Well if VCAT and Council say it is definately going ahead, what can you do? 1. Move out 2. Build a wall 3. Make the most of the time and start growing. 4. Open a multi-storey car parking complex in your street. What about your solar kit on the roof? You might have had some […]
Month: January 2014
Rezone for My Profit Too
There is a rezoning application in for Mitchell St Doncaster. ( Jackson Court Supermarket etc.) As this letter points out why can’t we all rezone?
Manningham Needs to plan for Parking
This comparison to Glen Waverley Activity Centre shows Manningham’s Activity Center Doncaster Hill is not keeping up with Parking… Glen Waverley, a very small activity centre when compared to Doncaster Hill, is planning its third multi-deck car park to cater for future parking demand. These parking stations will be in addition to standard parking requirements […]
Tribunal tension – coming to a suburb near you
This article from the Age rings so many bells with those of us who have been to VCAT ( The Victorian Civil & Administrative Tribunal.) You really don’t want to end up there and it rarely has much in the Residents favor, but if you don’t try you can only loose. ( Try to resolve early at […]
Big Building Approved next door what can you do now? Ground Impact
Well if VCAT and Council say it is definately going ahead, what can you do? 1. Move out 2. Build a wall 3. Make the most of the time and start growing. 4. Open a multi-storey car parking complex in your street. What about your clothes line, or vegetable patch that now needs moving out […]
Immigration and World Poverty – By the numbers
Watching this presentation on you-tube just makes you think WOW, what is the right solution for the world over. Poverty of the world population illustrated in a simple presentation using gumballs… Can large emigration numbers to the US (or any other country) help? A simple but powerful presentation.
Changing Water Consumer Behaviour versus Costs
The most effective way of changing consumer attitudes towards conserving water is to simply raise the cost. The forecast increase in water bills, due to the construction and running costs of the desalination plant is estimated at 22%, which is anticipated to correlate with further reductions in consumption. ABC PM: True cost of desalination plant […]
Subterranean Apartments
We have a collection of photos below showing how developers are increasing apartment density by sinking apartments underground! The photos below are of an apartment complex corner of Berkley and Tower Streets in Doncaster adjacent to the Westfield Shopping Centre. Sunken living areas have been a measure employed to conceal the true height of a building […]