Smaller lot sizes prompt Metricon to maximise space in 19 new designs
The trend towards slimmer and shorter building blocks has prompted the Metricon home building company to unveil 19 new home designs.
They are mostly suited to smaller frontage and depth land sizes, reflecting developer trends towards smaller, narrower blocks.
New Melbourne median residential lots sizes have fallen fell below 400 square metres for the first time.
“It’s very important that current trends in land sizes don’t impact on our ability to deliver spacious, light-filled homes that offer the flexibility modern families need to really love where they live,” Metricon’s head of design Adrian Popple says.
It’s one of the largest releases ever made by Metricon, Australia’s leading home builder. The designs have been added to their Allegra, Freedom and Designer range of homes.
The new releases in the Allegra range, 12 in total, include the Alpha, a compact entry-level home maximising available space, available from just 16 squares (149 square metres), yet with three-bedroom living.
Metricon marketing general manager Yvonne Abood described the Breeze home within its Freedom range as “an especially remarkable achievement by our designers, as no comfort is sacrificed to create luxury two-storey living on the narrowest of home sites”.
She expects the Breeze design to be very helpful for the smallest blocks made available in large developments, but also for knockdown rebuild sites.
The Breeze, with a side portico entry, comes with three bedrooms, with the ability to fit on a narrow 8.5-metre wide block.
The company dates back to 1976.
