Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 30, 2010 9:26 pm Hi All, I'm soon to be building my first home on a 465m lot which has a slight fall to an easement at the rear of the property. As you can see from the image, the ground falls away by approx 600mm in the last few meters of my slab. Complicating this slightly is a 4m easement from the rear fence which I cannot construct on (marked by the thin red line on the plan). I'm thinking I might need to retain the ground just before the easement line to allow my slab to sit high and flat, then have a 600mm drop down to the rest of the yard in the easement area? Would love some input from others who have 'been there, done that' in regards to slight slopes. How could I manage this block to maximize land use, while keeping the house flat If possible, I would prefer to keep the slab as high as possible, as this enables me to have a possible view over the back fence to a lovely lake area! If the rear of the block is retained, I would also still like easy access to the lower yard area. Oh, and any solution needs to be cheap!!! I look forward to your comments and feedback Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Building at Warner Lakes in sunny Queensland. Building with Bold Properties. Building thread is here! - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=38957 Blog is here! - http://campoutforland.blogspot.com Re: Slight fall on land - help me design my lot! 2Aug 31, 2010 8:41 am Hi hd We liased directly with p33t's fencing people who arranged our retaining wall (I think ours ended up being 600mm high and 23m long). They put in the retaining wall, did the excavating and flattended it all for us. We just decided to use p33t's people as they deal with all the blocks out there every day and are familiar with them. I got their number from the sales office and just liased directly with them. Perhaps, they may be able to check your block out and give you some advice? They're very nice and friendly too HTH Thank you Splashers. Tomorrow I might check if I can get a few packs of 300x300 in the same tile finish. It may be good to use these could in the shower recesses. I'm not… 4 4693 I've got a challenge here. Background is the builder has cut too deep for the slab and the slab is now below the very substantial retaining wall. It's failed occupancy… 0 18413 AS4654.2-2012 External Membranes it is "Informative" but if you get water ingress your insurance assessor will go to this straight away and if not achieved, they will deny… 9 1929 |