Drawings
Understanding your Survey Plan
I’m used to look at survey plans but I do understand that most people struggle to understand them. Here is a quick guide to help you understand the survey plan for your new house. The plan below shows a survey…
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Wall Dimensions Standard Bricks
When you are deciding about building dimensions its better to take into account the size of building materials. With brick veneer being so popular that means the dimensions of the bricks. Make sure that all lengths, are based on either…
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Thinking Of Copying Plans?
If you go around a display Home the builder’s representative will usually give you a brochure with a floor plan. If you look on the net you can often download their plans, or you can even copy them from a…
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Accessible Design
Accessible design is making a house suitable to be lived in or visited by a disabled person. If you don’t think this is important remember that one in five Australians has a disability. So for instance: You might be fine…
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Separate Toilets?
Most house plans show a toilet in the master bathroom but a separate toilet in the other bathroom……………. Why? Maybe it’s because you don’t want visitors to see the bathroom, but where are they going to wash their hands? Is…
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Buying Plans From The Internet
These days there are a vast number of house plans available of the Internet. There are very many high quality companies that provide plans on the net. However as with all internet based service you need to be careful. Climate…
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Understanding Plans – Basic Floor Plan
A basic floor plan is the sort of plan you will see in the developer’s brochure or on their web site. Most people aren’t used to looking at plans and relating them to what they are going to get. So…
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Want a Free Home Design?
Well this solar passive 7 STAR design is available for free. Check out the yourhome.gov.au website to look at the various options for 2 and 3 bedroom versions.. Drawings plus specifications for each state can be downloaded from the website, a real…
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Pool Before, Or After House
I have seen pools built before the house is built, and afterwards, so I thought I would discuss the options. Build First A lot of people find it very hard to visualise a finished house and it’s surrounds from drawings….
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Types of New House Permits
Here is some information on the several sorts of permits that are involved before you start building a house. Planning Permit Sometimes called a Development Approval (DA) if you are buying a block on an existing subdivision you should already…
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