Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building on a sloping block 17Jun 19, 2019 9:11 pm sunbox24 Renman sunbox24 Hi all, Looking for some advise and ideas on an issue regarding our new build. We have a block of land that slopes towards the street (high backyard). The builder is creating a level single storey house based on cut an fill with approx 15 truckloads of spoil removal already and drop edge beams on the front. The garage has been dropped 6 courses and there are stairs in the front porch. This has already set us back by an additional $20k. Block view: [img:1v54eahz]https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/84784_1560895996.jpg[/img:1v54eahz] We were fine with all of this until when we saw the final drawings for CDC submission which has our backyard at a level 1 mtr above the alfresco. This means we will have a raised backyard with stairs to reach it. Back view: [img:1v54eahz]https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/84784_1560896038.jpg[/img:1v54eahz] Rear side view: [img:1v54eahz]https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/84784_1560896069.jpg[/img:1v54eahz] The builder has recommended retaining walls all around the back of the house (see first pic) which will cost us extra (don't know how much though - guess 5-7k). Our preference is to have a level backyard, however the builder has advised that there will be massive costs for spoil removal, high quality retaining walls and will cost us much more. Just looking for ideas on how can we make this work with the least possible cost obviously and have a flat backyard level with our house. House plan: [img:1v54eahz]https://forum.homeone.com.au/u/84784_1560896098.jpg[/img:1v54eahz] We do not want a split house and the option we are playing with is to increase the height of the overall house except the garage to meet the driveway gradient requirements. This will mean a lot of steps in the front patio nd inside the garage, is it practical? Has anyone seen or build something like this before? Any ideas will be highly appreciated. Who is your builder? There is a few options that I can think of that would help in this situation. We are building with Masterton group, all options/suggestions are most welcome 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 12423 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 18574 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 20167 |