Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jul 08, 2013 1:49 pm Hi, We are plan to knock down and rebuild a house at Canterbury council area. it is 11.28m wide flat land at 595 sqm. We would like have double garages and kitchen & living area upstairs ( not at ground floor). but two of large home builder said they don't do this type of building. Does anyone have some builder you can recommended? thanks Re: 11.28m block at canterbury council knock down rebuild 2Jul 08, 2013 4:01 pm Do you mean living areas upstairs? You would have to look at some reverse living designs - lots of beach front homes are built like this for views. I can't recommend builders sorry. Not hard to find just google reverse living designs eg http://www.rosmondhomes.com.au/homedesi ... y/nautilus I assume you did not mean garage upstairs? Re: 11.28m block at canterbury council knock down rebuild 3Jul 08, 2013 4:14 pm Hi pmpbj, Welcome to the forums. My block is 12.19m wide. We have built 3m from northern boundary. Only single garage at front as we have rear lane access for the other garage. We've got all bedrooms downstairs and living upstairs. Check out plans on my blog in signature if you are interested. I'm on that journey. I had to demolish a single story brick veneer on concrete raft slab about 220 sq meters for about $19k. They took forever to get a permit and I… 2 2029 5 7107 if the original house is in good condition most of what you listed could be added in stages without the need for KDR and costs and disruption of having to live elsewhere… 1 14220 |