Fairview MKII

Next came the big decision... which house? With the orientation and layout of our block, 15 metre frontage and 42 metres in length, we needed a narrow design and wanted one with a living area at the rear where it would look out on the back yard.

After hearing great things about them, we decided on Rawson Homes as our builders. A perusal of their house designs and I was set on the Linley II with an extension to add a rumpus room/second living area. However this was soon quashed when we were informed of certain regulations in the ACT, because our land was greater than 500 square metres, requiring us to leave three metres on the north facing side of the house, thereby reducing our frontage to 10.5 metres and well and truly ruling out the Linley.

With such a narrow frontage the house design options were greatly reduced. Luckily we came across a second design we both liked that already included two living areas, situated at the rear of the house, and was narrow enough for our block. One of Rawson Homes' brand new designs, the Fairview MKII.