Ways to get around $11000 Qld building threshold

Hi everyone I have searched around for answers on this topic but not found anything specific enough as yet, so hopefully this hasn’t been covered under a different thread already.

With the $11000 cap on trades doing work on a renovation in Qld can anyone tell me if these would be ways to get around it (in particular if selling within 6 years)

A.) In a bathroom reno where you might need plumbing, tiling/waterproofing, shower Glass etc. Assuming you could get each trade to do their bit for under $3300 and in total the work and materials came under the $11000 threshold, would this be ok legally with no need to use a builder?

B.) Could you also get around the $11000 rule if it was possible to get low enough quotes from trades but do most of the work yourself instead and only use/pay for work you have to such as plumbing (an occupational licenced trade)?

I know trades are pretty expensive per hour wise but if you had mates or found a trade that would quote low for jobs just so you could stay under the $11000, couldn’t these be the quotes you went by when estimating the cost for the total job (whose to say their price is too cheap).

Also does anyone know if there is a time frame that $11000 cap would stand. For example could you do $11000 of work each month and have a short break or every 6 months, or yearly?

 

No way I can see.....
The market value of the work must be less than $11,000 if you are an owner.....otherwise you need an owner builder permit with a six year repeat limit.
And it gets listed on the title as there is no insurance for OB work.

Quote from QBCC -
"The value of building work is the reasonable cost to a consumer of having the work carried out by a licensed contractor on the basis that materials, labour and GST are included, regardless of who supplies the materials."

I am planning a large deck with a market value around $30k if I got trades to do it.....my price is just material & free time but the code clearly states "market rate" and value. So I am also trying to get a workable solution with a lower price....

See the link - When you don't need a licence

Good luck.

 

Why would anyone want not to have the home warranty insurance to cover you if the tradies stuff up? What's it going to save/cost if you need it?

 

Source your own tradies and enter into a construction. Management contract with a licensed builder who will essentially Sign off on the work and you will use his insurance or better yet find a licensed builder who is willing to work on an hourly rate ...plenty of them around ie handyman with licences.

 

Check with a private certifer. They sometimes let you do things in 11k stages