Building a house in Trinidad

[MD Marketers]

Anyone can recommend a good person in south to get an estimate to take to TTMF? Thanks.

You got drawings?

[York]

Minimum Building Setbacks for Residential Areas (as taken from the T&CPD publication "Guide to Developers and Applicants for Planning Permission (1989)):

so based on this i was right for offsets for single family residential: 12' back, 8' sides, 15' front.

[bikerchic]

FAR 0.39 for flat. 1.36 for 2-storey, 2.06 for 3-storey. I read this in the planning guide. Anyone else can confirm?

[turboturnsmeon2]

What is the maximum allowable distance can your cesspit and soak away be from the house and boundary ?
Example

The house sits 16' from the rear boundary. Will a 6'x10' cesspit be allowed between the house and the boundary, being 4.5' from the house and 4.5' from the boundary line?

[bikerchic]

What is the maximum allowable distance can your cesspit and soak away be from the house and boundary ?
Example

The house sits 16' from the rear boundary. Will a 6'x10' cesspit be allowed between the house and the boundary, being 4.5' from the house and 4.5' from the boundary line?

For septic tank, size : min capacity 2500L, 500L per person. Min 1.5m from boundary/building. For soakaway min 2.5m from building and min 1m from boundary.

[turboturnsmeon2]

Great thanks.

[konartis]

Anyone can recommend a good person in south to get an estimate to take to TTMF? Thanks.

You got drawings?

I have everything, approved plans etc...

[dreadman]

looking for half and half gravel to buy. preferable a person with 10wheeler dump truck. pm me asap

[stang]

Where in Trinidad can you get cantilever stairs made..

[stang]

Where in Trinidad can you get cantilever stairs made..

[Rory Phoulorie]

Where in Trinidad can you get cantilever stairs made..

Once you have engineering drawings for what you want, any contractor worth his salt can construct the stairs.

You did not mention what type of material you want the stairs made from, for example, timber, reinforced concrete or structural steel.

[stang]

Am interested in the following design.

[urbandilema]

Hey question what does it mean wen dey the outline is be approved and dey have quardiasial sheet. .I was checking a new property and the person on the phone told me this..shud I investigate this and what precautions and safety measure shud I use..

[trinichildofGod]

Free backfill. Message 6206593. I will get back to you.

[Rory Phoulorie]

Hey question what does it mean wen dey the outline is be approved and dey have quardiasial sheet. .I was checking a new property and the person on the phone told me this..shud I investigate this and what precautions and safety measure shud I use..

Town & Country Planning Division (T&CPD) has to approve the development before you can proceed to construct. You first get outline planning approval from T&CPD with a set of conditions that the development must fulfill before you get final planning approval. The approval from T&CPD will affect you getting utility connections and loans from lending agencies for your construction. You can get detailed information on the process using the link below:

http://www.localgov.gov.tt/en/MOLG/Serv ... xa1pvkrJpg

A "quardiasial sheet" is actually a cadastral sheet. This shows the legal boundaries and area of the property of concern.

If the property you are looking at does not have outline planning approval from T&CPD, just stay far away from that and look for a development elsewhere with all the statutory approvals in place.

[urbandilema]

Thanks man for the info...d developer said he getting it and I tink he have preliminary tc and he have the cadastral

[York]

Dey does say dey getting the final approval and want u to pay final approval price. Tell dem they have only outline approval and dats the price u willing to pay. Or do what Rory say and run like hell...

[urbandilema]

Dey does say dey getting the final approval and want u to pay final approval price. Tell dem they have only outline approval and dats the price u willing to pay. Or do what Rory say and run like hell...

True dat...de developer say dey was dey today...mite just pass tru to see that scene...will tell u was d scene

[dso]

Hi,
Town and Country question:

Now building and the front of the house (ground floor) is 13 feet from roadway (as far as I am aware minimum t and c approval is 12 feet), I wanted do to a cantilever on the top floor (3 feet of the ), would that be allowed as it encroaches beyond the 12 feet.

Would t and c be able to avail me if I went in and asked...

Thanks

[bikerchic]

Hi,
Town and Country question:

Now building and the front of the house (ground floor) is 13 feet from roadway (as far as I am aware minimum t and c approval is 12 feet), I wanted do to a cantilever on the top floor (3 feet of the ), would that be allowed as it encroaches beyond the 12 feet.

Would t and c be able to avail me if I went in and asked...

Thanks

Gurus, correct me if I am wrong. For front house setback, it should be 15' min from minor road not 12'. The 12' is for rear setback. Also the stairs would not be considered part of the floor coverage once it is not covered so the stairs can cross the min 15' boundary.

[matthewb]

any body cany give me a estimate to build a 30' x 50' / 35' x 50' foundation for a flat house on a flat peice of land. estimated labour and material cost.

[Zorak]

Hey fellas, was wondering if anyone can shed some light on this. I bought a piece of land in the middle of December and I'm yet to get my deed. The lawyer keeps telling me that there's a backlog because of all the Caroni land being sold. Any ideas? Is this normal and what can I do on the land without having the deed as yet? I'm currently waiting on some other matters to be sorted. But I may potentially be looking to start to build asap.

[kjaglal76v2]

are 3x5x19 - 12kg/m I beams suitable for building a shed to park cars?

what's the avg price for a length of these?

[rspann]

Yes that will work . Around $500 to $600 according to where you buy it.

[Mta]

looking for half and half gravel to buy. preferable a person with 10wheeler dump truck. pm me asap

Call me 340 8910

[Mta]

looking for half and half gravel to buy. preferable a person with 10wheeler dump truck. pm me asap

Call me 340 8910

[low-profile]

hey guys. i'm currently building a split level design and i've just reached the backfilling stage and then to cast the ground floor. i will need to get some board to box around the perimeter of the building to cast the floor slab. so i'm looking at options with boxing board or construction ply or maybe pine boards because i would like to reuse them for casting the columns and also the top beams. i'm going with decking pan for the top floor.

i know boxing boards warp quickly and are pretty much 1 time use. and the ply will need alot of bracing with 2x2 etc. so with cost being a factor, can anyone give me some advice. also where has good prices?

[JF.K]

What I can say is that boxing board is the worst...
Pay the extra and use the ply for columns.
The boxing board soaks the water and warps easily and are definitely a one time use.

[rspann]

I buy pine from a sawmill in Penal,at less than the price of boxing board. I build two buildings with one set of board, using it on the ring beams and fence walls too.

[York]

Use 1x4 pine lath rpp with some 2x2 rpp to brace or buy 5/8" construction ply, cut in 4 long ways. Can be used for posts and ring beam also.