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VICTORIAN BUILDING SURVEYORS PROVIDES BUILDING PERMIT SERVICES & POOL AND SPA INSPECTIONS

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Our Private Building Surveyors from the Victorian Building Surveyors (VBS) are professionally trained to provide independent oversight of your building design and building work throughout the construction process and upon completion of work. We also provide other building surveying services such as pool inspections and illegal building work certifications in Melbourne metropolitan areas. 

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Building Permit Services:

The intention of the building permit process is to review documentation and ensure that building works comply with the Building Act 1993, Building Regulations 2018, National Construction Code 2019 (NCC) and relevant Australian Standards. 

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Our building surveying practitioners are empowered by the Building Act 1993 that governs building activity in Victoria to provide building surveying services for building permit process in Melbourne and Metropolitan areas. 

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We are empowered by the Act to review proposed building works and carry out one or any of the following activities:  

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• Decide on building permit applications which can include the issuing of building permits;

• Carry out inspections of buildings and building work;

• Enforce safety and building standards; and

• Issuing of occupancy permits and certificates of final inspections.

Our Building Surveyors can carry out the functions of a building surveyor in respect of buildings of all BCA classes (residential and commercials), regardless of the height and floor area.

Pool and Spa Inspections:

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We work with Melbourne Pool Inspection (MPI) who are specialised in pool and spa inspection services.

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Since 1st December 2019, it is mandatory for swimming pool or spa owners to register their pool or spa with the relevant council. As part of the registration process, pool and spa owners are required to obtain and lodge a compliance certificate for their safety barriers. 

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Our service providers are focused on assisting pool or spa owners to ensure they are complying with their mandatory requirements under the new building legislative framework in Victoria. Our inspectors ensure pool safety barriers are correctly maintained, and the operation of the barriers restrict access to the pools or spas. 

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You can book for an inspection to authorise our registered practitioners from Melbourne Pool Inspection to assist you in compliance with the applicable barrier standard.

Illegal Building Work Certification:

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A building permit cannot be issued retrospectively for building works already carried out.

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If our building surveyor is the Relevant Building Surveyor (RBS) for your work, and illegal building work occurs, he can issue a Building Notice giving you the opportunity to address the non-compliant issues.

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If we are not the RBS for your work, and illegal building work occurs, the Municipal Building Surveyor (MBS) of your local council can issue a Building Notice, giving you the opportunity to show cause why the works were carried out without first obtaining a building permit and/or why the building should remain on your property. 

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Our building surveyors are empowered by the building Act to issue a certificate of compliance under s.238(1)(b) of the Building Act for the attention of the MBS and confirm compliance of the work with the building legislations. In a review of the certification, a determination can be made to whether the illegal building work can be retained. 

Please contact us to arrange a building inspection by our registered practitioners in Melbourne and metropolitan areas.

About Victorian Building Surveyors

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Victorian Building Surveyors are a small boutique company that provides building surveying services for both government and private sectors across Melbourne and Metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing professional, reliable, prompt and quality services with competitive rates. 

Our company was established in 2016 and is operating under the direction of Mr Joseph Yousefi. Joseph is a Building Surveyoring practitioner in the category of unlimited and is authorised to carry out the function of a building surveyor that is specified in the Building Act 1993 with no limitation in size and complexity of building works.  

Joseph has a depth of knowledge and experience in understanding the building regulatory regime. He worked with several local governments and the private sector. Also, he undertook a vital role as a Senior Technical Advisor with the Victorian Building Authority (VBA) and is applying his knowledge in our practice which we believe our clients will benefit from it. 

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