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lol, now you guys are losing me! :D Like your design above BC.

Yeah you're right - a lot have their own two walls, just touching each other, but still have their own roofs etc so could be torn down individually. Only recently have I started seeing shared roofs etc to make them officially duplexes. You're right about it being tight though with 8m width...

You did help Craig - you answered another question I had about why the garage walls are often shared, but not the rest of the houses. Thanks :) I still need to find out why people are building duplexes (if you would call it that) at all as opposed to 2 separate dwellings, with all regulations...

I think so? Class 10 means they are only joined by a common wall in the garage, Class 1 means they are joined by a common wall running through other areas of the houses eg. bedrooms or living areas. The class 10's are definitely more common than 1's in the area. Whole suburb - with the exception...

Now you've really thrown me through a hoop Craig! If a shared wall is potentially more expensive (or at least not cheaper) then I'm totally at a loss to explain it! :confused: Just to clarify again, I don't believe it's anything to do with council/zoning/planning regulations etc. I believe...

Understand what you're saying BC. Makes sense too - you mean so some poor guy doesn't buy a block that is impossible to be built on? Any thought as to why they would join a wall when they don't have to though? eg. these lots could be sold off seperately at 8m widths and held to build on with...

Andrew, agree with your thoughts about cost saving vs value destruction. But that's just it, this is where I can't understand the reasoning. The example above had frontage of 27m - in the area you only need 12.5m per property frontage for double garage blocks. Technically as the block is...

Alright guys, can any builders or others experienced in building houses from scratch help me out here... Noticed an increasing number of developments in my area of late are going down the path of having a shared walls in the middle. ie. the two houses on the block are Torrens Title, completely...