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Home Designs in Australia

Home designs in Australia differ in number of bedrooms, number of stories, prices and other elements. Identify your priorities before committing to a home design.

Your options in home design process are:

  • Select a home design from the shelf
  • Order an individual home design from an architect
  • Use existing home design and customise it

The truth is that only 5%-7% of new homes in Australia are architecturally designed. That is because a quality design can take about 10% of the whole development budget.

Some specialist point that properly designed house can be 10% smaller but achieve same or better livability and therefore provide savings and quality lifestyle. That is why we recommend to consider an option of paying professional architect to design your dream home.

Energy Efficiency of your House

Due to increasing costs of electricity and gas energy efficiency has become an important point of home design. Before proceeding with actual building we recommend to conduct a research on existing innovations, new technology and building components and materials.

If you are interested in green house design consider using double glazed windows, instant water systems, latest insulation materials etc.

Although these modern innovations in home design usually cost more they can provide significant savings and convenience in longer terms.



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Passive Home Designs and Thermal Mass
Passive home design depends on climatic condition. Retain heat or keep it away using thermal mass in passive home design.