Custom Brisbane Build - Character Area - Completed Pics

As our block is located in an older established suburb of Brisbane, our design was required to comply with the Brisbane City Council Character Code. This meant the use of lightweight materials and metal sheet roofing, to preserve the 'Queenslander, timber and tin' aesthetic of the local neighbourhood.

The houses on our street are all built prior to 1949 so we thought it was very important build a house that complemented the character of the neighbourhood.

Having a narrow frontage also meant the design was also required to comply with the Small Lot Code - this meant the width of our house was to be a maximum of 7 metres.

Given the difficulties of our moderately sloping block and narrow frontage we soon found out that no volume builders would even talk to us. So we had to go about finding a custom builder.

We also discovered that there were no 'off the shelf' plans suited to our block. We required a double story split level home, elevated off the ground on steel poles.

I ended up designing a house suitable to our block. Below is a copy of our floor plan.

Suspended slab and first floor particleboard flooring.

Looking forward to following this build as we're just about to start something with many similarities.

Some of our selections -

Kitchen:
Cabinetry - Laminex 'Charcoal' narual finish
Benchtop - 20mm Caesarstone Clamshell

Splashback - Matte white 300x100 brick bond tiling
Mixer - Abey SK5 pull out mixer

Sink - Abey Lucia LUA200 double bowl undermount
Oven - Siemens HB75GU550A 60cm pyrolytic oven

Microwave - Siemens HF35M562BP built in microwave

Dishwasher - Siemens SN46M582AU stainless steel built-under

Cooktop - Siemens ER926SB70A 90cm gas cooktop



Laundry:
Cabinetry - Formica 'Snow Drift' gloss
Benchtop - 20mm Caesarstone Clamshell
Splashback - Matte white 300x100 brick bond tiling

Flooring:
Boral 19mm Solid Strip Flooring - 'Australian Beech' to main floor area

Wet area tiling - National Tiles - Belgium Stone 'Cenere'

Bedrooms - Godfrey Hirst Calais Shades - Furnace

The roof! As well as windows, external doors & the start of cladding.



Front entry


Living & dining windows


Sliding doors to deck


Start of weatherboard cladding


Back of the house


Mandatory dunny pic

We started our build mid-year and are now nearing completion - about 3-4 weeks away from moving in. I was always meaning to create a thread - especially because there aren't too many Brisbane Character Zone builds on Homeone, but I was slack and didn't get around to it until now.

Caesarstone Clamshell wasn't our first choice. We originally selected Organic White, however it was out of stock until the end of October. Not wanting to delay the build/move in date, we switched to Clamshell and are really happy with it!

Yeah, the builders haven't messed around at all. The most difficult part to manage has maintaining access to the site. When neighbours park their cars in front it makes it very frustrating.

I love your pretty and cool house and I fetch a tremendous idea, going to apply

Garage looking towards the street

Front entry, looking at the stairwell and through to the living/dining area

Study

Kitchen/Laundry/Dining/Back Deck

Out to the back deck

Main bedroom french doors to balcony

Front facade

Lovely outlook from the deck.