Owner Builders

The regulation's now define who or what is an owner builder. Generally an owner builder is defined as a person who constructs or renovates a domestic building on his or her own land, who is not in the business of building. Owner builders will not be able to construct units.

Owner builders must obtain a Certificate of Consent from the Building Practitioners Board in order to obtain a building permit to carry out domestic building work valued over $12,000. In doing so the owner builder must ensure they read and understand information on their legal obligation's and responsibilities.

A Certificate of Consent is an individual's written approval to act as an owner-builder on their own land in Victoria.

The Building Permit cannot be issued until the Certificate of Consent has been obtained from the Building Commission.