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Every page on the CertifiBuild website in one place: services, building types, council areas, suburbs and guides.
Main pages
Certification services
- All building certification services
- Building approvals
- Complying development certificate (CDC)
- Construction certificate (CC)
- Principal certifier
- Plan assessment
- Critical stage inspections
- Occupation certificate (OC)
- Building information certificate (BIC)
- Building Compliance Assessment (BCA) reports
Building types
- All building types
- Single storey homes
- Double storey homes
- Three storey homes
- Knockdown rebuild
- Alterations and additions
- Duplex and dual occupancy
- Triplex
- Townhouses
- Boarding houses
- Granny flats
- Backyard studios
- Swimming pools and spas
- Garages and carports
- Sheds and outbuildings
- Decks, pergolas and patios
- Retaining walls
- Private bushfire shelters
Who we work with
Registration and legal
Council areas
- Bayside Council
- Blacktown City Council
- Blue Mountains City Council
- Burwood Council
- Camden Council
- Campbelltown City Council
- Canterbury-Bankstown Council
- Central Coast Council
- City of Canada Bay
- City of Newcastle
- City of Parramatta
- City of Ryde
- City of Sydney
- Cumberland City Council
- Fairfield City Council
- Georges River Council
- Hawkesbury City Council
- Hornsby Shire Council
- Hunter's Hill Council
- Inner West Council
- Kiama Municipal Council
- Ku-ring-gai Council
- Lane Cove Council
- Lithgow City Council
- Liverpool City Council
- Mosman Council
- North Sydney Council
- Northern Beaches Council
- Penrith City Council
- Randwick City Council
- Shellharbour City Council
- Strathfield Council
- Sutherland Shire Council
- Waverley Council
- Willoughby City Council
- Wingecarribee Shire Council
- Wollondilly Shire Council
- Wollongong City Council
- Woollahra Municipal Council
Guides
- Appointing a principal certifier: timing and paperwork
- Approving a private bushfire shelter in NSW, stage by stage
- Backyard studio or granny flat? The difference that matters
- Building a duplex with a CDC under NSW’s Low Rise Housing Diversity (LRHD) Code
- Building a single storey home under a CDC: what has to line up
- Building information certificates when buying or selling
- Building information certificates: what they do
- Building upwards on an existing home: second storey structure and approvals
- CDC neighbour notification: who gets told and when
- CDC or DA: picking the approval your home project needs
- Can you build three storeys? Height limits and approval paths in NSW
- Can you change your principal certifier mid-project?
- Can your studio have a bathroom? Services, waterproofing and rules
- Changing your design once a CDC has been issued
- Compliance assessment report or building information certificate?
- Condensation and waterproofing under NCC 2025
- Converting a house into a small boarding house: approvals to expect
- Critical stage inspections: what we check and when
- DA conditions you must meet before a construction certificate
- Deck balustrades: heights, gaps and climbable elements
- Deck height and size limits for exempt development
- Demolition and asbestos: what to sort before the new house starts
- Designing now, building later: moving NSW projects from NCC 2022 to 2025
- Documents a certifier needs for a construction certificate
- Does your pool or spa need approval? Exempt, CDC or DA
- Duplex subdivision: Torrens or strata, and when certification fits in
- Exempt development: small building jobs that need no approval
- Extensions that tie into an existing house: common certification issues
- Failed an inspection? What happens next
- Fire safety and getting out safely in a three storey house
- Fire safety in a Class 1b boarding house: alarms, exits and separation
- Fire separation between townhouses: what the code requires
- Found unapproved building work? Your options
- From plans to occupation: a realistic granny flat timeline
- From quote to occupation certificate: how certification runs
- Garage to habitable room: what changes in a conversion
- Garages close to the boundary: fire separation and setbacks
- Getting approval for a triplex in NSW
- Granny flat approval: when a CDC works and when you need council
- Granny flat rules in NSW: size, lot and setback basics
- How long does building certification take?
