Rooming House 300

A previously built rooming-house design with nine bedrooms, nine ensuite bathrooms and 2.4 m ceilings. Each room has access to its own fenced courtyard through a full-height sliding door, with concrete hardstand and a small planted garden.

Yes. Every published product price on this page includes GST. Choose the building state to see the current offer; the written project scope confirms the site-specific items and agreed inclusions.

Send the address and preferred layout. The project review establishes site fit, the approval pathway, engineering, access and the written scope before a construction proposal is agreed.

Yes. This nine-bedroom, nine-ensuite design has been built. The render shows the selected exterior and courtyard arrangement; the supplied drawing extract shows the room layout.

Where the lot qualifies, yes. The design is drawn inside both limbs of Clause 52.23 of the Victoria Planning Provisions — 300 m² total floor area of all buildings on the land excluding outbuildings, no more than 12 residents in no more than 9 bedrooms, every bedroom reached only from inside the building, a shared entry and common areas including a kitchen and a living area — so on a lot in one of the six works-exemption zones with no overlay, covenant or Section 173 agreement, and the minimum garden area kept, no planning permit is required. A building permit is always required. The free address check reads a Victorian address against the same rule pack.

It is drawn to be. NCC clause A6G2(2)(b) makes a boarding house that would ordinarily accommodate not more than 12 people, with a total area of all floors not more than 300 m² over the enclosing walls, a Class 1b building; the design is single-storey, nine bedrooms and 292.05 m². The relevant building surveyor confirms the classification on the permit drawings and records it on the occupancy permit. Class 1b brings interconnected smoke alarms in every bedroom with evacuation lighting, and access to one bedroom, its ensuite and each common room.

The published Victorian build price is $748,000 including GST and paperwork, in the price book dated 2026-10-17 — about $2,490 per square metre of the nominal 300 m² category. It is turnkey: the agreed contract price stays fixed throughout the build, and the programme is 4 weeks paperwork, then 3 months construction. Site-specific items — demolition of an existing house, service connections, ground conditions and access — are itemised in the written proposal for the address. Victoria is the only state with a published rooming-house price; other states are quoted by written proposal.

4 weeks paperwork, then 3 months construction, with scope, site requirements and the schedule agreed before signing and the agreed contract price fixed throughout the build. It is delivered as a local build or with the material kit; prefab is not offered for this product. A lot that needs a planning permit has that approval time confirmed in writing at feasibility.

Two different measures share the number. Clause 52.23 counts the total floor area of all buildings on the land, measured to the outside of the external walls, excluding outbuildings — so a retained house counts and a detached shed does not. The NCC counts the total area of all floors of the boarding house over its enclosing walls for the Class 1b ceiling. The 292.05 m² drawing sits inside both; a retained front house on the same lot would be added to the planning count.

Leasing and property management are provided by OptimaRea (optimarea.com.au), the Optima Real Estate group’s Melbourne property management business; DollarBuild is a construction business, not a real estate agency. The licensed rooming house operator is a separate legal role — the owner or a lessee — and the Business Licensing Authority licence and the council registration stay with the operator. OptimaRea’s services, fees and the responsible agent are confirmed in writing with OptimaRea; the owner-provided rent target on this page is a target, not a guarantee.

2 on Category 1 or 2 land under the Car Parking Requirement Maps: Clause 52.06-5 Table 1 (VC311, 9 June 2026) sets 0.25 spaces per bedroom, rounded down, with no maximum, and 1 of them is drawn as an accessible space. Once four or more spaces are served, Clause 52.06-9 requires cars to leave in a forward direction, so a turning area is drawn with the fourth bay. Since Amendment VC314 (28 October 2026) uncovered driveways and car spaces count toward the garden area Clause 52.23-3 requires in the GRZ and NRZ; a covered driveway or a covered parking area does not.

The acquisition screen used for this product considers lots of 500 m² or more with 15 m or more of frontage and about 34 m of depth, so the single-storey footprint can sit 9 m back from the street with 1 m to every other boundary and easement, two compliant car spaces in front and the zone’s garden area kept. Building Regulations 2018 reg 76(2) caps buildings at 60 per cent of the lot, so 500 m² is the floor for a single-storey plan. A rear easement or a lot that narrows toward the back is the usual reason a large-looking block fails; take the exact building dimensions from the published plan.