Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Custom House Plan - Wanting Feedback and Suggestions 5Apr 18, 2018 3:29 pm ddarroch Where's your location? A house built in Cairns will have different requirements to a house built in Canberra. Located in Red Cliffs, North West Victoria. ddarroch You're lucky your block has a nice wide 23m eastern frontage. You should build close to your southern boundary, & have a northern side yard. This will prevent overshadowing by your northern neighbour in winter. Do not locate your garage or undercover outdoor area on the northern side of the house. These will rob the home of winter sunshine. Locate the garage in the SE corner. The undercover area could be located at the rear, western side of the house. It will help shade the home from hot afternoon summer sun, though could itself get hot on summer afternoons (a good sized tree for shading late afternoon sun would be a good idea). Very true. Sounds good. I will take that all into consideration and see what I can come up with. Thanks! 6 42934 ideal house depends on the site and location as much as internal floor plan....what is the distance from the house to all four boundaries, where is north, describe your… 3 10193 Yep, very good point. I’ll do more research and see what figures I get. Thank you! 8 2462 |