- How to get your site ready for an inspection
- Inspections and occupation certificates for a row of townhouses
- Interim and final occupation certificates: the difference
- Kit sheds: engineering, wind ratings and certification
- Knockdown rebuild approvals in NSW: from demolition to move-in
- NCC 2025 and new homes: what carries over and what’s new
- NCC 2025 arrives in NSW on 1 May 2027: what changes
- Occupation certificates: what you need before moving in
- Pergola or roofed patio? How the roof changes the approval
- Pool barrier rules in NSW: fences, gates and climbable zones
- Pool registration and compliance certificates explained
- Private bushfire shelters: what they are and who needs one
- Reading your planning certificate before you design
- Renovating in NSW: exempt work, CDC or DA?
- Retaining wall heights: when you need approval and an engineer
- Retaining walls on the boundary: neighbours, footings and access
- Services, dilapidation reports and neighbours on a knockdown rebuild
- Setbacks, site coverage and height for single storey homes in NSW
- Shared driveways, services and access on a triplex site
- Shed size limits for building without approval in NSW
- Slabs and footings for a new single storey home: what gets checked
- Small boarding houses as Class 1b: size and occupant limits
- Stairs and balustrades in a double storey home: getting them right
- Survey plans and site information your designer needs
- The frame inspection on a two storey build: what we look for
- The performance standard behind a private bushfire shelter
- The plan errors that most often stop a CDC
- The separating wall between duplex homes: fire and sound rules
- Three storey homes on sloping blocks: excavation, retaining and drainage
- Townhouse developments: approval by CDC through the state codes, or a council DA
- Turning a backyard studio into a home office: what approval covers
- Upstairs windows and balconies: privacy rules for two storey homes
- What a building compliance assessment covers
- What a construction certificate is and why a DA isn’t enough
- What a principal certifier does on your build
- What affects building certification fees
- What to include in a CDC application
- What you use an outbuilding for changes how it is approved
- When a carport needs no approval, and when it does
- When is a triplex still Class 1? Classification explained
- When you might need a building compliance assessment
- Why a plan check before lodging saves time and money
- Why an occupation certificate gets held up
- Why retaining walls fail: drainage and backfill basics
Suburbs by council area
Bayside Council
Blacktown City Council
- Blacktown
- Kings Langley
- Lalor Park
- Marayong
- Marsden Park
- Quakers Hill
- Riverstone
- Schofields
- Shanes Park
- Toongabbie
Blue Mountains City Council
Burwood Council
Camden Council
- Bringelly
- Catherine Field
- Cobbitty
- Currans Hill
- Gledswood Hills
- Gregory Hills
- Leppington
- Mount Annan
- Oran Park
- Spring Farm
Campbelltown City Council
Canterbury-Bankstown Council
Central Coast Council
- Avoca Beach
- Booker Bay
- Copacabana
- Forresters Beach
- Lake Munmorah
- Mannering Park
- Patonga
- The Entrance
- Wadalba
- Warnervale
City of Canada Bay
City of Newcastle
City of Parramatta
City of Ryde
City of Sydney
Cumberland City Council
Fairfield City Council
- Bonnyrigg
- Cabramatta
- Cabramatta West
- Canley Heights
- Canley Vale
- Fairfield
- Lansvale
- Mount Pritchard
- Smithfield
- Wetherill Park
Georges River Council
Hawkesbury City Council
Hornsby Shire Council
- Asquith
- Cheltenham
- Cherrybrook
- Glenhaven
- Hornsby
- Mount Colah
- Normanhurst
- Pennant Hills
- Wahroonga
- West Pennant Hills
Hunter’s Hill Council
Inner West Council
Kiama Municipal Council
Ku-ring-gai Council
Lane Cove Council
Lithgow City Council
Liverpool City Council
Mosman Council
North Sydney Council
- Cammeray
- Cremorne
- Cremorne Point
- Crows Nest
- Kirribilli
- Lavender Bay
- McMahons Point
- Neutral Bay
- North Sydney
- Waverton
Northern Beaches Council
Penrith City Council
Randwick City Council
Shellharbour City Council
- Albion Park
- Albion Park Rail
- Calderwood
- Flinders
- Macquarie Pass
- Oak Flats
- Shell Cove
- Shellharbour
- Tullimbar
- Warilla
Strathfield Council
Sutherland Shire Council
Waverley Council
Willoughby City Council
- Castle Cove
- Castlecrag
- Chatswood
- Chatswood West
- Middle Cove
- Naremburn
- North Willoughby
- Northbridge
- Willoughby
- Willoughby East