through the planning and consent stage. After this the construction phase will in turn take somewhere between one month and a year.

We at Beacon Construction Ltd handle both planning and consent processes, as well as the construction. There are some strong advantages with one company handling the whole package.

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We will be adding to our Renovation Ideas section in the future.