Elegant Simplicity
One of the biggest challenges and expense you will have in your life is having a home built for you.
This process, and your new home, can be very rewarding and something of great pride.
A vital decision is whether to choose a custom designed home or a project home.
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What is the difference between using an Accredited Building Designer and an Architect?
When talking about private homes there is very little difference between using an accredited building designer and an architect. In fact there are many similarities.
Extending a home adds a great deal to your lifestyle.
The only difficulty is deciding whether the extension should be made horizontally or vertically. Both do have distinct benefits.
You can work out the better option for you once you find out your constraints.Read More
Families generally do a lot of good research when planning their new home. It is essential that you bring along all the ideas that you have into the design of your home floor plan. This includes elements that you have either decided upon or are interested in for your family’s needs now and into the future.
The best strategy to ensure you achieve a great floor plan is to maintain an open mind when discussing your ideas with your designer. Here are my seven top tips that I usually consider when looking at home floor plan design.
So you want to be an advocate of open-plan home living? Sounds like a fantastic idea!
But remember to be cautious and prudent when it comes to removing any walls or making new openings for windows and doors.
To prefer homes with large spaces where the walls or barriers have been removed is as understandable as aesthetically pleasing. But to jeopardise the structural strength of your home in the process is unacceptable.
Unsupported structures could collapse. Therefore, it is crucial to ensure that the modifications you make to your home are safe.
Find out the best way to proceed with your open floor home project.
Sydney, when viewed from above, is lined by spectacular harbour foreshore and bushland. These areas are considered Bushfire Prone Areas.
For safety reasons, authorities have a compliance plan for Councils, NSW fire authorities, builders and certifiers to follow.
If you are planning a home renovation, you will have to submit your plan to the authorities.
Therefore, you need to obtain approval to renovate in Bushfire Prone Areas.
The best home designs are the ones that grow with your family. Anticipating your family’s needs ahead of time will help you arrive at a great home design. A solid home design is a fabulous investment. It will also help you save on renovation costs in the future.
There are key elements to designing a family home. If you take these into consideration in your extension and renovation design, you and your family will be able to enjoy your home at present and even as you grow and change.
It is every good home designer’s goal to design a home that’s for today, tomorrow and the future.
A conservatory and sunroom are structurally quite different yet similar in that they bring sunlight into the home.
A conservatory is very popular in Europe and especially in England. Whereas a sunroom is an Australian and North American phenomenon.
In our Australian climate of mild winters and hot summers, there are very few opportunities to have a conservatory. This is mostly due to excessive heat.
If you live in a cold-climate highland town or rural area in Australia, you may consider a conservatory. As long as you have the space. In metropolitan Northern Sydney, you are most likely to find sunrooms in homes that have the ideal northly aspect to accommodate them.
Let’s take a closer look at their respective histories, similarities and differences.
