Building Split Level Homes on Sloping Sites

If you are considering building a home on a sloping site, you need not compromise form or function. A well designed, bespoke, split-level home design works with the slope of the land – not against it – all the while enhancing your lifestyle and maximising privacy and views.

We see a sloping site not as a ‘problem’ to be overcome, but a unique design opportunity to create a stunningly innovative and original home.

Our in-house home designers view your sloping site as a unique design opportunity to create a home that flows naturally with the natural landscape of your block. So rather than trying to force a ‘standard’ cookie-cutter design into a sloping site – along with costly and unsightly earthworks, drainage and retaining walls – we’ll work in collaboration with you to design your home to fit beautifully and efficiently into the surrounding landscape.

Practical and liveable solutions to the challenges of building on a sloping site.

Designing and building a home on a sloping site presents significant challenges, including:

• Maximising privacy, sheltering from prevailing winds and taking advantage of views
• Minimising disturbance of the site thereby limiting expensive and unsightly earthworks and retaining walls
• Maximising solar orientation and home energy efficiency
• Meeting the various requirements from Council including building setbacks, planning overlays, protection of existing vegetation and trees, and protection of neighbouring properties
• Unstable slopes or groundwater issues creating challenging soil conditions
• Driveway gradients meeting relevant standards for accessibility
• Addressing drainage appropriately

To address these challenges we provide an end-to-end design and build process including:  

• A thoroughly collaborative bespoke home design process – our in-house design team work with you to consider your lifestyle objectives, site constraints and budget
• In-house coordination of all necessary planning and building permits and service authority approvals
• Particular skills in creating bespoke, luxurious, innovative designs for gentle or steep slopes
• Significant expertise in designing and building on sites with as much as 10 metres of fall and/or significant cross fall

Want to know more about our approach to building split-level homes on sloping sites?

For more information about our sloping site design or construction process, or to make an appointment for an obligation-free assessment of your site, Enquire Now or call 03 8795 3030 to speak with one of our KDR experts.