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We can repair and add to Moggs Creek’s timber beach houses and look after holiday and Airbnb homes while owners are away. Most building work here needs a permit, so we work the rules out first.
Moggs Creek is a small bush settlement on the Great Ocean Road between Fairhaven and Eastern View, with Great Otway National Park behind it.
About seven in ten Moggs Creek homes (71%) weren’t lived in full-time at the 2021 census. We look after holiday and Airbnb homes: decks kept safe, doors and windows working, and repairs done between guests with photos sent when we’re finished.
Council’s character overlay describes the houses here as lightweight and airy, in natural materials like timber, on small footprints. Under that overlay, building work needs a permit, though a deck, carport, pergola, verandah or shed can go through the faster VicSmart process. Its standards include a 9 metre front setback, a 7.5 metre height limit and site coverage of 30%.
Most fences need a permit, unless they’re post and wire, no more than 1.5 metres high and, under the habitat overlay, with a 200 mm gap at the ground for wildlife. The Bushfire Management Overlay covers every address; an extension adding no more than half the floor area, or a building under 100 square metres that goes with the house and isn’t used for accommodation, needs no bushfire permit.
Looking after the campsite or a community building nearby? That side of our work is on our commercial carpentry page.
What Moggs Creek’s timber beach houses need most.
Deck repairs and new decks through VicSmart.
Care for holiday and Airbnb homes between visits.
Timber cladding replaced on bush houses.
Doors and windows in salt air and bush.
Extensions within the character standards.
Post and wire fences that let wildlife through.
Shade over a deck, through VicSmart.
Tell us the street and the job, wherever you are.
Character, fence, habitat and bushfire rules.
Itemised, with any permit or VicSmart step set out.
Photos sent, and the house ready for your next stay.
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.
Land around Moggs Creek was subdivided for housing only after the Second World War. In 1959 residents put up a brick cairn and a plaster bust to the mythical Sir Samuel Moggs, and the 1983 Ash Wednesday fires destroyed 87 houses here.
The 2021 census counted 120 residents with a median age of 54. Timber houses, bush blocks and strict fire and character rules are why the work here is planned with care.
Fairhaven • Aireys Inlet • Anglesea • Lorne • Surf Coast
Moggs Creek borders Fairhaven, Eastern View and Aireys Inlet.
Tell us the street and whether you’re there full-time, and we will come back with a free estimate.