I think they did this to avoid paying royalties to PD.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/ ... 17357.html
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Supercession of home designs 21Apr 19, 2008 11:27 am Eager What they've done is increased the size of the family room at the expense of the alfresco, which is now so small that they call it a verandah! No doubt this will compel customers to either go for a costly alfresco extension, or look at other (more expensive) designs. I think they did this to avoid paying royalties to PD. http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/ ... 17357.html Re: Supercession of home designs 22Apr 19, 2008 9:01 pm Interesting article Joey, good research! I was aware of some sort of legal proceedings between M and PD but hadn't read that article before.
Personally I think it's a load of codswallop though. Compare it to this: Can anyone tell me who was the first builder to come up with the idea of having the front of the house comprise of a centrally located entry with a garage on one side and the master bedroom on the other?????? Everyone does it! Geoff - Decophile. Re: Supercession of home designs 23Apr 19, 2008 9:32 pm Eager Interesting article Joey, good research! I was aware of some sort of legal proceedings between M and PD but hadn't read that article before. Personally I think it's a load of codswallop though. Compare it to this: Can anyone tell me who was the first builder to come up with the idea of having the front of the house comprise of a centrally located entry with a garage on one side and the master bedroom on the other?????? Everyone does it! If PD was a person you could call me a stalker.. hehe Too bad I didn't study building and construction or else I would have applied for a job... I'm personally with you on the issue... I don't think that the Alfresco quadrant is differentiated enough to claim ownership over it. Some of PDs new designs don't have it now. Personally I would use that extra space to make an enclosed room - foldable doors if you really wanted an outdoor space. Re: Supercession of home designs 24Apr 20, 2008 9:01 am Quote: Some of PDs new designs don't have it now. Personally I would use that extra space to make an enclosed room - foldable doors if you really wanted an outdoor space. Does this mean that alfresco's are on the way out?? I wonder what the next trend will be. Paula Re: Supercession of home designs 25Apr 20, 2008 2:53 pm Looks like Metricon have removed all of the copied "alfresco quadrant' designs from their website. Quite funny, since they only recently opened some new display homes based on the old "alfresco quadrant" style designs.
http://www.middletons.com.au/news/news.asp?id=107 http://www.middletons.com/news/news.asp?id=87 http://www.realestatesource.com.au/Nati ... Davis.html http://www.dilanchian.com.au/dispute-re ... tural.html The final link is the most interesting. It discussed in detail the need for builders to show how plans were developed from early sketches to a final design. Re: Supercession of home designs 26Apr 20, 2008 3:26 pm http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/ ... /1509.html
The judgement in full can be read here. http://www.lawfont.com/2008/04/07/givin ... -concepts/ Some more commentary. Re: Supercession of home designs 27Apr 20, 2008 8:46 pm Paula Does this mean that alfresco's are on the way out?? I wonder what the next trend will be. For doubles it will be the enclosed terraces I reckon... with shuttered windows to turn it into an indoors room (seen in a lot of M designs). I know what my first extension to the house will be when I have some money... Would anyone on this forum know of a builder/company in Brisbane with house designs for a shallow block. I have a block 20 x 20 so with front and rear set backs I need a… 0 4743 Your best bet might be to go visit the display homes and walk around in them, and take photos. Get a feel for it in person instead of deciding from the floor plan. There… 1 21437 We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 16274 |