Granny flat Ballarat — fixed price,
end-to-end, from $110k + GST.

The same fixed pricing E2ES builds to everywhere: 30 m² studio $110,000 + GST, 60 m² two-bed $170,000 + GST, 60 m² dual living $200,000 + GST. Site-condition variations — long service runs, sloping sites, BAL-rated construction in bushfire areas — are priced per metre and documented in writing at the site assessment, never discovered at the end of the build.

On most suburban Ballarat lots, no — under Victoria's Amendment VC253 (December 2023), a second dwelling up to 60 m² on a lot ≥ 300 m² in most residential zones needs no planning permit, only a Class 1a Building Permit issued by our private surveyor in 2–4 weeks. Heritage Overlay precincts in central Ballarat, the Bushfire Management Overlay on the bush fringe, and rural-zoned blocks (RLZ / FZ) do need a planning permit — a pathway we prepare, lodge and manage for you, with the timeline confirmed in writing after the free site assessment.

Yes. City of Ballarat, Moorabool Shire and Golden Plains Shire are all serviced, including acreage and rural-zoned blocks. The construction is the same engineered-slab build; what changes on rural land is the approvals layer — RLZ / FZ zoning and the BMO typically mean a planning permit and BAL-rated construction, which we manage end-to-end and confirm in writing after the free site assessment.

In most cases yes — the Heritage Overlay adds a planning-permit step, not a prohibition. Council assesses siting and visibility from the street, and a single-storey unit in the rear yard is the configuration most often supported. We prepare the heritage response, lodge the application and manage it through council, and give you the pathway and timeline in writing after the free site assessment.

It depends on the block. Permit-exempt residential lots (most of suburban Ballarat under VC253): about 1 month of paperwork plus about 1 month of construction on site. Lots on the permit pathway — Heritage Overlay, BMO or rural zones — get a written timeline after the free site assessment rather than a one-size-fits-all promise.

The direct path is the 60 m² Two-Bedroom leased room-by-room, staying within the occupant thresholds that apply to a shared single dwelling in Victoria. The 60 m² Dual Living layout, with two self-contained wings, is set up subject to a planning pathway we manage for you. We confirm which option fits your block, in writing, at the free site assessment.

Yes — OptimaRea, our sister property management company, operates across the Ballarat region. Most clients hand the tenancy over on handover day: we advertise at the suburb-specific target rent confirmed at your site assessment, place the tenant, and manage the tenancy long-term under the Residential Tenancies Act 1997 (Vic).