As I have been using other's builds for inspiration I thought it only fair I reveal our final product going to site this week!
This is something we have considered for years and basically having the worst house in the street it made sense to do a complete knock down and rebuild of our 1950's cottage.
The site has character overlays hence we had to (and would have in any case) go for a Hamptons facade being in inner city Brisbane.
We also had some specific needs as we both work from home (even before Covid) and wanted to make sure my wife has a specific space to bring clients into the office. I just needed a non-client facing office so we built that space behind that front office. Clarendon captured it as guest space however it is a front and back office with a Utility space (shown as a WIR).
We originally were going to go with the more traditional Master Ensuite, Main Bathroom, WC and ground floor Powder Room, however after just a few display home inspections my wife and our "pre-teen" kids decided to get carried away and we now have a 4 bedroom 5 bathroom house.
My original target was a 415-420sqm house and we achieved that at 418.9sqm!
During colour selection we had to pull back a little due to budget but we managed to get in our desired Hamptons staircase and shaker cabinetry (at least in the Kitchen and Butlers).
Anyway, the plans and facade is shown below and we shall hopefully see some progress photos over the coming weeks.
I hope I can also provide some inspiration like others have for me!
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Browse Forums Building A New House  13 Nov 2017 23 Junior Member 07 Jun 2018 55 Loyal Member Re: Knockdown Rebuild | Clarendon QLD | Modified Madison Cit 3Nov 02, 2020 9:58 pm  FunkynoodlesWow, that looks fantastic! I love that everyone gets their very own bathroom! Makes mine look like a shack 🤣 I like the office with its own entrance. We thought about doing this for my teaching studio but decided against having another door right next to the front door. My students will just come in and go through the first door to my studio. Also love the balcony. I wish we had gotten one but couldn’t justify the price for how much we would potentially use it...and my fear of heights! Ha ha, 5 bathrooms is a little over the top but I am not going to argue 😄. I guess it didn’t add as much extra cost as it may sound like initially. One of our criteria was to have that second entrance for the office and the Madison City facade pretty much worked off the shelf. With the balcony, it ideally would have come off the leisure room however as you probably know, fix one thing with a move and create a whole new range of design issues 🙄. Even if I went with a full custom builder I wouldn’t have changed the design dramatically in any case. 13 Nov 2017 23 Junior Member 07 Jun 2018 55 Loyal Member Re: Knockdown Rebuild | Clarendon QLD | Modified Madison Cit 9Jan 25, 2021 10:40 pm Onwards and upwards! I can now start to see the outline of how the building will look on the site. Happy with the posts/pillars which will eventually be white and have rendered collars on the lower level and linea board on the upper level. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ To me it is all a matter of sums regardless of it’s age, my opinion. I would factor in: Can the building be sold off/moved. How much to renovate to get something… 1 2359 hi. Just wanted to get an idea of when a home could be considered for knockdown (igonoring renovation as an option to the original home). So effectivly this query is… 0 853 We have been in a similar but slightly different situation twice. We've had loans on vacant blocks twice and have then built on the land using cash. Technically we should… 6 2802  |
