Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 5Feb 08, 2015 8:56 am Just a suggestion. You may like to change the position of the door (and robe) of bed 3 so that you don't come directly up the stairs to see straight into the room. Also, could you get a cavity slider into the shower section of the bathroom upstairs? Dont forget towel rail in that shower room as well. I dont see one in there. So would you enter through the laundry from your rear garage then? Oh you have lots of storage, impressive Cheers Sandra Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 6Feb 08, 2015 9:34 am A big tick for Hebel floor, the acoustic and thermal benefits are huge. And it will feel like solid concrete, without the bounce of a timber floor. Just like what ddarroch mentioned, why don't you think about Hebel exterior instead of rendered brick? Didn't notice your roof plan, have you thought about solar panels or solar hot water? Best of luck!! Home is where the lot is Construction commenced 3rd November 2014 Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 7Feb 09, 2015 8:56 pm @ Carrot01 - if we had more room we want a bigger alfresco, with a small and narrow block the more you change the same issues still stands. @Sandra77, thanks for the advice re: door between bath and robe. The main reason bedroom 3 door and robe is there because it will act as another level of the sound proofing from the bathroom. The laundry is there because I wanted the laundry chute to go straight into laundry, there will be a long walk to the clothes line at the back I guess. @ wilpower - we visited the CSR house over the weekend, I think the Hebel powerfloors just doesn't completely eliminate the noise up stairs as we hoped, unfortunately My builder isn't a fan of Hebel, but willing to try the power floors since we keep insisting. Yikes! Totally deluded by the planning and building process Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 8Feb 09, 2015 9:25 pm Hey there. I echo the thoughts of those who have come before with regards to the northern aspect. In Sydney we don't have that much of an issue but having lived on a south side of a hill in Sydney before definitely maximise the sun where you can for dampness and light issues! Is there a reason you have gone with the side access to garage / granny flat? It's just that it does waste a lot of space (driveway) and means you don't have under cover access. We lived in a house with rear lane access once. Thought that idea was great but every time it rained we hated it. It seemed that every time it rained we ended up needing to do 2 or 3 trips to take things back and forth from the car (for whatever reason). It can be a right royal pain. With an opportunity to build I'd definitely try and get undercover access if at all possible. (although I see you have a mud room which is I assume on the same side as the driveway?) The other thing to consider is kids being in the driveway and if you have a turning circle in the back there. Oh and with kids do you want to have a downstairs study nook. I always look at those and think they are a great idea! (but then I don't have kids so have no idea if that is really a good idea or not!) And another idea is to have the indoor/outdoor kitchen flow into each other. I've seen a great one where the bench goes from inside to outside with a bifold window to separate. Looks amazing! And is practical! Otherwise I think your plan looks great. I love the huge WIR, a good size HT (although my husband always thinks the HT should be on the dark side - southern side as it isn't going to need sun), 3 way bathroom and huge alfresco! Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 9Feb 16, 2015 8:15 pm Hi yvonneh, thanks for the feedback, the preference by my parents who are a lot older is to be able to drive to the back to their grannyflat, I wasn't s fan of the drive way either. Also It's too late to change the plan, our journey so far has been very long and drawn out. We thought we would of started building in Oct 2014. But meet the wrong builder with an attached drafty. So we had to start all over again in September getting the house redesigned, and only in the last month confirmed the builder that we 'Trust'. This journey also involved us selling our house too early, and we are currently living with the in laws!!! it's been great sometimes no need to cook, and we are very lucky to not have any issues with them, but we really need our own space. sigh*. Yikes! Totally deluded by the planning and building process Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 10Mar 23, 2015 1:05 pm I think the suggestions above are great esp Hebel powerfloor - and the layout works well We are working with a project builder at the moment to build on a narrow sydney block but as we've been having problems with their service (or lack thereof!) we are thinking custom builder would you mind pm me your builders details thanks! Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 11Mar 23, 2015 9:55 pm Hi Mrszzz yes happy to pm you. It's just him and his son, they have build many homes which we have viewed and was very pleased with the feedback. I think it's hard work going through very small builder, but we get a lot of communication. And lot of choice. Just that you have to know what you want, which is something that I'm learning along the way. Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 12Jun 20, 2015 10:01 pm Wow, I just found your thread. I LOVE you plan and your elevations. It's seriously fantastic, you've thought of everything! Where are you at with it? Looking forward to see it come to life. Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 13Jun 20, 2015 10:59 pm TomCat Wow, I just found your thread. I LOVE you plan and your elevations. It's seriously fantastic, you've thought of everything! Where are you at with it? Looking forward to see it come to life. We are out of Council with a DA approved! Like I said, I forgot I did this thread way back! Might just revive it and save my time starting another thread since I've been hijacking other people's threads. Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 14Jun 20, 2015 11:12 pm Hi, congrats on your plans an approved da! Very exciting for you. I like your plan and your butlers pantry and laundry shoot. I was wondering why you have the BIR as opening doors instead of sliding? Do you prefer that style for a particular reason? I've always had sliding mirrored. Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 15Jun 20, 2015 11:47 pm Building4my3tots We are out of Council with a DA approved! Like I said, I forgot I did this thread way back! Might just revive it and save my time starting another thread since I've been hijacking other people's threads. Good idea ... I've subscribed. Maybe you'll want to take out the "please comment" from the thread title now though BTW. You're façade is fantastic ... those square windows running vertically down the left front are really interesting Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 16Jun 21, 2015 1:18 am Zarinafly Hi, congrats on your plans an approved da! Very exciting for you. I like your plan and your butlers pantry and laundry shoot. I was wondering why you have the BIR as opening doors instead of sliding? Do you prefer that style for a particular reason? I've always had sliding mirrored. We want custom joinery, and prefer swing doors, without mirrors. Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 17Jun 21, 2015 7:12 am Posting to follow, looking foward to seeing your plans on my computer not on a phone at an airport haha. Welcome to the roller coaster!! Custom build Northern NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72217 Re: Custom home design - narrow block - please comment 18Jun 21, 2015 7:54 am LOVE the design but can you post the plan for the rear storage? Is it just storage or a Granny Flat like the site plan shows? Do you have to walk in the rain to get to the main house? Zarinafly I was wondering why you have the BIR as opening doors instead of sliding? Do you prefer that style for a particular reason? I've always had sliding mirrored. You will find there are two groups of people with opinions on this... One group will love the sliders as they do not take up space within the room to open. The trade-off is that you only get to see half of your wardrobe at any one time. The other group will argue that swing doors are better as you have full unrestricted access to your wardrobe. This group may also be inclined to say sliders look "cheap" I tend to sit with the group for swing doors BUT.. I have 2 bedrooms in our build that have mirrored sliders. I done this as the wardrobes are the full wall length and mirrors across the wall will make those rooms look huge. Those rooms are also for my daughters so mirrors are a must no questions asked lol. Cheers, Paul (& Lisa) Parkhill 36 by ClarendonHomes in Coomera Retreat H1 Build Thread And Blog Building Blogs List - Go Ahead And Add Yours!! Re: Custom home design - narrow block 20Jun 21, 2015 10:18 am This belongs on your thread not mine ... Congratulations on approval, can't wait to see it start. I like the fact that you've got a drive down the side for the granny flat and garage down the back. I completely understand this! The house we are in now (been here 24 years) has a block very similar size/dimensions to your lot ... 14.3 metres x 46.5 metres. House also faces north. We thought about knocking this house down and doing similar to what you're doing. ie. keep the house narrower to keep the driveway down the side to put a triple garage and 'studio/workshop' along the back. My husband has a truck and he works from home. I see no issue about 'walking in the rain' the practicalities and benefits FAR outweighs that. Your mud room runs off the driveway so if you got caught out driving home in disgusting weather you could pull up there. Post-build if you see the need, you can add a carport to the side at that entry. I find the idea of walking into the home through back yard incredibly attractive Such a CLEVER design which is obviously perfect for your family. 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