Project 2
Julie Reekie
7 years ago
After months of living in one room of our home we completed and sold. Reluctantly. Off to project 3.
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Julie Reekie
7 years agoThis is a few more photos of our home. Very proud of what my husband and I have accomplished as small builders. Designed and built by us.
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Comments (14)Thank you for your responses! This house will be home to my family of two kids which is likely to grow to three kids and I would like this house to last at least for 15-20 years. @dreamer, I'd like to stay close to the city (within 20km of city, I wish) so I could save time on travel since my job demands physical presence and WFH is not a real option. Having said so, my budget of ~450k is really tight and buying a land plus building a house close to the city is a challenge. A hillside topography is a good idea for natural basement, it will be a project within itself to find such landscape though. I am hoping that a properly built basement will cutdown (or will at least suppress) all the noises from the hobbies\activities and I won't have to sound-proof below-the-ground walls. Thank you for sharing the shed option, but a shed will surely need some sound-proofing, not sure if it's better than building a basement instead. And yes, 200 sqm for the block, I wish I could get more within my budget. A suburb with good train\bus connectivity will be my preference. I agree with @User, and since it's a young family, noise within the house is not of much a concern, I am worried about the neighbors though 😑. Yes, my plan is to keep an option for 3rd storey since footprint for the layout is not large. @bigreader thanks and I will keep you posted. Basement in the houses around Perth is a rarity, hence the idea of purpose-built. I am counting on least resistance from Council for construction on a virgin land (if at all such a land exist)....See MoreJulie Reekie
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