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 seperate otherwise, but have the garages joined in the middle, and even now some are being built with the rooms of the house having common joined wall in the middle.
Here's a good example. The block has 27.5m frontage and at it's narrowest point in the back it's 15.5m. Council regulations require 8m (and I've seen less) for detached dwellings - so there's plenty of room.
Now I understand this is a good idea if you have limited width to the development block, but I'm now seeing perfectly good blocks with ample frontage like the one above still having the two buildings joined in the middle.
I can only assume this perhaps saves $$ in the building stage? Can anyone give me a rough guesstimate on how much this would save - I realise would be different for every project - but just roughly?
I just can't comprehend why you'd do it when there's no need for it. Surely the small saving you make in the building would be more than equalled (or close enough) to the fact that prospective buyers are now looking at buying a building with a shared wall as opposed to completely stand alone?
Or is there a bigger construction dollar saving involved than I realise?
Noticed an increasing number of developments in my area of late are going down the path of having a shared walls in the middle. ie. the two houses on the block are Torrens Title, completely seperate otherwise, but have the garages joined in the middle, and even now some are being built with the rooms of the house having common joined wall in the middle.
Here's a good example. The block has 27.5m frontage and at it's narrowest point in the back it's 15.5m. Council regulations require 8m (and I've seen less) for detached dwellings - so there's plenty of room.
Now I understand this is a good idea if you have limited width to the development block, but I'm now seeing perfectly good blocks with ample frontage like the one above still having the two buildings joined in the middle.
I can only assume this perhaps saves $$ in the building stage? Can anyone give me a rough guesstimate on how much this would save - I realise would be different for every project - but just roughly?
I just can't comprehend why you'd do it when there's no need for it. Surely the small saving you make in the building would be more than equalled (or close enough) to the fact that prospective buyers are now looking at buying a building with a shared wall as opposed to completely stand alone?
Or is there a bigger construction dollar saving involved than I realise?