August 2010

Public Open Space: When developing two units may be better than three…

31 August 2010

Every now and again, we assess a potential development site as being equally suitable to be subdivided into 2 large dwellings or 3 small dwellings.
All things being equal, a three unit development should be more profitable than two.
Unfortunately, not all things are equal…

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Restrictive Covenant: Is your development over before it even begins?

24 August 2010

We love what we do – but there’s one task we don’t look forward to: informing a client that their very impressive large block cannot developed.
There are many factors that might add constraints to a development, but there’s one factor that stops a development dead in its tracks – before it even begins.
And unfortunately, this [...]

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Front landscaping: How to disguise a steep slope

17 August 2010

Those with a keen eye might have noticed that our Surrey Hills HIA Award Winning property as featured last week in the Melbourne Weekly has since had a landscaping makeover.
Not long after the home was completed, the owners presented us with the next challenge:
How can they landscape the front garden of their home while gracefully [...]

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Designing the Future: Melbourne Weekly Cover Story (Downloadable PDF)

11 August 2010

Above: The Koedyk kids enjoy more than their 5 minutes of fame on the deck of our HIA Award Winning renovation – featured as the Cover Story in Melbourne Weekly and on the giant billboard of The Age building on Spencer Street.
In this week’s edition of ‘Melbourne Weekly’ magazine, Linley Wilkie interviewed our Designer and [...]

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Energy efficient house design: how much is each energy star really worth? (Free downloadable PDF)

3 August 2010

At the recent State of Design Festival, we prepared a number of home energy cost calculators that helped festival attendees answer the question:
“How much is each additional energy star really worth?”

In this post, we’ll compare the energy cost savings for the same house finished to different energy star ratings.

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