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Same as a villa with visually permeable fencing - such as slats. BTW my friend built her dog one of those from an old front loader washing machine door.

Between those 2 I'd go for 16 I think. I don't agree about the alfresco not being important to tenants. I always build with an alfresco at least 3 x 3 so that it can have a dining area and bbq. It doesn't have to be massive though. I'm not sure if you understood the 2/3rd rules with...

For a block that has North at the front and a good width (ie 107) a design like this is what I'm talking about where it has living areas to the front which you could enclose behind a wall for privacy if you wanted. http://www.plunketthomes.com.au/house/the-cottesloe-beach This is not the...

Why does the footpath increase the setback? All setbacks are from the site boundary (above the verge) I think a 12.5m frontage will grow as fast as a 15. A 12.5 x 30 would be a good block in any estate. But if you have the extra money then a bigger block will work well too. At the end...

12.5m is massively awesome :) I'd go for non Main Street block.

On the flipside (and sorry I'm late to the conversation) but building with these side setbacks is cheaper than building onto the boundary (zero lot walls) with a narrower lot. Building on narrower lots (sub 10m) often requires building onto boundary and those walls need to be fireproofed etc...