Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 27, 2015 2:09 pm Hi All, This block has it all.... it's small (323 square metres), narrow (16m wide at the front boundary) and wedge shaped (0 metres wide at the rear boundary). As a result it's pretty much a perfect triangle and gets very narrow very quick. We are trying to work out what our options are? And perhaps if it's even feasible to build on this site at all. The front set back is 6.5 metres, rear 6 metres and side 0.9 on one side and 2 metres on the other (because it's in a bush fire zone). Site coverage for landscaping is a minimum of 40% excluding the driveway/paved area and a minimum of 60 square metres of private open space has to be outside. So I need: Approx 130 sqm for landscaping 60 sqm for private open space Area for front, rear & side boundaries After that there is almost no square metres left for the actual house. So my question is are councils typically more lenient on super small/odd shaped blocks? Or could they literally say there is nothing you can build there? I image the 60 sqm for private open space may be negotiable + maybe some of the % landscape coverage, but even then what would be the minimum ground floor space you would need for a home? 80sqm? 100sqm? It doesn't have to be a palace but we want something livable. Thanks Paul Re: Small, Narrow & Wedged Shaped Block! - Thoughts? 2Oct 27, 2015 4:26 pm Assuming you have a triangle 16m wide at the front, and 40m deep. Based on your setbacks, you could have a trapezoidal house 10.4m wide at the front, 16m deep, and 4m wide at the back, with an area of 116m2. So the areas would be something like: Front yard: 95m2 House: 116m2 Back yard: 60m2 Side yard: 47m2 There is potentially another 20m2 you could get for the house by extending it further back into the triangle and eating into the 60m2 of private space. I doubt it would be worth it though, as the house would be so thin anyhow, and it severely diminishes the back yard. The landscaping requirement should be fine, as that includes the 60m2 of private open space. If necessary you could look to permeable paving for the driveway if you need to reduce the percentage of hard runoff area, but I don't think this will be the limiting factor. They may allow you to put a carport up to the boundary on the side with 2m setback, which may help things out if that works, leaving you 105m2 around the living area. An old 1950's 3 bedroom house would often be around 100m2, so assuming you can find a viable floorplan to that shape, the area is adequate for a liveable house. It would be small by modern standards though. Re: Small, Narrow & Wedged Shaped Block! - Thoughts? 3Oct 28, 2015 12:01 pm Awesome thanks for the great response oneJohn we have decided to go ahead with the added expense of having an architect take a look to confirm my initial investigation and drawings of potential floor area. What you say though makes perfect sense too. dimensions on your original plan are inconsistent and with accurate dimensions (including site plan, upstairs and down) i could make a proper scale drawing with furniture… 3 7520 Thanks again for this information. If you do hear anything different, would be great to know 4 8256 So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27729 |