Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building a narrow lot home in Perth 2Mar 24, 2020 6:35 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Building a narrow lot home in Perth 3Mar 24, 2020 6:44 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Building a narrow lot home in Perth 6Mar 24, 2020 10:23 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Building a narrow lot home in Perth 8Mar 25, 2020 12:28 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Building a narrow lot home in Perth 13Mar 26, 2020 11:24 am 'Facing' is a confusing term nowadays. It used to mean where the living areas faced, so usually the backyard. So a north facing home actually had a southern frontage. Nowadays 'facing' seems to be used interchangeably with 'frontage'. So, by 'north facing' do you mean a northern frontage? If so, it is certainly a hard orientation to deal with, in terms of energy efficiency, light & comfort. Particularly for a narrow block, even more so if you want a double garage on the street frontage. So what are your thoughts on the garage? A 6m wide double garage won't leave enough room for a proper, decent-width north facing room. A single garage will leave enough room for a decent-width north facing room. If this is the approach you take, of recommend the north facing room is an open planned living room. Although there is another option. A garage, separated from the home, with a courtyard between them. In this case the garage will not usually rob the home of northern light. All rooms across the entire front of the home will have access to northern light. Here's an example, from the northern beaches of Sydney. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ It's hard to tell, but number 18, the home on the left, has a courtyard behind the garage. So the front of the home will be night filled. While number 20, the home on the right, has a more traditional layout. The double garage will rob downstairs living areas of any northern light. Even upstairs, which has a large north facing window, will receive no direct sunshine, due to a large covered balcony. Not good. Here's a satellite image of the two homes. Number 18 now towards the right. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ There are negatives to this approach. This courtyard separating the garage & home may be overlooked by the adjoining neighbours. Also it's a bit of a walk from the garage to the front door. Not good when carrying the groceries, a young child, or in the rain. But this build is quite extreme example of a narrow build. As the frontage is only 7.5m. So let's here more about your build. Firstly, where are you located? Climate should have a very large effect on the design of a home. What's appropriate in Hobart it's certainly not appropriate in Cairns. Tell me about this slope. This could have a great influence on what you can achieve. By your description it sounds like the land slopes down towards the south. If this is the case, & it's a steep slope, this could present even more challenges regarding access to northern light. Re: Building a narrow lot home in Perth 14Mar 30, 2020 10:26 am Whoops, asking where you're located, & it's in the title of your thread 😂 If you're planning on having a second living area, I'd probably recommend you locate it upstairs, at the front of the home. So that you'll have a north facing living area that is light & receives winter sunshine. Locating your main living area towards the rear (south) of the lower level will be quite dark & cool, there's no getting around this. Eastern or western windows may help, but then you'll have more problems with summer heat, & maybe privacy. So I certainly would want to overglaze the eastern & especially western sides. One way to get light downstairs here would be to have a void or open staircase. I'm not usually a fan of these, as they make it impossible to control the flow of heat (which will travel upstairs). But maybe in this case it's not such a bad idea, possibly better if it can be zoned with a door. If the staircase is linked to the upstairs north facing living area it will help light the downstairs even more. Thanks again for this information. If you do hear anything different, would be great to know 4 8214 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 27492 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 7497 |