Our Block

So, what's the good of making a record of things and not including photos, right?



I'll start at the beginning with some snap shots of our block. This first one is standing at the road and looking down the block. As you can see it slopes from front to back as well as from left to right. Some people would say this is a steep block but after having lived and owned 2 blocks of land in the Mountains (one of which we are yet to build on - M wants to do it as an owner builder project so we are strategising ways to make that work) that make this look like it's practically flat, we are not at all put off by it.

This one is taken from about 2/3 of the way down the block looking back up. Clearly it definitely does have a fair slope to it, we are not naive, it's just that we have experience with even slopier blocks and know that buiding on it is more than possible. Plus, the lovely features you can end up with using the different levels are well worth the extra effort.

The block itself is 1119 sqm but the development where it is located has prescribed on each block a set "development envelope" in which you must limit your building. The development is in a national park so they are seeking to maintain as much natural bushland as possible. Outside of the development envelope you can clear underbrush and shrubs, mulch to keep neat, and plant with extra natives but that is it. Everything else must be done in your development envelope. Our development envelope encompasses an area of 425m2 in the middle of the block. Here is our site analysis. The outline of the full block is in blue with the development envelope in red. A very nice sized block indeed.

Behind us is a big wildlife corridoor. They are currently working on the the next phase of the development, which is on the other side of this wildlife corridoor. We had assumed when we purchased our land that we would end up with backyards facing us on the other side of that wildlife corridoor, which was fine as it would just be filtered view of their yards and houses through the pretty trees. We have recently viewed the plan of the blocks and much to our delight it turns out that they are leaving a bush area on the other side of the corridoor so there will just be trees, trees, and more trees in our view to the rear. YAY! Our block in the Mountains backed onto the national park. We like trees.