Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Coral Homes Avoca 20 - Ripley QLD 99Jul 21, 2018 8:01 am Yup and totally worth it I think for hopefully a reduction in cooling costs. Reading up on it our insulation options for the ceiling were thicker batts or several foil layers, and we decided the batts might be less flimsy. We added the batts to the walls and kept the foil. We had looked at a few passive cooling measures we could put into the build, and tried to make the roof a lighter colour to reflect more sunlight, plus put in a few whirlibirds to keep air in the ceiling moving. We wanted the bricks a lighter colour for the same reason, but while the red is kind of lighter than the chocolate brown we were originally planning for, I don't think it will make any real difference. The floorplan i liked because the design places the front and back doors in a straight line and has the wide open back door space which we're hoping facilitates a breeze. I also like the master bedroom at the back of the house, or more south, to avoid it getting too much sun and getting too hot. We're on a sloping block where the front yard is higher, and we'll get the front and maybe west windows tinted because they are north and west facing and take on the most direct sun. The east facing windows get good shade cover from our eaves and the fence. We'll also plant some metre- high tropical plants and shrubs in the front to provide some shade to that window too. We also changed a bunch of windows to sliding ones instead of the upper panel wind- out style hoping that would allow better air movement, although we still have a couple of them in our closet and the one in the kitchen. Theres a whole bunch of things we didn't do though, such as we plan to get air con asap after moving in and like the open floorplan for cooling but we didn't change the design to accomodate air con. We didn't think a whole of house fan was necessary either. We'll get solar down the road to help reduce cooling costs for air con too. Coral Homes Avoca 20, Providence, Ripley QLD Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 13775 In Qld it is a requirement that a builder must have a cost breakdown, for building a home to the same specification, with the same inclusions and the same finish. So ask… 1 4352 Hi all. Anyone know when the $11,000 limit was set in legislation for renovations in QLD? Ive been renovating for 5 years now and this was the limit back then. As we know,… 0 4250 |