Restumping Seddon
Restumping Seddon starts with the houses: small weatherboard cottages from the Victorian and Edwardian years.
Yarraville Restumping is a quote service. It passes your details to one licensed local restumper, who quotes the job. The service does no work itself.
Seddon workers' cottages and weatherboards
Seddon's precinct is mostly small, single-storey Edwardian and Victorian houses, and most are weatherboard. Heritage Victoria describes them with corrugated iron or Marseilles terracotta tile roofs.
Council's Neighbourhood Plan calls the housing mostly Victorian workers' cottages and Edwardian terrace houses.
Seddon Station opened in 1906 and drove the Edwardian growth. Streets east of the railway are mostly Edwardian, with some 1920s to 1940s houses and post-WWII infill.
Stumps and reactive clay in Melbourne's west
A contractor's page on neighboring Yarraville says many stumps (some people say piers) there are set straight into the ground, with no concrete footing, ant capping or damp course. That page covers Yarraville, not Seddon alone.
Highly reactive clay subsoil in Melbourne's west can move stumps and slabs. A leak or a large tree near a building can also affect it.
Restumping, also called reblocking, replaces or resets the stumps so the floor sits level again. The restumper who quotes it will check each house on site.
Heritage rules and building permits in Seddon
Part of Seddon sits under Heritage Overlay HO9, the Seddon residential and commercial heritage area. Seddon is in the City of Maribyrnong.
Council says most building works need a building permit. Whether restumping is exempt from a heritage permit is not confirmed here, so ask the restumper who quotes it.
Amendment C147 was meant to reduce heritage permit applications. It covers 14 Heritage Overlay areas, including Seddon.
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Questions from Seddon
Do Seddon weatherboard cottages usually need restumping?
Each house needs a site check. Most Seddon houses are Victorian or Edwardian weatherboards, and a contractor's page on neighbouring Yarraville says many stumps there are set straight into the ground. Reactive clay in the west can also move stumps.
Does my Seddon house need a heritage permit for restumping?
That is not confirmed in the notes, so ask the restumper who quotes it. Part of Seddon is under Heritage Overlay HO9. Council also says most building works need a building permit.
Which council covers Seddon?
The City of Maribyrnong covers Seddon. Its offices are at 61 Napier Street, Footscray. Permit questions go to that council.
Does the heritage area cover the whole of Seddon?
No, only part of Seddon is covered by HO9. The heritage precinct is bounded by the railway and by Dane, Nicholson, Berry and Stephen Streets. Check your street with council before work.
Restumping in the inner west
Get a quote and the restumper will phone you back
A registered building practitioner who works the inner west writes your quote.
No lead lists. One restumper gets in touch.
Say when, and the restumper phones you then.
There's no charge and no obligation.
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