Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Who designed your new house? 5Oct 17, 2012 9:37 am ----------------------------------------------- http://pab34newdigs.blogspot.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------- Re: Who designed your new house? 7Oct 17, 2012 9:30 pm Settlement 1/2/12 New Shed 23/3/12 Slab poured 27/3/12 Frame complete 4/5/12 Roof complete 1/6/12 LOCKUP 29/6/12 Our new build blog http://kareenhillsownerbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Who designed your new house? 9Jan 30, 2013 3:30 pm GOODLIFE - Bravo - BUTLER http://getmistyfied.blogspot.com.au Display 20/02/2012 PPA 01/04/12 Prestart: 25/07/12 Settlement: 31/07/2012 Contracts:August Slab 19/11/12 BRICKS 10/11/12 Roof 16/01/13 Re: Who designed your new house? 10Jan 30, 2013 4:26 pm ----------------------------------------------- http://pab34newdigs.blogspot.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------- Re: Who designed your new house? 12Jan 30, 2013 5:34 pm I think Talking to an architect is a waste of time if you don't know what you want because they will have absolutely no idea of where to start and will mostly do their own thing which is fine, some people don't have a clue and just let the architect do what they want creatively, I'm not that person. I like just popping into an architects office or draftsman and if they are happy to go through a few things and have a chat before you give them any money it's usually more worthwhile then someone who will charge you just to get in the door and chances are you'll work better with the other person. You'll know instinctively if it's a good fit. I've spent 6 months working on our plans and researching everything from cost effective ways to build and environmental ways to build and then working out how to put it on the land. I pretty much have my house designed, I just need to go to a draftsman to get it drawn. Things I can't determine, for example the roof designs, I'm in consult with the builders to find out. My best friend has been a tape measure and my own house. I can go into my hallway and say this is too small, measure it and figure out how big I would like it to be. Same with kitchens and toilet rooms and that sort of stuff. There are heaps of programs that help you design a floor plan but my first 6 or so were done on graph paper. Look at real estate websites, most of them have floor plans online with measurements so you can look at how big the average room sizes are. My builder specialises in eco design which is really helpful to have the building expertise AND eco knowledge. It's pretty refreshing in a world where a lot of the, don't care two shakes about the environment. Ultimately though it is what you are most comfortable with. For instance our builder said we could probably do all our elevations and drawings ourselves using sketch up but I am not comfortable doing this for council so I will pay the 1500 for the draftsman to do it right the first time. He'll pretty much be doing exactly what I tell him though and there won't be too much of his own design skill involved but i think by the end of it it will have been a group effort between the builder, the draftsman and myself. My partner doesn't care as long as there is internet and a dishwasher. Blog http://tobuildahomeimprobable.blogspot.com.au/ Settlement Apr Council Jul Contracts Dec Earthworks Dec Frames Jan Trusses Feb Roof Feb Windows Mar Yes well there solution is to blame everyone else while I a 65yr old woman with major medical problems have to just continue to boil water and wash myself in a bucket… 2 12407 If you make sure all taps inside and out are turned off, what does the water meter show if you leave it for a while. 2 16187 13 4649 |