Sloping Block House Designs

Sloping blocks come with their own distinctive set of challenges and opportunities - from both a design and constructability viewpoint - which requires a specific set of skills, knowledge, experience and expertise to navigate when designing a home. Each site is unique and therefore there is no 'one-size-fits-all' approach when it comes to sloping block house designs.

Aberfeldie Custom Home

Eaglemont Architect Designed Home

The Challenge

Sloping blocks also come with their own unique challenges. With the slope of the block, height restrictions, overshadowing, drainage issues and compliance with council regulations, designing homes for sloping blocks demands specialist expertise and meticulous planning.

Our Difference

Destination Living has a long history in designing, costing & constructing homes on steep blocks. Our architects complete a rigorous and comprehensive process of investigation to fully understand the site prior to commencing the design process itself, including:

Site feasibility; compliance with council regulations, any overlays
Understanding the complexity of build site issues- e.g. retainers, site access
Services analysis

This initial scoping establishes and defines the parameters to enable the architect to curate a design that responds to the opportunities of the site and also providing the client with a realistic project budget to work with.

If you would like to discuss your development with us you can call 1300 637 837 or enquire online.

Jim Haritonas

05:08 01 Dec 16

Starting a big project such as designing and building your "dream home" is always going to oppose some challenges, simply due to the many variables and external factors that are involved and fundamentally in my opinion everything comes down to people. From the first phone call I knew that we made the right decision to engage the team at Destination living. This is the first time my wife and I have embarked on a project of this scale and I have to say that Mike, John, Grace and the extended team have been nothing short of brilliant. We are constantly kept in the loop at every aspect of the project and the team has been completely transparent. Whilst we are still facing some challenging phases, we are extremely confident and excited at the same time.Mike, John, Grace, we would like to wholeheartedly thank you very much for playing a huge part and creating the house of our dreams.

Jane Austen

09:15 07 Oct 13

I count it one of my very lucky days when my daughter and I stopped to speak to Peter from “Destination Living” at their display area in the Home Show about 3 years ago. My “grand plan” was that in maybe 2 years’ time to have a new home built for myself, in Heathmont. After looking for about 12 months I found the block of land I wanted and I straight away gave Peter a call to reintroduce myself to him and to find out what I needed to do next, before actually paying the balance of money for the land. Peter couldn’t have been more helpful, within 2 days I had a soil test and arborist’s report done, by companies recommended by Peter.All the services that “Destination Living” offered – applying for permits, designs, plans etc., were exactly what I was after, and all within the same office. Right from the start I felt so confident with all their guidedance and advice. Any changes I made along the way were never any trouble to implement. They even recommended the building company to me and I have found Adam extremely professional to work with.My total dealings with “Destination Living” have been amazing, with all their suggestions, advice and help – where they do everything required to make your dream home a reality.I would like to thank everyone most sincerely, who had anything to do with my home project,

Layla Wilson

05:00 25 Apr 18

Sue Palmer

03:10 02 Nov 18

Working with Mike and Grace at Destination Living has been a great please. Their knowledge and passion for design, interiors and building is inspiring and exciting to be around. They are always perfecting their processes and developing innovative ways to create a streamlined and great experience for their clients. Their focus is always about fulfilling the needs of their clients and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking to design and build their ideal home.