Marulan Building Company

19/10/2026

The question we get asked most on a first site visit: does this need council approval?

In NSW there are three answers. Exempt, which means no approval at all. A CDC, where a private certifier signs it off in weeks. Or a DA through Council, which takes months.

Plenty of internal work is exempt. Bathroom refits, kitchen replacements, swapping old windows for new ones the same size. But two things catch people out every time.

Cutting a new doorway between rooms. That's changing the layout of the house, so it's no longer exempt.

Putting in a new window where there wasn't one. Replacing a window is fine. Making a new hole in an outside wall isn't.

Heritage listings, bushfire zones and flood lots can change the answer again, so we check the planning certificate for your block before we tell you anything.

Get the pathway right at the start and you don't lose months at the end. We sort it out for every job, before a contract's signed.

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19/10/2026

16/10/2026

New kitchen on the cards? We'll do the whole thing, start to finish.

Strip-out and rubbish gone. Walls moved or opened up if the layout needs it. Plumbing and power shifted to where the new sink, oven and island are going. Then cabinetry, benchtops, splashback, flooring and paint.

One builder running it. You're not ringing a cabinetmaker, a plumber, a sparky and a tiler and hoping they turn up in the right order. We line them up, we check the work, and you deal with me.

Planning one for 2027? Now's the time to talk. Cabinetry takes weeks to make once the design's locked in, so the earlier we start, the sooner you're cooking in it.

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15/10/2026

14/10/2026

Arches look easy once they're painted. They aren't.

This one's on a current job. Linings are in, and the opening's been framed and sheeted to a proper half-round. The sheet follows whatever the frame does, so if the framing's out by a few mil, the curve shows it forever.

Look through it and you'll see the niche and the tap positions. Those get decided back at frame stage, not when the tiler arrives. Size the niche and set the taps to suit the tile layout, and you don't end up with a skinny sliver of tile down one side, or a grout line sitting just off centre of your mixer. Leave it until tiling and you're stuck with wherever the frame put them.

Next up, waterproofing.

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11/10/2026

Last round of the year at the Terminus this Wednesday night, and it’s going right down to the wire.

After five rounds, KELVINY lead on 276. MUMBLEBOSS are 16 back on 260. EMPERORS TABLE sit on 242. One good night and that order changes.

The Overall Point Score Trophy goes home with somebody on Wednesday. There’s still the $100 Bunnings voucher for the round winner and the $50 Terminus voucher for Heads and Tails, and you don’t need to have played all year to win either of those.

Teams of up to 6. Book a table for dinner and get your team in.

We’ve been proud to sponsor this one all year. Thanks to the Terminus crew and every team who’s turned up on a Wednesday.

📅 Wednesday 14th October, 7pm
📍 Terminus Hotel, Marulan
📞 Book on (02) 4841 1504

04/10/2026

Another 5-star review in, this one from Bruce after we replaced the windows and front door on his 115-year-old place.

Old homes take more care than new ones. Nothing's square, every opening's a slightly different size, and you can't just order a stock door and bang it in. That's exactly the kind of job we like getting our teeth into.

Cheers Bruce, appreciate you taking the time to write it up.

📞 0411 487 803
🌐 www.marulanbuildingco.com

02/10/2026

We just got through another Tablelands winter. Now it's spring, and this is when next year's build timeline actually gets decided.

A DA or CDC doesn't happen overnight. Site investigation, a BAL assessment if your block needs one, design, engineering, then lodgement and assessment. Start that process now and there's a realistic shot at being on site and locked up before next winter. Start it in autumn and you're building through the cold months whether you planned to or not.

Spring's easier ground to build on too. Warmer air and ground for footings and slabs, longer daylight, none of the frost mornings that slow a winter site down.

If a build or reno's been on your mind, this is the season to make the first call, not the one to keep putting it off.

📞 0411 487 803
🌐 www.marulanbuildingco.com