Browse Forums Building A New House Re: How big is your house? 45Apr 11, 2011 11:41 am Building the Sandarah 45T with Porter Davis Blog: http://countrycityescape.blogspot.com Re: How big is your house? 48Apr 15, 2011 8:07 am Wehave a 265 sqm house on a 796sqm block. For us this is a great ratio. Enough back yard and more then enough cleaning space inside Built our Granton in 2010 Handover December 3rd- wooohooo! Now the hard work has began.... Retaining walls and landscaping Re: How big is your house? 49Apr 15, 2011 8:33 am Also you have to keep in mind it is not the size of the house that is important it is how the space is used for example a good design an 300sqm can have more usable space than a home of 400 sqm that is badly designed. Cheers Lou http://take2-customdesigndownslope.blogspot.com 07-10-09 omg they have cut the block 14-05-10 we finally have the keys Re: How big is your house? 50Apr 15, 2011 9:37 am Well, yes, and how many people are liveing there etc - our house seems quite spacious to me for 2 people - would be not so spacious if we were a family with 4 children What is important IMO is haveing a house which suits you. Re: How big is your house? 51Apr 15, 2011 9:44 am Ours is 229sqm (25 squares) on a 400sqm block. Heaps of room for the 2 of us at the minute, and possibly in the future with young kids (long way off though!). Might be interesting when they get older Re: How big is your house? 52Apr 15, 2011 11:45 am take2 Also you have to keep in mind it is not the size of the house that is important it is how the space is used for example a good design an 300sqm can have more usable space than a home of 400 sqm that is badly designed. Cheers Lou totally agree! Friends of ours have a house the exact same size but seems much smaller, poorly designed. Re: How big is your house? 54Apr 16, 2011 6:32 pm 278m2 on a 693m2 block which is a whisker under 40% site coverage. Re: How big is your house? 55Apr 16, 2011 11:14 pm Ours is approx 301sqm including alfresco and garage - only 227.74 of living space (single story). Our block is only 1219sqm so still have room for the pool, shed and veggie patch Jasmin Hickinbotham Belmont - modified Signed: February 2011 Slab should go down before 2012 My build thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=52310&p=799483#p799483 Re: How big is your house? 57Apr 18, 2011 10:41 pm 2 Level 346sqm house on 546sqm block taking up 39% of block Re: How big is your house? 59Sep 06, 2011 8:56 am I am fasinated by most peoples obsession with size! I was one of 4 kids who grew up in a very small 3 bedroom 120M2 house. We thrived and survived. I have seen some peoples games rooms as big as our whole house was. How times have changed. The bigger the house the bigger the mortgage the bigger the mess to clean up, the more furniture to buy, less space for outside activities. I remember seeing a show on ABC 4 Corners a while back saying the same thing, 'Modern houses have gotten way bigger as the blocks have gotten smaller'. Give me a good old fashioned 1/4 acre block with a mediocre size house any day. Re: How big is your house? 60Sep 06, 2011 10:30 am Ours will be 282sqm (double storey), including 55sqm of porch/balcony/garage. 171sqm footprint on a 656sqm block - 26% Good on you for having a go I am the opposite of DIY (so will pay a builder) - our vibe is industrial/simple so current thinking is 150mm concrete and then internally is… 3 3162 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 41405 |