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We replace doors and can plan sheds, verandahs and extensions on Mannerim’s farms, near Swan Bay and Lake Victoria. Almost all of Mannerim is farmland, so the rules here are about setbacks, landscape and fire.
Mannerim is about 90 farm properties on Swan Bay Road and the roads off it, near Swan Bay and Lake Victoria.
Our 2 Mannerim jobs were both door replacements for commercial clients: a new slab door with stainless handles, locks and hinges and a repainted frame, and a second door replaced, the jamb blocked at the latch and an anti-break-in strike shield fitted, then painted. A farmhouse door that has dropped or a shed door that won’t lock is the same job.
Under the Farming Zone, an extension of up to 200 square metres or an outbuilding of up to 250 square metres needs no planning permit, provided it is 20 metres from a road, 100 metres from a highway, 5 metres from other boundaries and 100 metres from a neighbour’s house. With typical properties around 31 hectares, those distances are usually easy to meet, but we measure them first.
Landscape overlays for Lake Victoria and Yarram Creek and for Swan Bay cover about 30% of Mannerim, and the whole locality is mapped as bushfire prone, with a small part under the Bushfire Management Overlay. We check what bushfire construction level applies, and both overlays, for your property before drawing anything.
Responsible for a farm business or service building around Mannerim? That side of our work is on our commercial carpentry page.
Ordered by the work we have done in Mannerim, then what farm homes and sheds need.
Slab doors and hardware fitted, frames painted.
Doors re-hung, blocked and adjusted.
Extensions sited to the Farming Zone setbacks.
Verandahs built to the bushfire level.
Cladding on exposed farmhouses.
House-yard fences near the homestead.
Driveway gates that hang straight.
So we can check the landscape overlays and fire mapping first.
Road, highway, boundary and neighbour distances decide the permit.
Itemised, including travel and any bushfire construction needs.
Materials on the truck so the job is done in as few visits as possible.
Michael worked with our budget and we were so impressed by their diligence and workmanship. They did not cut corners but went the extra mile. So impressed we engaged them again at another property.
Beyond our expectations, and it was great to work with people who could turn our ideas into something better than we imagined. Couldn’t recommend them highly enough.
Prompt, great communication and a terrific job. Have used JF Maintenance for lots of work over the years and would recommend.
Mannerim’s school opened on 21 May 1891 as Paywit South and closed in 1974; the building on Swan Bay Road is heritage-listed. A new Swan Bay ambulance branch opened on Swan Bay Road between Queenscliff and St Leonards in 2019.
The 2021 census counted 108 residents on properties typically around 31 hectares. Working farms near two protected waterways are why the work here is planned around setbacks, landscape and fire.
Point Lonsdale • Drysdale • Wallington • Ocean Grove • Bellarine
Mannerim borders Drysdale, Marcus Hill, Swan Bay, Point Lonsdale and Wallington.
Tell us what you are thinking of and we will come back with what the rules allow and a free estimate.