Browse Forums Building A New House Re: West facing corner block . Please advise 8Aug 02, 2020 4:32 am stonesthrow your reply definitely helped me clear out some ideas. Thank you Re: West facing corner block . Please advise 10Aug 03, 2020 9:46 am Same problems, the covered alfresco shades much of your living areas. Meaning they'll be dark, & cold in winter. A couple of solutions. Either get rid of the roof above the alfresco, using a horizontal awning or pergola instead. Or do a total redesign. If you're redesigning, I'd do something like this. Move the minor bedrooms to the south side of the home, east of the garage. Move the media room to the NW corner. Move the master a bit north, replacing the living/dining rooms, so it is between the minor bedrooms & the covered alfresco. Move the family/kitchen/living/dining rooms further west, so they are in the northern side of the home. Keep the alfresco in its current location. This plan should greatly reduce the length of the entrance hallway too, saving space. Only issue may be privacy of the master, especially separation to the minor bedrooms. If they're not all occupied, the one nearest the master could be used study, second living, guest room. Whatever you do, the room in the NW corner, currently bed 3, will get hot in summer. Better to relocate that western window to the north. Re: West facing corner block . Please advise 11Aug 03, 2020 10:14 am I haven't used a volume builder, but when I talked to a few of them they said they'd modify or even create a new plan. I wouldn't stick to what they've got as you have a good opportunity being on a corner with the side of your house facing north. Like ddarroch said, the first thing you need to consider is the alfresco. Going with a covered alfresco will eliminate a lot of the solar access, which is important. There are options out there for coverage that can still give you sun coming through when you want it. I undertand that in QLD you would want some guarantee of coverage given how quickly it can rain. The next thing is making sure any west and east windows are minimised and shaded well. I would also consider paying for an energy assessor to take a look at the design in the early stage as they can help you optimise windows size/location, shade, cross breeze, insulation and orientation for your climate and block. Getting it right at the design stage is the cheapest way to get a comfortable house with low energy bills. Re: West facing corner block . Please advise 12Sep 08, 2020 9:03 pm stonesthrow I haven't used a volume builder, but when I talked to a few of them they said they'd modify or even create a new plan. I wouldn't stick to what they've got as you have a good opportunity being on a corner with the side of your house facing north. Like ddarroch said, the first thing you need to consider is the alfresco. Going with a covered alfresco will eliminate a lot of the solar access, which is important. There are options out there for coverage that can still give you sun coming through when you want it. I undertand that in QLD you would want some guarantee of coverage given how quickly it can rain. The next thing is making sure any west and east windows are minimised and shaded well. I would also consider paying for an energy assessor to take a look at the design in the early stage as they can help you optimise windows size/location, shade, cross breeze, insulation and orientation for your climate and block. Getting it right at the design stage is the cheapest way to get a comfortable house with low energy bills. Thank you so much ๐๐ป Re: West facing corner block . Please advise 13Sep 08, 2020 9:04 pm ddarroch Same problems, the covered alfresco shades much of your living areas. Meaning they'll be dark, & cold in winter. A couple of solutions. Either get rid of the roof above the alfresco, using a horizontal awning or pergola instead. Or do a total redesign. If you're redesigning, I'd do something like this. Move the minor bedrooms to the south side of the home, east of the garage. Move the media room to the NW corner. Move the master a bit north, replacing the living/dining rooms, so it is between the minor bedrooms & the covered alfresco. Move the family/kitchen/living/dining rooms further west, so they are in the northern side of the home. Keep the alfresco in its current location. This plan should greatly reduce the length of the entrance hallway too, saving space. Only issue may be privacy of the master, especially separation to the minor bedrooms. If they're not all occupied, the one nearest the master could be used study, second living, guest room. Whatever you do, the room in the NW corner, currently bed 3, will get hot in summer. Better to relocate that western window to the north. Thank you ๐๐ป Re: West facing corner block . Please advise 14Sep 09, 2020 11:12 am We built with Coral and have a large covered outdoor area to the north. We have no problems with light coming into the house. We built the Grange 25 with modifications. Coral were great to work with and happy to make any changes that we wanted. Have a look at my build if you like - .https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=91042 Re: West facing corner block . Please advise 15Sep 09, 2020 12:03 pm bestspecials We built with Coral and have a large covered outdoor area to the north. We have no problems with light coming into the house. We built the Grange 25 with modifications. Coral were great to work with and happy to make any changes that we wanted. Have a look at my build if you like - .https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=91042 Direct light or ambient light? If you're getting direct light with an undercover outdoor area you've done really well! Re: West facing corner block . Please advise 16Sep 09, 2020 12:53 pm stonesthrow bestspecials We built with Coral and have a large covered outdoor area to the north. We have no problems with light coming into the house. We built the Grange 25 with modifications. Coral were great to work with and happy to make any changes that we wanted. Have a look at my build if you like - .https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=91042 Direct light or ambient light? If you're getting direct light with an undercover outdoor area you've done really well! We have a wrap around alfresco (north and west) After we built, a highset was built next door. We get sun into the family room in the morning for about an hour and in the afternoon for about 2 hours. We tweaked the plan for the block as we like lots of light. Re: West facing corner block . Please advise 17Oct 25, 2020 8:20 pm bestspecials We built with Coral and have a large covered outdoor area to the north. We have no problems with light coming into the house. We built the Grange 25 with modifications. Coral were great to work with and happy to make any changes that we wanted. Have a look at my build if you like - .https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=91042 That was good review of coral from you. Iโm building Milan 27. I understand alfresco is covered but being a corner block light should still be okay. Iโll get it checked through energy accessor . Re: West facing corner block . Please advise 18Dec 15, 2020 12:17 pm bestspecials We built with Coral and have a large covered outdoor area to the north. We have no problems with light coming into the house. We built the Grange 25 with modifications. Coral were great to work with and happy to make any changes that we wanted. Have a look at my build if you like - .https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=91042 Iโm building with Coral too ๐. Thank you ๐๐ป It might be a bit darker in the mornings but the light is still light, so you should be getting it. Similar to what you see from your western windows 3 19899 The warning is on the sticker on the door too. Second the aluminium powdercoat 6 18086 The gap can be adjusted so it's tighter. You can definitely set up corner cabinets to have the same gap as standard doors. 2 13428 |