Browse Forums Building A New House Re: North facing block: Masterbed upstairs in rear or front? 4Mar 29, 2016 8:55 pm Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: North facing block: Masterbed upstairs in rear or front? 6Mar 29, 2016 9:12 pm Custom build Northern NSW viewtopic.php?f=31&t=72217 Re: North facing block: Masterbed upstairs in rear or front? 13Apr 01, 2016 8:36 am rocketship Are you having eaves? Are you double glazing? What type of window covering will you have? A north facing bedroom will get the winter sun and if you have eaves you should block a fair amount of the high summer sun. A west window will get all the hot afternoon sun. A south facing bedroom can be cold in winter and can end up having moisture issues if not ventilated well. I have lived with a west facing bedroom and it was hot hot hot in summer. We currently have a north facing bedroom window and with eaves and double glazing it is better. Thank you rocketship. I will consider all these you mentioned eg eve, double glazing etc. If i have the bedroom in north I will try to have a balcony ahead of this. I guess it will help. But I am douthful about the heat on summer. I don't want to come to a hot bed for sleeping. Let's see how things come along. Thanks again for your points. Kazi (Pauline) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ [i][i][i]Building Ambassador 41 Wisdom Homes[/i][/i][/i] Re: North facing block: Masterbed upstairs in rear or front? 14Apr 01, 2016 7:06 pm Hi Pauline. We have lived in a single storey home with eaves and master at front in north west corner and North facing windows. Doesn't get too hot in summer - nothing that a bit of air con can't fix! And there's a definite advantage in winter with getting the winter sun For our next home, we are building a two storey home on a corner north facing block exactly like yours. We are going with a master at the front on the first floor - partly to take advantage of our creek side views and because don't want to be going up and down stairs all day - but also because have heard upstairs rooms can get really hot. So if you're going with a master upstairs, then perhaps it would be at the rear, or else as you said, have some sort of balcony to prevent the summer sun coming right in. The warning is on the sticker on the door too. Second the aluminium powdercoat 6 18829 I have a home gym at home. It weights 150KG including the weight stack. I'm a big boy, around 150KG myself. I was thinking about moving it up stairs to the second… 0 6534 hey nedket, We have a similar lot like yours . just wondering how is it going with your DA application, is the Blue line is the correct solution (offset the rear boundary… 1 9453 |