Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Split level Vs Big Retaining wall 9Jun 21, 2011 7:08 pm Split level is cheaper, but it also typically creates floor plans where you can't have a constant ceiling height all the way from front to back. Probably not a problem if you don't have a view to take advantage of, or don't care if you can see out all the way from front to back. On the other hand, if you don't do split levels and are building a large house, you can run into the building height limit if you are not careful. We ran into this and had to change our roof style to flat to get over the 10m restriction..admittedly we had 3 stories, with 2 it wouldn't be an issue I think my house blog: http://sugarloafdrivebuild.blogspot.com/ Move your linen into laundry and access laundry from your present linen space 1 8007 Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5179 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16132 |