NSW Housing Pattern Book · Four homes running back from the street · strata title
Row homes
Three or four two-storey homes side by side running perpendicular to the street, entered off a shared landscaped path or driveway down one side. From the street it reads as a single house. It needs only 13 m of width inside a Low and Mid-Rise area, so it is the four-home outcome for the standard 15 m suburban block that fails the terrace test.
Site width is measured at the front building line, not the kerb. Every Pattern Book pathway is subject to survey: the designs absorb only the fall shown, and only a registered survey of levels can measure it. Bushfire prone land, flood control lots, heritage items and battle-axe lots are outside the fast-track for every pattern.
The designs you can choose
Modern and relaxed homes with a garden outlook and light, airy interiors efficiently planned over two levels. One, two or three bedrooms per home.
- Lot 500 m² · 13 m wide
- FSR 0.8:1 (base pattern 0.6:1)
- Height 9.5 m
- Side setbacks 2.5 m
- Lot 600 m² · 15.5 m wide
- FSR 0.5:1 (base 0.44:1)
- Height 8.5 m
- Side setbacks 4 m
3 or 4 homes · strata title · Suits a fall of up to 2.7 m front to back and 1.1 m side to side; walls can step down a slope · Design page on the NSW Planning Portal
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