Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 15, 2010 7:50 pm Hi all, I'm new here so I apologise if this has been covered but so far I have been unable to find an answer. Please help. I am currently doing the Basix Certificate for our new house and was wondering if anyone could clear up for me what is meant by 'site area'. We have a large block 6760m2 but Iām not sure if I should be including that whole 6760m2 or just the area that will be effected by the building process? Appreciate the help Re: Basix - what is meant by site area? 2Jul 15, 2010 8:05 pm I would have thought that the whole 6760 m2 should be included. Not sure of the impact of a larger site. Why not play with some values and see the effect. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Basix - what is meant by site area? 3Jul 15, 2010 8:25 pm Thankyou Casa2, Yeh tried that and it does not seem to have an effect on the targets or scores I just wanted to make sure it was right incase it comes back on us later. Anyone have an insite into the world of Basix? Thanx Re: Basix - what is meant by site area? 4Jul 16, 2010 5:44 pm What you've discovered makes sense. Although your land is large, you woudl only be expected to have "landscaping" for the areas around the house. These and whatever you plumb into your rainwater tank, would be the only load on your water requirements. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Basix - what is meant by site area? 5Jul 16, 2010 6:52 pm Yep, that was my thoughts. What I ended up doing was a site area of 6000m2 as the rest is the drive way as we are down a long battle axe. All the sections have been passed. We ended up having to plumb the tank into the toilets as well as have it for use on the garden but that wasn't affected by the site area. All I'm worried about is that council will have an issue if I've filled out the basix incorrectly That would be a major drama! I'll double check with our local council just to make sure. Re: Basix - what is meant by site area? 6Jul 16, 2010 9:07 pm Our council is pretty flexi on it I think, we recently did our basix ourselves and ended up with most of the yard as unmaintained/gravel/dirt so that there was less garden area as we didnt want to plumb the tank into the house as it costs more in the long run as you have to have a pump etc running on the tank. I checked with council and they said as long as it was unmaintained when they did their final check taht was all that mattered. Re: Basix - what is meant by site area? 7Jul 16, 2010 9:41 pm We would prefer not to have to plumb into the house for cost reasons, but it doesn't worry me too much. The majority of our block will also be unmaintained as 'pasture' that's how it is currently and we won't be changing that much, just a few vegi's and some wind break trees. I couldn't get our water requirements passed with just feeding the tank to the garden without a massive tank. I'll let you know the council feedback. Re: Basix - what is meant by site area? 8Jul 17, 2010 7:06 am Lan, You may not need to plumb into the house. In my case, I was able to use either a 5000 litre water tank plumbed into the house or 14,000 litres just for the garden.I chose 14,000 litres since I had the space. I suspect you do to. Cheers, Casa Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Basix - what is meant by site area? 9Jul 17, 2010 6:00 pm Tried that but to have the tank just for the garden we needed 30,000L ! Vs 7,000L plumbed to the toilet. Pretty sure the latter is going to be more cost effective. I'm going to do a few different plans on Punch and see if I can insert an img to give everyone a look. If anyones got some pros and cons when setting out the position of their houses it would be a help. I know we have the space but I still want to use that space to the best advantage possible. View, thermal effeciency, privacy, planning for the future....etc. CDC Housing Code 3 When to apply Floor Area external face of wall vs Gross Floor Area internal face of wall. Reading thru CDC Housing Code 3, lets take a lot 915sqm.… 0 16535 Even if it's not being sub-divided and you want to keep it as Torrens title, you will still need to talk to a town planner or Council themselves, to see if they will allow… 1 11012 Hi We have finally decided to complete a KDR on our corner plot in NE Melbourne suburbs. Given its a corner plot approx. 400 sqm just a standard design may not fit the… 0 8550 |