Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 09, 2017 4:20 pm Hi everyone. New to this forum. Seeking advice and suggestions. We recently purchased an acre in leafy Warrandyte South, Vic. The rear of the property is elevated, and therefore has spectacular views. Ideally we would like to capitalise on these views. We have sat down with Metricon and drawn up plans for a heavily modified Denver (42 squares, single storey home, inclusive of my husbands 16 car garage under the same roofline as the house). Recently a few people have mentioned to us that we should look into a "garage under" home for sloping blocks to really get the house up high and out of the ground. I understand there is enourmous costs involved in building this way, hence why the bigger "affordable" builders don't do it. Metricon suggested they may be able to "split" the home across 2 levels, or double the thickness of the concrete slab. I was just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this sort of situation? Any suggestions, recommendations about alternative ways of building etc. Thanks in advance. Re: Sloping block - need recommendations 2Aug 09, 2017 7:23 pm Putting a basement garage under the house is going to be very costly... and yep, custom build territory. We looked at it for our sloping block single storey and quickly discounted the option. We went all the way down the custom build until it turned out small builders didn't want to touch it; as it was too complicated for them. We scrapped it (wasting about $25k in the process) and then went for a project builder instead.
Can you customise the Metricon to put a balcony on the rear of the house to capitalise on the views? Our Metricon is a split level. However, they do actually build on bearer and joist (so, elevated) if you can get them to quote for that. It will be more expensive, although not as much as a basement garage, and perhaps no more than a very thick concrete slab. Re: Sloping block - need recommendations 3Aug 09, 2017 9:08 pm It can be done, and be done cost effective, I did pretty much the same thing as your after, first I hired a project manager, with myself been owner builder but had project manager negotiate all jobs as like he was trying to win a new house contract, we saved big time by doing this, volume builders will cost you way more for this type of build which requires top communication and top trades with skill, if you try to get a fixed price, most builders through fear will overprice the job. You need to know what you want and then get jobs quoted by trades whom are keen to price jobs for continuation of work. Re: Sloping block - need recommendations 4Aug 09, 2017 10:06 pm makin8677 I've engineered & built 12 car undercroft garages but it depends 1. Slope of the block..do you have a contour survey 2. Soil conditions sand and rock excavations are prefered to reactive clay 3. Choice of building materials Double cavity fill structural brick and Concrete suspended Slab & Beam Most project builders prefer stick frames & Stumps less specialised construction but not as good as brick & Concrete Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Sloping block - need recommendations 5Jul 18, 2021 11:02 pm makin8677 Hi everyone. New to this forum. Seeking advice and suggestions. We recently purchased an acre in leafy Warrandyte South, Vic. The rear of the property is elevated, and therefore has spectacular views. Ideally we would like to capitalise on these views. We have sat down with Metricon and drawn up plans for a heavily modified Denver (42 squares, single storey home, inclusive of my husbands 16 car garage under the same roofline as the house). Recently a few people have mentioned to us that we should look into a "garage under" home for sloping blocks to really get the house up high and out of the ground. I understand there is enourmous costs involved in building this way, hence why the bigger "affordable" builders don't do it. Metricon suggested they may be able to "split" the home across 2 levels, or double the thickness of the concrete slab. I was just wondering if anyone has had any experience with this sort of situation? Any suggestions, recommendations about alternative ways of building etc. Thanks in advance. Hi Makin, hope you are doing good. We also have a downward sloping block in Warrandyte and looking to start construction by this year end. As we are in the design phase, can I get your help in understanding the design that was suitable to your block (garage underneath) ? Re: Sloping block - need recommendations 6Jul 19, 2021 12:18 pm One of the simplest options for the basement level will be: 1) Pier and beam footings 2) Dincel for retaining and basement level walls 3) Bondek or Speedfloor suspended slab Then you can decide if you want a framed house (brick veneer, Hebel panels, etc.) or frameless house (e.g. double brick, ICF, etc.) on top - this can be done by any project builder but most probably they won't agree on that, so you would still need a custom builder. You would need a decent size excavator and a lot of soil removal. So better hire several trucks with drivers on daily rate. i did click it, still couldnt make it out rofl. in any case, doesnt look like too extreme a slope, you may be in luck. Just shoot out some emails to volume builders in… 3 18562 Give Jonathan a call. Tell him you know me. He is in my opinion the best surveyor I have ever worked with. His number is 0425 285 622 All the best Simeon 3 12391 Howdy all. I am looking for feedback on what people would do to maximise and make an area as flat as possible. First, out the front of the house is a sloping hill, pretty… 0 20147 |