​Looking for an affordable and safe way to take care of your aging parents or your children whilst improving the environment? 

Then I am glad I found you. ​​

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What if I could show you a solution that also gave you back an extra day per week for the rest of your life?

Wouldn't you want to know more?...watch the clip ​​ ​​

So...why would you live in a multi-generational home?
Click here to see why.

Making it Real​ -  I'm practicing what I'm preaching

Too many talk a big game so I am putting my resources  where my mouth is. 

The house image above is the porotype being built to see if a unique flexible multigenerational house design, currently not allowable under building and planning rules, can convince authorities to reconsider the rules.*

Making it Real is a blog page within this website that helps explain all the trials and tribulations being faced in trying to bring an alternative  living option that seeks to improve the life of its inhabitants whilst reducing the burden on other members of our society. ​ It shouldn't be this hard!!
 
This journey has covered and expanded ones knowledge in design, building, economics, sustainability,  marketing and much more and to not share this would be a shame. There is a  growing list of articles that explains why I have persisted for 10 years (and counting!) to MAKING THIS REAL!  

*The Current design of the house complies but allows for future alterations...at an unnecessary added to cost!

Blogs that explain my journey to create change:  

• The Beginning - ​In search of a house project that contributed beyond its boundary (No.1)
•  The Journey in looking for a place to live (No.2)
•  Time, the most underrated cost of our era (No. 3)
• How many stages of life is your house designed for (No. 4)
• Sustainability, community resilience and how a  multigenerational house delivers on both (No. 5)
• Designing for independence with our cultural pen (No.6)
•  Challenge 1 -  making it real, the hunt for land (No.7)
•  Challenge 2 – Squatters and the design process (No.8)
•  Challenge 3 Finding the right consultant (1 0f 2) (No.9)
•  Challenge 4 – looking for design solutions via new platforms (No.10) 
•  Challenge 5 - The trails and tribulations when trying to innovate – the roller coaster of design crowdsourcing. Is it worth it? (No.11)
•  Challenge 6 – Finding the right consultant (2 of 2) The building surveyor and the 2nd kitchen (No.12)
•  Challenge 7 – Don’t multigenerational homes already exist (No.13)
•  Challenge 8 -  The building code, more an inhibitor than an enabler (No. 14)
•  Challenge 9 – Planning; the protector of present or future generations? (No. 15)
• Challenge 10 – What are the specific planning and authority rules that need changing to support multigenerational homes (No. 16)
• A recap before the building begins (Article 17)
  
• The formation of a house design that sought to solve some of our societal issues (Article 18)
  
• $100k - The estimated and unnecessary additional cost due to bureaucracy (Article 19)
  
• The lack of accountability for responsibility (Article 20)
  
• Signing the contract and dealing with the banks (Article 21)
  
• The Dream, the headache and then COVID19. (Article 22)
  
• Latent conditions and street trees (Article 23)
  
• How the Snowy river 2.0 initiative helped me decided on my heating solution. (Article 24)
• Next...more updates as the house progresses....

If  "Industry are predicting a further hit to the federal budget if the royal commission into the aged care sector leads to higher standards and staffing ratios".....where is the money going to come from?!
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​Please help  increase awareness of the benefits of multigenerational housing by signing the petition at         Change.org 

​Homes designed to reduce household stress 

Homes should be designed to primarily improve our lives and reduce stress. This is best achieved if .......    Click here to read the rest 

“There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.” ​
― Theodore Roosevelt​

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 Why are Multi Generational Homes so rare?  Click here to find out

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3 Trends to raise the quality of life in our Cities. 

This video is a fascinating look into what the cities of tomorrow need to address to achieve a higher quality of life. An extract from the link is provide below. 

THE AGING SOCIETY IS A MEGATOPIC  
“We’re still building the wrong kinds of homes. The old model of two children, three rooms, and four wheels has had its day,” says Professor of Architecture Thomas Jocher, Director of the Institute for Housing and Design at the University of Stuttgart. “In future, we will need new buildings that are ready. With a kind of airbag for getting older. For example, doors wide enough for a wheelchair.”

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Sources - External articles

Go to this page to access all things you need to know about multi generational homes.

It will include designs, articles, clips and stories on how others are seeking to develop spaces that can adapt with our growing changing needs. Some examples below...

The most recent articles: 

Multi-generation living works for us’: Why more families are moving in together
Domain Jane Rocca - Oct 19 2020
How the Pandemic has increased the interest in All Gen Housing. 

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A more humane, less costly solution for aged care: Stay at home. by Pru Goward 29 Oct 2020 - SMH

Over 20 different room configurations in a studio Apartment!

Looking this AMAZING clip below to see how applying an adaptable and flexible mindset early on in the design process can improve the long term use of space.

How the rise of multigenerational living is changing the way we build housing    
Domain: ANDREA BLACK MAY 1, 2017

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Is a multi-generational home the way of the future? The pros and Cons.
Better homes and Gardens Laura Barry - 22 Aug 2018
​The positives and challenges of a multi-generational house and why its increasingly becoming an option.

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The rise of multi-generational households sees demand spike for homes with separate quarters 
Domain Sue Williams - 13 June 2017

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Should you include a studio apartment  in your next home renovation?
All the variety of reasons why its worth the consideration...even if it misses the issues surrounding the rules.
​Domain Jessica Dale - 19 Nov 20

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“Culture is always on the move.” 
― Colin Woodard

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