Hi all, was interested in peoples thoughts of this development's floor plans as per the upper floors pic in the ad, where what is obviously a multi unit dwelling development is being marketed as townhouses. Just wondering if having a single unit spread over 2 levels is a clever design idea...or just taking the p#ss while bending the RCodes.
http://www.realestate.com.au/property-townhouse-wa-tuart+hill-114630919
Looking at the floor plans in the ad I can see the designer has either slightly overlapped the adjoining unit's upper floors around the stairs, or overlapped the unit's bathrooms, I can only assume to get these through as multi dwellings as per this part of the RCode definition, to 'ensure any part of a dwelling is vertically above part of any other'.
Obviously suburb/site specific in terms of your end product, but off the bat would others think a 2 story 'unit' be worth more and/or more in demand than an equivalent sized/specd single story unit? To live in an apartment, I would certainly prefer to only have neighbours left and right, without also having a neighbour either above or below. Looking at 'regular' OTP units with floor plans over one level in Tuart Hill, these 2 story units do appear to be advertised (and selling) for more.
So is having a unit spread over 2 levels something new in multi dwelling design...or is it just new to me?
http://www.realestate.com.au/property-townhouse-wa-tuart+hill-114630919
Looking at the floor plans in the ad I can see the designer has either slightly overlapped the adjoining unit's upper floors around the stairs, or overlapped the unit's bathrooms, I can only assume to get these through as multi dwellings as per this part of the RCode definition, to 'ensure any part of a dwelling is vertically above part of any other'.
Obviously suburb/site specific in terms of your end product, but off the bat would others think a 2 story 'unit' be worth more and/or more in demand than an equivalent sized/specd single story unit? To live in an apartment, I would certainly prefer to only have neighbours left and right, without also having a neighbour either above or below. Looking at 'regular' OTP units with floor plans over one level in Tuart Hill, these 2 story units do appear to be advertised (and selling) for more.
So is having a unit spread over 2 levels something new in multi dwelling design...or is it just new to me?