House Design in Melbourne has been reflecting a worldwide trend towards sustainability and environmental awareness in general. In recent times new regulations have been passed, particularly with regard to water wise items, which will reduce our environmental impact on the land and our precious water reserves.
Many of the environmentally friendly initiatives have had government rebates provided as an incentive to purchase them. For many of these appliances consumers also receive the benefit of reduced running costs further down the track, thereby making the initial outlay for purchasing them not quite so formidable.
House design in Melbourne has also had a huge emphasis on outdoor areas. Many people are choosing to have a covered alfresco area, usually as part of the main roof, and using it as an extension of their living space. Indeed these areas can be furnished and decorated as creatively as the indoors. The use of all weather blinds for these areas help protect from weather and therefore make them a viable living space for most of the year.
Melbourne has a very Mediterranean climate and it is important that the weather be taken into consideration when designing a house. Eaves overhanging, for the afternoon sun, are just one example of this, as is trying to build your living areas to take advantage of Northerly sun in Winter months. This will warm up your living areas when they need it and save you on heating bills.
Of course not all blocks of land or floor plans will necessarily lend themselves to the ideal position. This is where it pays to get expert help to see what can be done. Sometimes it can be as simple as flipping a floor plan. Remember too that those professionals who you choose to help you do this sort of thing every day and will be aware of many ways you can achieve a better design for your ideal house space. The pay off for employing these people is cheaper costs on items such as electricity, for years to come.
As a result of the resources boom in Western Australia a huge demand has been created which the building industry has been working hard to keep up with. There are many ground-breaking designs coming out of this and designers are providing dream homes for many of their clients. The designers have risen to the challenge of building apartments on small blocks of land, supplying all the necessary comforts of a home, yet addressing the environmental issues at the same time.
Housing design in Melbourne has left us in no doubt that maintaining the current trends whilst taking into account the environmental concerns is possible throughout the whole planning and building process.
