QUARTER ACRE BLOCK COMPARISON
Area to maintain 700m2 Private Amenity Area 150m2 i.e. only 21% of the total maintenance area is really useable High Level of Visual & Aural Intrusion Backyard privacy disappears totally when neighbour adds a second floor Orientation in most developments is the luck of the draw - your backyard could be shaded in winter - even by your own house Green open space is rarely close-by. High Traffic Streetscape				Area to maintain 142m2 Private Amenity Area 100m2, i.e. 70% of the total maintenance area is useable Maximum Visual & Aural Privacy Lifetime guarantee of privacy All lots have north facing living areas with no overshading from neighbouring houses. All Rivendell residences are within metres of a park Pedestrian Friendly Streetscape Note: The street frontage is about twice that of an inner-city terrace. Rivendell's courtyard houses have a second story on the street frontage, so the floor area of the courtyard house used in this example is actually around 200m2. By building on the 30m2 backyard buffer zone, floor areas up to 230m2 can be accommodated on a lot of this size, without reducing the size of the courtyard garden.