Our split-level designs maximize your land and views while eliminating the need for costly excavation or retaining walls. Tailored to your lifestyle, they provide the perfect balance of entertaining and private spaces, creating your dream home on any block.
Sloping blocks support sustainable construction with minimal earth movement. Our split-level homes enhance views, create private spaces, and flow naturally with the landscape, blending style with environmental harmony.
Designed with one or more small splits, that step with the slope of the site, reducing the need for extra site works including retaining walls that would otherwise be required to flatten the site to build a level home. With a small set of stairs between levels, a split can in some cases provide a more open feel, with higher ceilings ideally for living areas, depending on the slope direction on the site.
Designed to suit moderate sloping sites requiring half a flight of stairs between floor levels. Configurations include at least three-floor levels, on sites that slope down, up or across the site, producing a two-storey portion to the front, rear or side of the home. These types of split level homes provide good separation of private and living areas with the ability to provide specific zones for each floor level.
Designed for steep sites requiring a full set of stairs between floor levels producing at least two-floor levels. This results in a two-storey front, rear or side building structure. Ideally, these homes place the main living spaces on the upper floor levels to take advantage of views achieved by elevated living, with lower levels designated for entry, garage or additional bedroom, kids and guest spaces.
Before building on a sloping site, buyers must understand the challenges of designing and constructing on uneven terrain. Many underestimate the complexities of sloping blocks compared to flat land, which can lead to costly issues. Any design changes should complement the land’s natural slope to ensure the build is cost-effective and maximizes the landscape’s potential.
Choosing a design that suits the site results in a more functional, sustainable, and attractive home. Collaborating with a builder to ensure the split-level design works with the land leads to a smoother construction process and a better overall living experience.
Like many questions when it comes to the cost of building a home the answer is: it depends. There are many factors to take into consideration when building a split level home. At a minimum, these can include the home design you have chosen and the slope of your land. Per square metre, the cost may be higher for a split level home due to structural issues but on the other hand, when buyers choose a design that doesn’t work with their land, they may spend more making the site appropriate for the house design. At the end of the day, a design that works with your land structure and slope will be cheaper than trying to excavate land to suit a home design.
The benefits of building a split level home include increased sustainability (thanks to less earth needing to be removed), their aesthetics fitting nicely into the surrounding environment, the ability to create more private areas due to their split level design and also the benefits of getting to enjoy wonderful views from multiple areas in your home.
It could be just a few hours or it could be weeks depending on the magnitude of the changes.
A split level home is a home style that was designed for sloping blocks. They are built to compliment the natural angle of the land, rather than require mass excavation to make the home fit. The split element comes from the floor levels being staggered, with sets of stairs leading from one area to the next.
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Split level homes allow you to create multiple private areas in one home, and keep different areas separate. Providing you choose the right design, they also ensure that you utilise your property’s natural features, such as the view and landscape. Working with the features of your land means you can minimise costs, and take advantage of why you bought the land in the first place.
