Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Build - Monaco Nouveau Q1 Pic Fest P18 - we are in 421Jan 25, 2013 12:57 pm Building Henley Monaco Nouveau Q1 - Mernda Villages https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=57810 http://razbuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Our Build - Monaco Nouveau Q1 Pic Fest P18 - we are in 426Jan 29, 2013 9:57 am Building Henley Monaco Nouveau Q1 - Mernda Villages https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=57810 http://razbuild.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Our Build - Monaco Nouveau Q1 Pic Fest P18 - we are in 432Jan 31, 2013 5:03 pm Hi Booshoo, Just wondering. Do you have a stepdown to garage in your house? We had our tender last week (monaco q1) and the tender presenter said henley houses do not have a stepdown to garage anymore. The garage will be same level as the rest of the house. I think this mean they reduce the height of the whole house to match the garage level, hence less concrete used? Not sure what are the pro and cons of stepdown to garage? Maybe anyone can shed some light? Thanks! Williams Landing Stage 10 - Kingwell Neighbourhood Re: Our Build - Monaco Nouveau Q1 Pic Fest P18 - we are in 433Feb 02, 2013 11:48 pm Hi FND, Thought of sharing some experience about your concern in not having a step down to your garage in monaco q1. I'm also building a Lex. house with same builder. You are correct, slab is currently just completed in mine and there is no step down and garage and internal house is at the same level. No sign of attempts to have the slab thinner to save concrete, but looks ok. The flip side is that, any water spilled on garage floor as a result of your car coming home under heavy rain or you having to wash the garage etc.. may result in water going to the plaster boards and potentially the tile/timber floor. In addition, wonder whether it may look odd since almost all houses including the builder's display houses in Vic I've seen are having a step down to garage from house internal. Further, BCA says there should be at least 50mm step down to surrounding external areas of your house such as alfresco, portico and potentially the garage as well. This is to ensure a good surface water drainage. In that sense, not sure whether having a garage at the same level of the house is going in line with the building standards specified in BCA. If you are keen, just read the clause 3.1.2.3 in BCA. Just google for it.. At least, you have been told at tender this is gonna be the case.. But, I was not.. Hope this helps! Re: Our Build - Monaco Nouveau Q1 Pic Fest P18 - we are in 434Feb 04, 2013 8:55 am SamJ Hi FND, Thought of sharing some experience about your concern in not having a step down to your garage in monaco q1. I'm also building a Lex. house with same builder. You are correct, slab is currently just completed in mine and there is no step down and garage and internal house is at the same level. No sign of attempts to have the slab thinner to save concrete, but looks ok. The flip side is that, any water spilled on garage floor as a result of your car coming home under heavy rain or you having to wash the garage etc.. may result in water going to the plaster boards and potentially the tile/timber floor. In addition, wonder whether it may look odd since almost all houses including the builder's display houses in Vic I've seen are having a step down to garage from house internal. Further, BCA says there should be at least 50mm step down to surrounding external areas of your house such as alfresco, portico and potentially the garage as well. This is to ensure a good surface water drainage. In that sense, not sure whether having a garage at the same level of the house is going in line with the building standards specified in BCA. If you are keen, just read the clause 3.1.2.3 in BCA. Just google for it.. At least, you have been told at tender this is gonna be the case.. But, I was not.. Hope this helps! Uggghhh, I'm having my tender on 15Feb with Henley as well. I would really hate to have a house without a stepdown to a garage, portico and alfresco... The house will look weird and it's also not practical to have internal and external at the same level. This is a big no no for me... Does anyone here know or has experience with Henley on how to push them to get a stepdown to external slab? Re: Our Build - Monaco Nouveau Q1 Pic Fest P18 - we are in 435Feb 04, 2013 9:25 am Hi FND and SamJ, I just asked my land developer which is Stockland about the stepdown. The stepdown is indeed a standard building regulation. You cant have a house where the garage and the house internal are at the same level. SO, if you are really concerned about it, you might wanna fight for it against Henley because it means Henley is breaching the standard building regulation... Re: Our Build - Monaco Nouveau Q1 Pic Fest P18 - we are in 436Feb 04, 2013 2:56 pm I read that it depended on whether the Driveway sloped away from or towards the house. ie. if your house is lower than your driveway, in a downpour the runoff could easily overload the drains and backup into your garage, and then the house. If the driveway slopes away then no such problem. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=51376 If is was against the building code surely this would get caught when the plans are submitted for the building permit? Re: Our Build - Monaco Nouveau Q1 Pic Fest P18 - we are in 437Feb 04, 2013 3:38 pm It appears quite a few people have no step down. I've done some searching and can find roughly equal the number of people who have flat slab and want a step down, and people who have a step down and want it flat! another thread on the same issue: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=14915&start=0 It wouldn't surprise me at all if the Building code used to require it but has since been relaxed to only be required where house is lower level than the street. The advantages of a flat slab are much better wheelchair access, which may not be a factor for most people now, but as you get older you never know what might happen. Also it means less excavation as you don't need to dig a deeper hole for the garage part of the slab, thus making buildings cheaper on average. Of course I could be completely wrong, and in general I like the step down better, but given the number of posts I've read it seems a lot of people have the garage the same level as the house, at least for recent builds. Re: Our Build - Monaco Nouveau Q1 Pic Fest P18 - we are in 438Feb 04, 2013 9:58 pm Hi ugbug, mtz08 and SamJ, I have spoken to Big Kev about this issue today. I have responded to your post in viewtopic.php?f=31&t=62769&p=976662#p976662 I thought I dont want to hijack Booshoo's thread with all this discussion. Booshoo - sorry, didnt mean to hijack the thread. FND Williams Landing Stage 10 - Kingwell Neighbourhood Re: Our Build - Monaco Nouveau Q1 Pic Fest P18 - we are in 440Feb 16, 2013 11:04 am Hi boosho, Did you upgrade the infill above windows to brick infill? I notice the drawing in your earlier post says "Timber trim infill above timber window", but when I check your pictures, you have brickwork above the windows. thanks. Sorry! I'm new to this forum and have made a mistake in my posting! I'm looking for a structural solution to a stand alone wooden pickets fence with no structural rail… 1 3302 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17681 of course there are legal avenues. You've already mentioned it. Sue them. I find it odd that lawyers wouldnt be willing to take on the case, given CCT evidence and… 1 23809 |