Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 19, 2013 8:09 pm Hi guys, I am in the process of building a 3 level house over at Hurstville, I have some ideas on the looks of the exterior but I was hoping if anyone has any ideas on the interior as in terms of floor plans etc. Is there any links or may someone email me some 3 level floor plans as an example ? and secondly, I am in the process of getting the draft plan and then approach builders to get prices. any ideas? Im new to this. thank you Re: Building 3 level house in Hurstville 4Nov 19, 2013 9:49 pm The problem is more likely to be height, check council regs before going too far ... our two storey house needed the pitch of the roof reduced slightly to meet CDC regulations, council rules are obviously different to CDC ones but they're similar in lots of ways too. Re: Building 3 level house in Hurstville 5Nov 20, 2013 8:17 am I think you'll be in a 9m height restriction so agree to check first that your house will fit in that constraint. (We're also in Hurstville City Council) Just curious: With a 600sqm block why are you going for 3 stories? You may want to consider some of the split level homes. We got some details from Huxley Homes and Montgomery Homes but found that we didn't warm to their designs as much as we did another volume builder... and then we have our custom design as well... Re: Building 3 level house in Hurstville 6Nov 20, 2013 8:27 am Tullipan Homes have a few 3 level designs. They're apparently great builders too, they were just too expensive for us. We weren't allowed to do 3 storey either (or a triple garage for that matter). Re: Building 3 level house in Hurstville 7Nov 20, 2013 8:38 am Novice8 Tullipan Homes have a few 3 level designs. They're apparently great builders too, they were just too expensive for us. We weren't allowed to do 3 storey either (or a triple garage for that matter). thank you, I will find out more now. I am thinking of designing my own and get my own builder..... ? Re: Building 3 level house in Hurstville 8Nov 20, 2013 9:22 am There's nothing wrong with that approach at all! However, you need to work with an architect or draughtsperson who knows Hurstville council rules (or CDC rules if that works better for you); you don't want to be paying money to someone to draw something up, and then find out afterwards that it can never be built. We went down the path of approaching a builder who does the whole process themselves, starting with our concept of what we wanted (ie. drawing it up as well). It didn't really work for us, partially because the builder didn't have that architectural flair you need to stop the result from looking like a box, and partially because if we had gotten to an end-result the builder would have owned it (and hence if we didn't like their price we'd have to start from scratch paying someone else to draw something up). I think your approach is a good one; you just need the person who does the drawings to know the rules, and then work with them. Once you have drawings that are good enough to build a house from, you can approach a few builders & choose someone you like. PS. This won't get you a result any more cheaply than you'd get with a project-home builder (I saw your other posts about Alkira ). But it will allow more flexibility to do what you want, rather than what's currently popular. isn't a garage level with the rest of the house a given? pretty sure they 'came around' long time ago. if you have a flat block, the garage is usually level with the rest… 1 17525 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Thanks. I was thinking of using either Extreme Joist or LOWDECK timbers for joists. Any idea what sets them apart and which… 2 12885 they can, it's a fairly standard solution when the slab isn't recessed. the falls need to be in the main floor, if it hasn't been done then you need to ask them to redo… 4 6581 |