Granny flat Ballarat — fixed price,
end-to-end, from $121k inc GST.

E2ES Ballarat uses VIC fixed build prices: 34 m² $121,000 inc GST · 60 m² $170,500 inc GST. The price is all in — site preparation, trenching and connection to existing water, power, sewer and stormwater, the slab and site clean-up are included, and variations only arise if you ask for customisation. Additional published models: 80 m² $218,900 inc GST · 80 m² Premium $253,000 inc GST · 80 m² Premium + 20 m² Enclosed Garage $275,000 inc GST · 300 m² Rooming House $748,000 inc GST. Layouts, specifications and timing are to be confirmed; register your interest in the configurator.

For a secondary dwelling in Ballarat, the approval pathway depends on the zone, overlays and site conditions. Since 15 October 2026, Amendment VC306 defines a small second dwelling (Clause 73.03) as a self-contained home of up to 80 m² total floor area on the same lot as an existing dwelling — up from 60 m² under VC253. In the main residential zones no planning permit is needed on a lot of 300 m² or more when there is no more than one existing dwelling, it is the only small second dwelling and it is not connected to reticulated gas, unless an overlay, a covenant or a Section 173 agreement says otherwise; a lot under 300 m² needs a permit. A building permit is always required, and the Building Regulations 2018 (version 031) still define a small second dwelling as no more than 60 m² and keep the siting, private-open-space and access-path rules (regs 74A, 86A and 86B), so the building surveyor must confirm the building pathway for any design over 60 m². We confirm the applicable planning pathway, survey and service requirements before agreeing the project scope and programme in writing. Local checks include Alfredton, Sebastopol and Delacombe growth-area lots; Heritage Overlay precincts in central Ballarat; bushfire controls around Buninyong; and Rural Living or Farming acreage around Ballan and the town edges. The actual controls decide the pathway.

Yes. We service the surrounding towns and rural blocks listed on this page. Local checks include Alfredton, Sebastopol and Delacombe growth-area lots; Heritage Overlay precincts in central Ballarat; bushfire controls around Buninyong; and Rural Living or Farming acreage around Ballan and the town edges. The actual controls decide the pathway. Check the actual zone, overlays, setbacks, earthworks and building requirements; a rural label alone does not settle the planning pathway.

A Heritage Overlay does not automatically prohibit a second dwelling or always require the same permit. Check the proposed height and finishes, the zone and all other controls, then confirm the separate building requirements. The current Planning Victoria guide explains the conditional exemption.

It depends on the block. Residential lots that need no planning permit (most of suburban Ballarat under the small second dwelling rules — VC253, as amended by VC306): 4 weeks of paperwork plus 3 months of construction. 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. 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).