Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Side or rear alfresco for 15m blocks? 3Aug 11, 2014 3:06 pm My building thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=56583&start=120 Re: Side or rear alfresco for 15m blocks? 4Aug 11, 2014 3:40 pm http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Side or rear alfresco for 15m blocks? 8Aug 11, 2014 6:17 pm http://camdenbuild.blogspot.com.au/ by invite only please pm me Re: Side or rear alfresco for 15m blocks? 18Aug 16, 2014 8:33 pm As I understand it, you would have living on the same side as the garage with that orientation. I would try and shift the house as far to the left as you can get away with though, so that you don't get overshadowed by someone building on the block north of yours. We have the same orientation on a 16m block, but have the garage on the opposite side. We've been able to keep just over 5m free on the north side so we (will eventually) have a lovely big side garden and no shading from next door. It really makes a difference, even when the house wasn't finished at night with no heating it was sitting at 12 degrees while hubby was working on it, where as our rental was freezing cold, even with the heater cranking. Although we have double glazing as well which no doubt would have helped too. Re: Side or rear alfresco for 15m blocks? 19Aug 21, 2014 1:59 pm I have a side alfresco. "walled in" on three sides, albeit with two big sliding doors meeting in one corner and more windows (a lot more glass than brick). Neighbours fence is about 1.2m away. Result: Never use the alfresco as it's dingy, cold and dusty. Also has timber decking with it's clonk clonk noise when walking on it. If I ever have another house with an alfresco area it will need at least two sides with no wall, at least four metres to any fence and not have timber decking. Even then, it'd have to face between NW and NE to get sunlight (which can be blinded off easily enough if required) and come off a larger living area. Re: Side or rear alfresco for 15m blocks? 20Aug 23, 2014 6:04 pm I'd vote for a north-facing alfresco room and living rooms too. Ours is at the side and has the family/dining room on one side, the lounge on another and the study plus our ensuite on the third. One other thing to consider, if neighbouring homes have already been built (or if plans are available) is where their outdoor entertaining area is. We have a side alfresco, and luckily for us, our neighbours on that side have their outdoor living area on the opposite side of their house. That means that in summer when we're enjoying our space, we're not disturbed by noise from neighbours and vice-versa. It's not always possible to control - but if you can, your outdoor area will be a lot more usable. I'm speaking from experience - in our old place, our elevated (north-facing) deck faced our neighbour's. Not fun. Those span tables can be pushed a little for a low deck if you dont mind a little flex. Last deck I did, I pushed it a little and it was still rock solid - no noticeable… 6 13792 Hi All, see above image. The required setback from the rear boundary in my case is 5m, as you can see the shape of the site and location of the boundary is slightly… 0 8476 |