sammy
And Phoenix, I would have sold the land in a tick and make $60K!!! That is a lot of money! (buy another car!)
Minus 30% capital gains tax!!!
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Why!!! 21Mar 28, 2008 1:57 pm sammy And Phoenix, I would have sold the land in a tick and make $60K!!! That is a lot of money! (buy another car!) Minus 30% capital gains tax!!! Re: Why!!! 22Mar 28, 2008 4:08 pm Hi haywgl, I feel for you too! It's all very well to say choose your block first, which I agree is the more sensible thing to do, but too late if you've already found and fallen in love with your dream home!
Hopefully PD will come to the party with chopping off bits for you. If it's any consolation, I already have a feeling our 6m garage will become a 1 car plus storage plus cat's room... and the other car will end up in the driveway or on the curb... donuts Re: Why!!! 23Mar 28, 2008 8:29 pm haywgl DH is glad people agree with him about location - he isn't budging! Thanks again bel Hi Will PD build in the established location ? if not, that might just convince him to a new location.... Cheer Re: Why!!! 24Mar 28, 2008 9:28 pm I hear you loud and clear!
We have purposely not been looking at house designs until we find a block - or house to knock down and rebuild. So far we have been looking since June 2007 so approx 10 months!!! We have gotten so close having submitted offers twice and even signed a contract - but failed to secure the property as someone else signed for a higher amount prior to the vendor signing our contract (even though the vendor had verbally accepted our offer). It is so frustrating!!! I am running out of time as we were planning on starting a family next year but there's no way we'll be able to do a knock down and rebuild in 12 months. I feel like my life is on hold while we are going through this process ie we can't buy new furniture as this house is full, I can't get a new car because the house is first priority, we can't have a family because our 3br house is full with just the 2 of us. Lessons learned ... 1. Don't trust real estate agents, 2. Put in your maximum bid and be prepared to walk away (there will be another one), 3. It's OK to cry about it, 4. Think of the money you're saving by staying in the current house (more clothes shopping), 4. The market is slowing down so the prices may even drop in the near future. Keep at it ... you will find the right block eventually, and start the even more frustrating process of building. Re: Why!!! 25Mar 28, 2008 9:44 pm Talinsmum I know we won't be able to open the car doors fully on all sides and have both cars side by side but we're ok with that ... to my way of thinking & estimating it is going to be about the same size as 2 shopping centre car parks next to each other - standard car park width is 2.3m wide for a parallel park (I picked up that figure from a Vict Gov website somewhere)... so thats still only 4.6m wide for 2 of them .... Fiona That doesn't allow for the fact that to get in and out your door opens into the neighbouring parking space. I'd hate to see someone fit a Territory and a Commodore in a 5.5 metre wide garage! Haywgl: I know you have fallen in love with that design, but seriously. You shouldn't be chopping any width out of the garage, especially with a Territory and a Commodore. Port3r D@vis garages are narrow enough already without chopping half a metre of width out of them. Find your block of land, and then choose the design that fits. You may find it feasible to choose the 34 square version of the design then add depth to it to increase the size of the rooms. The wall in that design between the garage and entry is brick and as a result you cannot chop half a metre off the house will chop half a metre off the master bedroom, which also forces PD to redesign the roofline, which adds to cost, and they probably won't do it. In short the design you have chosen cannot easily or cheaply be narrowed by half a metre. Re: Why!!! 27Mar 28, 2008 9:53 pm One piece of advice that my sister-in-law gave us, was to make sure that the garage is wide enough to open the doors of the cars without hitting the other car and wide enough to get the kids in and out.
We're only having a single car garage, so I didn't have to worry too much about that. 'chelle We have a hand-over date...15/10...but I won't hold my breath! http://people-in-glass-houses.blogspot.com/ Re: Why!!! 28Mar 28, 2008 9:59 pm The Building Code of Australia has minimum standards for garage widths. Just because someone is happy to stupidly narrow a garage doesn't mean a building certifier can sign it off.
Another thing to consider is the Cremorne design has all upstairs bedrooms and living areas facing the sides and none facing the rear. So depending on the local council he will be forced to have 1.5 metre sill heights to give privacy to the adjoining neighbours. It just seems to be squeezing a design that is unsuitable for narrow lots onto a narrow lot. Re: Why!!! 29Mar 28, 2008 10:10 pm and that width would be????
I'm curious since 5.6m is the standard double garage size for our builder and one would think that they would be meeting the Building Code of Australia Fiona edited to add - my mistake, I just checked our plans - the standard double garage is 5.5 x 5.5 on our plans Re: Why!!! 30Mar 28, 2008 10:12 pm I agree with your Homereview - and I thank-you for putting it to me blunty - you make perfect sense and I think I was trying to rush things along instead of waiting for the perfect block.
DH has had a firm talk to me and we are just going to wait and see what comes to us...we will wait for the right sized block - no changing on plans! Thank-you again for all your feedback Re: Why!!! 31Mar 28, 2008 10:31 pm Cheers haywgl
You will need to be careful with that design when doing a knockdown/rebuild in an established area, since the upper windows face the sides. My current job, which is finish at the end of next week, involves assessment of development applications for houses. So this sort of stuff is right in my area of knowledge. Re: Why!!! 32Mar 29, 2008 8:56 am Thanks HomeReview
So do you mean we will probably need to use obscure glass on th windows facing outwards due to privacy issues? I really didn't want to have to use that !! Do you think it would be possible to move the windows in bedroom 3 and 4 to face the back of the house? I think the wardrobe in bedroom 4 would have to be moved to (maybe to the right of the door when you walk in) That way I would only need obscure glass on fewer windows... Re: Why!!! 33Mar 29, 2008 1:40 pm Haywgl you wouldn't need to use obscure glass, but you would probably be required to use 1.5 metre sill heights (in other words the bottom of the window sill is 1.5 metres above the finished floor level). Or alternatively external screening may be required for windows that face neighbours with sill heights less than 1.5 metres.
You can see what 1.5 metre sill heights look like in the Cremorne 41 display in Bedrooms 2 and 4 at Caroline Springs display. Having a closer look it appear 1.5 metre sill heights are standard in bedrooms 2 and 4. External screening would be advisable for the upstairs games room because a 1.5 metre sill hieght would sacrifice too much natural light. That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 17895 Hi All, I just wanted to close this topic out with an update. So we ended up agreeing to a number with the insurance company, and after an extensive amount of hand… 8 23405 A Sabco spin mop, minimal moisture, not very regularly. I was told these hybrids are water resistant 🤷♀️ 2 7644 |