Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Floor Plan and Facade Feedback - North Kellyville 4May 22, 2020 2:19 am alexp79 Not a big fan of irregular wall angles myself. My take is that you could have made more roomy design with straighter wall and a bit shallower courtyard on the ground floor. But may this is just me. alexp79 Me too. But its just the dimension of the lot. Plus, if you notice, the house is well beyond the APZ line. The lot is zoned E4, but apparently R2 controls apply! I wonder why developer priced an R2 land as E4!! Anyway, the other concern is also BAL rating. You're right about cinema room and I'm swapping it with living. So the new sitting in front will have L shaped glass wall around it. Ensuite: I wonder how to have full opening on ensuite when some of it would already be blocked with WIR shelves on the sides. Do you have examples of what you were suggesting? Small bedrooms: Yup, every time I bring it up, I'm told its mostly to contain budget. Terrance: This is a brilliant idea! Provided it doesn't cost much as you say. I'll have the architect draw it up. Really appreciate your input. It helped. I'm on a really tight budget and I wonder how even this restrictive design it going to fit into that budget. Soon we'll bounce this off a few builders to get some quotes. Hope the covid situation will help lower building cost. Apparently new builds are falling off the cliff and it'll only get worse. Re: Floor Plan and Facade Feedback - North Kellyville 5May 22, 2020 2:48 am For ensuite, I meant just extend the shower all the way to the right (up until the WIR wall), WIR -> Ensuite door opening can be moved a little bit up or reduced in width. What are you planning to build it with when it gets to materials? Interesting project overall, it looks like you would need pier and beam foundation for the most of your house (with the exception of the garage which can bit on standard in ground rafted slab). IMHO a perfect house to be built out of AAC blocks and you can use hybrid concrete flooring such as Speedfloor or Bondek between your floors as well as for the roof. You can also go and consider Durisol ICF for the house like this, PM me and I can give you contacts of the only builder in NSW. Double brick will cost much more and it might be really challenging to build a house like this with wooden frame and brick veneer. Tons of steel beams will be needed, either. Tons of glazing too, so if you are looking into double glazing (which I think is a must of Hills area), you might be better looking for the right window manufacturer, especially those 2.7m could be overly expensive. Ask EcoEco, he can give you a guide pricing, but from what I see - you would be really lucky if you end up with less than $60K-70K on just windows only. Re: Floor Plan and Facade Feedback - North Kellyville 6May 22, 2020 9:40 am Thanks alexp79. I guess double glazing is out of question with my budget. However the suspended concrete roof might be promising - but I'm sure even that is going to blow the budget. Based on your experience, what sort of final bill i should be expecting on this build? (Basic / Medium / Highend finishes)? ballpark... Re: Floor Plan and Facade Feedback - North Kellyville 8May 22, 2020 11:50 am Durisol home with suspended concrete slabs, medium finishes and premium triple glazed composite Internorm windows - around $2.5K per sqm + GST. For high-end finishes - only sky is the limit. Petercurtis You able to contact the certifier and get a copy of your structural plans, if they are not in your contract. If your home was approved via CDC then they… 1 19218 Hi there! Absolutely agree on the wasted space. We have no desire for the master to be that oversized, but it occurred when we increased the depth of the garage. We have… 4 12484 6 55311 |