Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 08, 2014 5:23 pm Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Re: Our building journey begins...in Aveley WA 5Aug 09, 2014 12:18 pm Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Re: Our building journey begins...in Aveley WA 7Aug 09, 2014 1:17 pm Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Re: Our building journey begins...in Aveley WA 9Aug 09, 2014 1:34 pm Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Re: Our building journey begins...in Aveley WA 10Aug 10, 2014 12:41 am Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Re: Our building journey begins...in Aveley WA 12Aug 10, 2014 3:22 pm My Build, viewtopic.php?f=31&t=64837 Re: Our building journey begins...in Aveley WA 14Aug 10, 2014 10:58 pm Hi Hootie Welcome to Homeone and congratulations to you on starting your building journey! As Ardie mentioned above my husband and I are building the Bayview through Redink Homes. So far so good and we love the plan! Redink have been great apart from a few admin delays here and there although I think this is common in the building industry. I really love your other plans too, hope you find exactly what you are looking for and if you have any questions re the bayview feel free to ask Re: Our building journey begins...in Aveley WA 15Aug 10, 2014 11:32 pm Thanks again everyone for the welcome and great information. We really appreciate it! Very exciting times as DAH have come back with the first drawings of the home together with the changes and customisations we asked for. It looks really impressive and even the kids got excited! It's now in for costing which would hopefully happen next week. We are crossing our fingers that the costings we receive back will be close to our budget. The sales consultant seems really confident and she has been brilliant to deal with so far. We are also waiting for another plan from Ross North so we'll see how that goes too. Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Re: Our building journey begins...in Aveley WA 16Aug 12, 2014 1:26 pm Hi Hootie, I see you've said you have a corner block, & are planning on having the garage on the northern side of the block. I would strongly recommend having the garage on your other street frontage, if this is at all possible. Here's why, 3 words, "passive solar design". Sounds complicated, but it's not. It's just about designing your house around the sun's path over the year, higher in the sky in summer, lower in the sky in winter. It just means building a house with living areas facing north (along with a large proportion of the glazing). Appropriate sized eaves will block the sun in summer (when it's higher in the northern sky), but winter sunlight will enter & warm the house (when the sun is lower in the sky). To block harsh summer sun from the west (or east), garages, laundrys & bathrooms should be located on these sides where possible. Limiting glazing on these sides is also a good idea. This will result in a house that is more comfortable, warmer in winter, cooler in summer. You'll also save money on bills, as you'll require less heating in winter, & less AC in summer. Where the block & surroundings allow it, most houses in Australia should be built to this layout. Unfortunately many builders (& even some architects) don't take house orientation in to consideration when designing a house. The government thinks it's a good idea though, here's what they have to say about it, http://www.yourhome.gov.au/passive-design/orientation Re: Our building journey begins in Aveley WA (Concept pics) 17Aug 13, 2014 9:17 pm Received this concept pic from DAH: ] Basically it's a hybrid...its the DAH Vespa front flipped to suit the lot, with the interior of the DAH Willows. Costings should be out next week, we are holding our breath.... Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Re: Our building journey begins...in Aveley WA 20Aug 13, 2014 9:59 pm Looks great. Good luck with the numbers Your house roof does not show rusting other than some surface rust on the flashings. In my opinion you dont need to replace or paint the roof other than treat surface rust… 1 10581 That is a really good attitude Akin to you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. I do enjoy watching that tik tok inspector from Victoria but he does go a little… 12 82391 3 5889 |