Hey everyone!!
So we have been planning for a while... had a plan we wanted but hit a bit of an issue with a street tree.
A large eucalpytus on the verge which requires a 12 metre tree protection zone.
So it was back to the drawing board.
This is what we are happy with - except the guest retreat (needs rejigging) which in the long term will be for a grandparent/s.
Our council is strict on garage dominance but we were faced with pushing the whole house back and losing backyard, we also did not want to build in the tree's zone or under the tree. We are not allowed to keep the garage further forward than the rest of the house. There is no room to put the garage on the north side (north is the top of the diagram).
The shadow on the diagram is the TPZ, the canopy is not that big.
Any thoughts are very welcome.
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