Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Dec 31, 2012 7:12 pm Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 3Dec 31, 2012 9:51 pm ----------------------------------------------- http://pab34newdigs.blogspot.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------- Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 4Dec 31, 2012 10:37 pm Building a Delta 21 at Craigieburn - http://homeofzero.blogspot.com.au/ Deposit: 26/02. Contract: 22/05. Settlement: 29/05. Site start: 18/10. Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 6Jan 01, 2013 8:16 am The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 7Jan 01, 2013 11:21 am Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 10Jan 01, 2013 2:25 pm Building a Delta 21 at Craigieburn - http://homeofzero.blogspot.com.au/ Deposit: 26/02. Contract: 22/05. Settlement: 29/05. Site start: 18/10. Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 12Jan 01, 2013 4:45 pm Custom downslope build Build thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=61873 Blog http://www.buildingroyalmanor.blogspot.com.au Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 15Jan 01, 2013 8:24 pm SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 16Jan 01, 2013 8:32 pm Land settled May '14. Building the PD Hoffman39: 5/11=site start, 13/11=slab pour, 26/11=frame complete, 10/12=roof on, 12/12=bricking started. Blog: http://jyndeira.net/blog/ Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 17Jan 01, 2013 9:08 pm SunshineT's Build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34585 Designs start: 4/12/09 DA: 5/7/11 Demo: 22/12/11 Slab: 24/2/12 Keys: 31/8/12 Re: Whats your Biggest hate in New building plans 19Jan 02, 2013 8:35 am dragonchild Not enough storage is my most common complaint. I also hate with a passion toilets that don't have a washbasin in the same room. Every. Single. Month. I curse the WC. Totally agree on solar orientation though; when I look at a plan, I automatically check which direction rooms would be facing. It is rare to see a plan even close to optimised. However, one must consider that some things like master bedroom proximity to minor bedrooms really is personal preference. I have small children - I do not want to have to walk the length of the house to get back to my comfy bed after being woken up to attend to a child with nightmares/being sick/whatever. Nor do I want them to have to traverse the house in the dark to get to me. Agreed on hygiene; also on solar orientation and features Re bedrooms, I know proximity to small children can be an issue but baby monitors can still be utilized even after the child is no longer a "baby"... Really tight at the top of the stairs- how to get furniture into those rooms? Study books - does anyone really use them these days? Large storage closet would be more functional. 2 6884 Ask the council if there is a chance of getting build over easement exemption. Sometimes easements are unused and 24cm is not all that much. Good luck. And yes any builder… 2 13769 If there have been changes, variations, during construction then the drawings should be revised, the building permit amended and the current, as built drawings given to… 2 4480 |