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10kw 3 phase system :) No gas on the block and we don't want to go LPG bottles so looking at Solar HWS with electric instantaneous inline HWS for boosting water as it's used if it's not hot enough. http://www.stiebel.com.au/water-heating/dhe-instantaneous-3-phase-water-heater BTW back in 2002...

I'm totally lucky that our new PPOR block is large enough to orient the house any direction. On our East side we have no windows and just garages to 'buffer' the house. On the West side no windows and a 2.5m deep verandah. All windows are on the North but still with deep verandah and South...

I think a raft slab is not suitable due to the size of the PPOR but I'll check. The waffle pod is also called a waffle raft as it's quite similar.

Yup some parts are - not the whole suburb. Like any of the close to the river suburbs it has some parts clay some parts sand.

On a similar note I have requested a quote for a waffle pod slab for my new PPOR as it is M class soil (clay) Waffle Pod Slabs have been used extensively in the Eastern States to overcome clay soils reactiveness. They also use less steel and less concrete...

Yup R60 site that is rear loaded off laneway. Looks pretty substantial as the top storey is as big as the ground, not just a plonked on single room on top. Simple and economical.

Might not be a visible decline yet but I'm helping someone do a project which is totally framed - not a single brick :) $340k turnkey for duplex 2 x 1.5 x 1 two storey dwellings with approx 90sqm living area (128sqm total inc single garage, store, alfresco etc). Living on ground floor with...