Land: let us break down the terms you might hear when it comes to your land

Ok, so you’ve fallen in love with a block of land.

It could be it’s proximity to family, friends, the beach?

The estate it’s in? Close to your favourite shops, great parks, schools are within walking distance?

It could just feel right, a fresh start!

Next step – home design. Choosing the perfect design that will suit you and your family’s needs perfectly. Good sized bedrooms, open plan kitchen, a theatre room for those movie nights…

When it comes to choosing your home design, with a specific block in mind, there are some factors that need to be considered as land comes in all shapes and sizes.

Have you ever walked into an established home and thought what a weird shape? Or wow, the floor plan is terrible, there is no flow to this home. This could be largely attributed to the size and shape of the block it’s built on, or possibly the home designer was having laugh. Luckily, we have some amazing designers who take the task of designing your dream home very seriously.

They consider space, practicality and little bit of the wow factor when creating a home design.

What does this mean when it comes to land, well because land comes in all shapes and sizes, we have to have home designs to accommodate this. Your piece of land could be long and skinny, short and wide, narrow one end and wide the other. All these factors effect the home design you choose to suit your perfect block of land.

Some examples you ask…

Let’s start with those long and skinny lots, also know as Flute Lots.

Flute lots

When you look at a home on a flute lot, they can seem quite small from the front, but the length is all in the back. That’s where you’ll find the garage with what we what we call rear-loading.

You’ll notice our two-storey display homes, like the Aura or Azure, are built on flute lots. In these designs, you’ll find a theatre room or a bedroom near the front door and then as you walk through the house, it all opens up to an open-plan kitchen, living, dining area which can easily be doubled in space thanks to the alfresco area which sits beyond the sliding doors.

Flute lots, like squat lots, are well suited to first homebuyers, those who prefer low maintenance or minimal gardens (we hear indoor plants are more your thing!) and downsizers.

Cottage lots

Cottage Lots are, put simply, smaller lots. But small doesn’t have to mean compromise. They are affordable lots of popular with first homebuyers, downsizers and investors looking for a good location. Some cottage lots can even accommodate two-storey homes with smart floor plans that make the most of the space. So, like we said, small lot doesn’t mean compromise for your home design. You can have a look at some of our two storey home designs here.

Cottage lots can be found near public open spaces such as reserves, parks and playgrounds, and generally orientated to take advantage of the nearby greenery – how delightful! Direct access from a front or a rear outdoor living area is an appealing selling point to homebuyers who enjoy green spaces, but do not necessarily want to look after their own.

Standard lots

Standard lots are as they sound, standard, but this is a good thing! It is a typical lot type, generally rectangular or square with no weird shapes, sizes or angles, and there is practically no limit to what you can build on a standard lot. Happy days! They very popular and are generally on the larger size so likely to fit a larger home.

Single or double storey, a range of home designs to suit. Makes the choice easy. Have a look at our full home design range here.

Our team of New Home Consultants are experts when it comes to finding the perfect home design to suit a block you have your eye on. So don’t go it alone, reach out to our team and see how we can help guide you through the process and, most importantly, to make it easy for you – it’s what we do best!

Some information in this Blog was provided to us by our friends at Satterley.