Browse Forums Buying Land Re: Narrow block worthwhile? 21Dec 20, 2019 6:21 pm Thanks again for your reply and tips! It is much appreciated. We bought the block and we are designing a house now. The setbacks etc. make it kind of challenging to build, but the neighbours to the north will have to do the same which will benefit us. It is inevitable that we will get some overshadowing but it is what it is and this cannot be avoided. We are stoked with the location and size of the block and we got it for a pretty good price given it is 850 metres from the beach and still only about 8 km from Perth CBD, so we have to accept that we can't have it all unless we are willing to spend $300k more on the block. We are working with a good builder and are actually really happy with the design we have come up with. It is quite expensive as you say because there is a large amount of perimeter wall for the area of the house but we have 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, scullery second living area on the top floor and a nice courtyard on the north side. We plan on installing a spa pool in the courtyard and a nice garden which will be visible from three sides inside the house. I will post the plans when I get them from the builder. Re: Narrow block worthwhile? 22Dec 20, 2019 7:01 pm Philsta Thanks again for your reply and tips! It is much appreciated. We bought the block and we are designing a house now. The setbacks etc. make it kind of challenging to build, but the neighbours to the north will have to do the same which will benefit us. It is inevitable that we will get some overshadowing but it is what it is and this cannot be avoided. We are stoked with the location and size of the block and we got it for a pretty good price given it is 850 metres from the beach and still only about 8 km from Perth CBD, so we have to accept that we can't have it all unless we are willing to spend $300k more on the block. We are working with a good builder and are actually really happy with the design we have come up with. It is quite expensive as you say because there is a large amount of perimeter wall for the area of the house but we have 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, scullery second living area on the top floor and a nice courtyard on the north side. We plan on installing a spa pool in the courtyard and a nice garden which will be visible from three sides inside the house. I will post the plans when I get them from the builder. Congratulations and good luck with your build! Building on a narrow block and now nearly completed my biggest regret is not having more internal courtyards. I have a single story and the hallway is long, it is not very bright along with the entry and we will be putting solartubes in, but if I could go back I would have an internal courtyard within the entry and hallway for more natural lighting. Re: Narrow block worthwhile? 23Dec 20, 2019 7:15 pm chekii Congratulations and good luck with your build! Building on a narrow block and now nearly completed my biggest regret is not having more internal courtyards. I have a single story and the hallway is long, it is not very bright along with the entry and we will be putting solartubes in, but if I could go back I would have an internal courtyard within the entry and hallway for more natural lighting. Nice. Must be exciting that it is almost done. It's a long way off for me sadly. Where is your place? My block is in Scarborough. Yeah, I am trying to be aware of that sort of thing. We actually have a small 1.5 x 3 metre courtyard a few metres in front of the entry too with windows on all three sides that we plan on filling with greenery almost like an atrium. It follows the hallway back to the main living area. Might get some garden lights in there too so it will look nice day and night. Re: Narrow block worthwhile? 24Mar 26, 2020 9:58 am Philsta Thanks again for your reply and tips! It is much appreciated. We bought the block and we are designing a house now. The setbacks etc. make it kind of challenging to build, but the neighbours to the north will have to do the same which will benefit us. It is inevitable that we will get some overshadowing but it is what it is and this cannot be avoided. We are stoked with the location and size of the block and we got it for a pretty good price given it is 850 metres from the beach and still only about 8 km from Perth CBD, so we have to accept that we can't have it all unless we are willing to spend $300k more on the block. We are working with a good builder and are actually really happy with the design we have come up with. It is quite expensive as you say because there is a large amount of perimeter wall for the area of the house but we have 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, scullery second living area on the top floor and a nice courtyard on the north side. We plan on installing a spa pool in the courtyard and a nice garden which will be visible from three sides inside the house. I will post the plans when I get them from the builder. Can I ask which builder you’re using? Would you recommend? We have a similar sized block in COS but budget is about $30-40k less dimensions on your original plan are inconsistent and with accurate dimensions (including site plan, upstairs and down) i could make a proper scale drawing with furniture… 3 7518 Thanks again for this information. If you do hear anything different, would be great to know 4 8249 So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 27716 |