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build a house with little or no attic space

  • 17-01-2015 01:17PM
    #1
    damolee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36 ✭


    Hi, I am looking to build a house in a rural area, at the bottom of a hill. I need to limit the overall height of the height as the planners have an issue with potential exposure on the site if a new house is built.

    On a recent house design we had done up, the height to the highest point was 6.4 m. Would this be fairly standard? Any advice on how to achieve a house design that comes in around 4.5 to 5m high? I am aware it would result in little or no attic space but we could live with this if needs be....


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  • #2
    Drift
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    Low pitched roofs would help but they bring their own peculiarities to a project both in terms of aesthetics and build methodology / quality control.

    The house design would look "modern" for want of a more appropriate word and wouldn't have slates or tiles on the roof. As you correctly said attic space would be limited. If you build a standalone garage/shed with it I think the lack of an attic wouldn't be too bad. That's personal opinion though!


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