Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Improving your star rating 17Feb 12, 2009 5:08 am Quote: hmmm, i think the garage should of been on the west wall. use reflective windows/doors on west side. We had to design a house with the garage on that side as the developers have already put the driveway in before we decided to buy. are you near the coast, are you exposed to the breezes ? Re: Improving your star rating 18Feb 12, 2009 8:13 pm cyclone Quote: hmmm, i think the garage should of been on the west wall. use reflective windows/doors on west side. We had to design a house with the garage on that side as the developers have already put the driveway in before we decided to buy. are you near the coast, are you exposed to the breezes ? Here's our land, the driveway is right behind me in the photo. We have 898 sq m, a house will be the left and to the right. http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u224/stiltkins75/DSC02044Medium.jpg We have the mountains behind us, a creek to the left. Not near the sea, there are breezes and because were close to the mountains we'll probably get more rain. Re: Improving your star rating 20Feb 13, 2009 7:06 am Loulabelle cyclone Quote: hmmm, i think the garage should of been on the west wall. use reflective windows/doors on west side. We had to design a house with the garage on that side as the developers have already put the driveway in before we decided to buy. are you near the coast, are you exposed to the breezes ? Here's our land, the driveway is right behind me in the photo. We have 898 sq m, a house will be the left and to the right. We have the mountains behind us, a creek to the left. Not near the sea, there are breezes and because were close to the mountains we'll probably get more rain. are you on the west or east of the Great Dividing range ? the reason i ask, is that during summer you maybe be forced to use AC due to high humdity and low wind speeds, unless you install a http://www.everbreeze.com.au/breeze_power.htm You also may want to use casement windows in the media room, to capture the wind from the NE to SE. cheers 10 years ago was a different software than we use now. it has had a lot of changes over the past years. Improvments to the software and changes to how Nathers models need… 8 1568 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 39927 Broker here - legislation says that every true broker must put the clients best interests before theirs so in theory they must offer you the best options for you on their… 2 46086 |