Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Advice for Sustainable Build on a budget in Perth 21May 18, 2014 7:52 pm Hopefully there will be below a site plan and a house plan... North is to the left. http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag457/Nicolea_Paull/New%20Home/sitemap_zpsf03f24f0.png http://i1375.photobucket.com/albums/ag457/Nicolea_Paull/New%20Home/houseplan_zps17a2a4de.png Well, that worked, but out of time for figuring out upload of any photos today... Re: Advice for Sustainable Build on a budget in Perth 22May 18, 2014 8:18 pm Plans look great! Great use of land. What's that squiggly line on the site map to the north? Re: Advice for Sustainable Build on a budget in Perth 23May 20, 2014 4:44 pm That squiggle took me ages to figure out- but it is the slope of land after earth works. I had no idea of the scale though until the slab went down, and we have now built a retaining wall. We are maintaining rear access for the man cave aka 6x9 drive-in shed so had to put up structural pillar and post retaining, which we will later clad in prettier gabion made from recycled brick and concrete from the site and whatever else we find. It ends up so the house is sitting nicely into the site. Re: Advice for Sustainable Build on a budget in Perth 24May 23, 2014 4:39 pm sounds good. We've got our design sorted -166m2 & pretty simple design, basically 3 rectangles joined together. I'm still optimistic that this is acheivable for us & we're all good for orientation as we're looking at a very big block (would rather spend $ on big land than a big house) I've sent off our initial enquiry to right homes so will wait to hear back from them as to where we go from here & hopefully we'll know fairly quickly whether of not this is all do-able or just a dream that we need to take back to drawing board. Any guidance on how much an initial consult with right homes costs? Coming back to your old stomping grounds, huh? Renovations on a budget can be quite the journey. It's like giving your house a new lease on life. The twist of not knowing… 1 3476 Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 17452 Can anyone recommend a good/affordable retaining wall and fence builder that I can get a quote from located in Sydney? 8 45790 |