We are looking to build a custom design home in the Perth Hills near a national park and are currently in the very early concept stages. Inlight of the several fire disasters in the past few years a large part of our early planning is surrounding fire safety. We have been toying with the idea of a wine cellar for a few months now (using the slope of the block) and now we are wondering if we go down that path of if it would be possible/feasible to build it to a fire refuge specs just in case.
Google is normally my friend but but I cant seem to find much on home Fire Refuge design.
Any thoughts?