About Ready to Build
Ready to Build helps New Zealand homeowners understand the consent-exempt granny-flat pathway, screen a property and choose documented plan and support products. A standard plan is only one part of a project: the actual property, final design, professional roles and both legal pathways still need to be checked.
What we do
- Provide an early address screen that identifies selected mapped planning questions and matters needing verification.
- Offer a documented desktop feasibility service with a clearly stated scope, sources, assumptions and unresolved conditions.
- Provide plan products whose pages state exactly what is included, what remains site specific and what professional inputs are still required.
What we do not replace
Ready to Build information is not council approval. It does not replace a PIM, resource consent where required, title or service checks, physical site investigations, final design work, appropriately licensed practitioners or the owner’s responsibility to meet every applicable requirement.
How claims are checked
Material regulatory, professional, cost and service claims should identify their source, effective date, responsible owner and reviewer scope. Review-pending material remains visibly labelled and excluded from search until the required approval is recorded.
Design responsibility and professional scope
Each plan or service page should name the person or practice responsible only after their identity, current licence or registration, role and scope have been verified. The page should also explain which site-specific design, engineering, surveying, construction and certification responsibilities remain with other appropriately qualified people.