I think the garden room; it's more private. Even thinking about putting a pool in the backyard behind the garden room.
Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement Re: Renovation potential - what would you look for? 25Jun 24, 2013 12:41 pm mynameisjonas Fair enough with going upstairs. Personally we wanted a place that was single level, as you'd be surprised how many times you have to go upstairs, and in summer it takes more to cool and it's uncomfortable being up there without decent air conditioning. But sounds like you have everything in order. Good luck and keep us informed of the build! Yep will certainly be weighing up going up versus out. Really don't mind stairs - we're young and fit for the moment. I also think 2 storey houses have nicer aesthetics than single story ones, but that's just a personal opinion. We had stairs in the last place and were up and down them a fair bit. This would be less, being only a bedroom and ensuite upstairs - a parents retreat as it were. Be good when the kids are older! We'll only go the up option if the design blends (I hate these 'popup' 2nd level extensions), the passive solar design works and so on. Basically, building in the garage has its own set of problems; cutting the slab to move drainage, lack of eaves on the garage, meaning some roof rework would be optimal, the lower 2.4m ceiling in the garage (rest of house is 2.7m) needing raising (a higher ceiling might be easy, we'll see), changing windows and adding doors to walls to make garage more bedroom like, having then to build another garage and some workable entry point from the garage into the house, and lastly but most importantly, no good configuration we can see that would keep us close to the kids' bedrooms... Anyway, this will all come out in the design phase! All 3 items listed are defects and are of concern. Please seek qualified independent inspector and/or legal advice for your state. 1 8408 Just removed 40 liters of water in the span of 2 hours. Water fills up the hole just above the seepage point and doesn't overflow. 1 1353 That brown colour looks like Masonite or hardboard. Get it checked but typically asbestos was used in wet areas and plaster board or Masonite in other areas 1 763 |