Hi kooky_karen-well your security of your new home sounds super :-)).The two sides WILL B occupied sooner or later so ENJOY the current state as it is:-)) I have my own unit,at the back and have a patio with PVC blinds and nice white leather couches to sit on with my cat.Like your home it is very private and I LOVE it:-)).There R trees everywhere, lots of wild life and I can sit there still for a long time and enjoy it :-)) have a nice day:-))

Accueil du camellia Its French for "Home of the camellia" or Maison pour le camellia French for "Home to the camellia.

First of all big props on not building a big house just because you have 1500sqm, too many big houses are built as vanity tools. The plans look pretty well considered but from a high level glance I would consider a couple of things; 1. Try and consolidate the bedrooms together by moving bed 3 adjacent to bed 2 and the bathroom/ powder between. This will open up the whole NE edge. 2. You could then either slide the carport SW to allow this or move it elsewhere. 3. Regardless of either 1 or 2 make your living space a smidge wider to align the wall through on the NE Great job and good luck. Either way remember it's your home so do what feel right for you. Don't forget to update us all with pics when your done

The Your Home may say that a northern frontage block, like yours, is a good orientation for energy efficiency. But this comes with one major caveat, the living areas MUST face north & be unshaded in winter time. This means building a home with the garage or back (if there's a rear lane), or pushing the home back a bit & building a carport or garage at the front, which is separated from the home ( & won't shade it). But this is not what usually happens. Usually a large double garage is located at the front, taking up a large portion of the northern aspect. Robbing the home of northern light. Your block is reasonably narrow, at around 11m. Take out the side setbacks (if you're not allowed a zero lot boundary for the garage) & you have 9m for the home's maximum width. 6m width for the garage, more for the entrance, add the thickness of the walls. What you're left with is very little, & you wouldn't even have enough room for a single north facing room. In this scenario your block orientation is a very poor choice in terms of energy efficiency & comfort. The home will be dark, & cold in winter. With increase bills for heating, lighting & maybe even cooling (if you have a lot of eastern & western windows). So I'd you are planning on building a pretty normal home with a big double garage at the front, & have the option to choose another block, is highly recommend you do so. The blocks on the opposite side of the street are the idea candidates. A southern frontage, where a large garage could be located, without shading the home. Importantly, north facing living rooms located out the back. These will be light, warm in winter, cool in summer (shaded by eaves). If you are unable to change blocks & don't have access to a rear lane for a garage, there's a few things you can do. But you'll have to be a bit adventurous to get good results, or forego a double garage if that's what's in the plans. As you don't have a very large block, there's not much room to push the home back, & separate it from the garage. A different option is to build an 'upside-down home'. With living areas upstairs, bedrooms below. Locating the living areas towards the front of the home will mean they will be light, & warmed by the sun in winter, with access to cooling breezes. Bedrooms will be cooler & darker. Ideal. I'm actually living in an upside down house right now, with north facing living areas 😁 If this type of design is too much of a stretch, & you'd like a more familiar design, there's options to limit the dominance of the garage in the northern aspect. Reducing its width by building a single garage or a tandem garage. If you must have a double garage, & don't have a zero lot boundary, the only way to fit a north facing room would be to have a side entrance to the home. Shortening up the hallway length, leaving part of the northern aspect to one northern room. As you can see, your choice of block, with a northern frontage is a poor choice from an energy efficiency perspective. But you can overcome some of these limitations with good, inventive design. You won't get this from an average volume builder.