One thing not mentioned is, in Canberra, with all the mcmansions going up in the new estAtes, people seem to love the street presence of the two frontages. When trying to stand out and all the surrounding blocks have 15-20m fronts, and the corner has 50m+ it can have a big impact and help with resale to other show offy types.
Corner block more expensive or cheap?
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I am on a corner block. One thing we never considered when buying was how much natural light you get to that side of the house without having a neighbouring house there. We have lots of windows which get all the morning sun, whereas if a house were there it would be blocked.
Is also great having one less neighbour, less chance of any possible disputes.
We also often have developers asking if we are interested in selling.
Negative would be the additonal nature strip to look after if you are time poor.
Is also great having one less neighbour, less chance of any possible disputes.
We also often have developers asking if we are interested in selling.
Negative would be the additonal nature strip to look after if you are time poor.
Depending on size, option to subdivide.
From a development point of view, the issue isnt just subdivision - it's about setbacks. When you build on a corner block, you get to nominate which street is your primary, and which your secondary street. In the NT (just to give an example) you must set your building back 7.5m from the front boundary, but only 1.5m from your secondary street boundary.
In the case of a rectangular shaped block, this is highly advantageous because you nominate the shortest side for the front boundary, which means that you waste as little space as possible for your front boundary setback, and therefore maximise land use.
Plus you can do some funky design stuff and have the entry on one street, and exit on the other street, which then removes the need for massively wide driveways/crappy parking layouts
In the case of a rectangular shaped block, this is highly advantageous because you nominate the shortest side for the front boundary, which means that you waste as little space as possible for your front boundary setback, and therefore maximise land use.
Plus you can do some funky design stuff and have the entry on one street, and exit on the other street, which then removes the need for massively wide driveways/crappy parking layouts