Custom homes in NSW almost always trigger outdoor compliance: on-site stormwater detention, acoustic limits to boundaries, and bushfire construction where BAL applies. The practical issue is keeping those metrics on the architectural and hydraulic sheets—not buried in a landscape package issued two months later.
Glazing, sun paths, and schedules
Large openings are modelled with summer/winter sun paths and neighbour privacy in mind. We record frame types, U-values, and external shading on the window schedule so energy modelling, certifier checklists, and shop drawings stay aligned.
Decks, barriers, and discharge
Decks and patios carry imposed loads, handrail heights, and drainage falls to legal points of discharge. We set out bearer heights against internal FFL early so sliding doors do not end up sitting on packers above the structural slab.
Facades, finishes, and BAL interfaces
Stone, timber, and render are selected with maintenance and bushfire reaction-to-fire classes where relevant. Junctions to paving are drawn with drip edges and concealed flashings—not left to the stone installer on the day.
Internal planting and wet-area hydraulics
Internal planting works when irrigation, overflow, and membrane protection are specified with the wet-area hydraulic set. We avoid loose pots sitting directly on waterproofing without a rated tray detail.
Pools, ponds, and legal discharge
Pools and reflective ponds add hydraulic load, barrier rules, and overflow paths into the legal stormwater network. We line up certifier checklists, structural excavation, and labelled pump circuits on the electrical schedule before the landscape package is issued—so the architecture set is not contradicted by a late pond sketch.
When DA conditions quote OSD volumes, setback planes, or neighbour acoustic credits, those numbers belong beside the floor plans, not only in consultant appendices. If you want a desktop pass against your survey and DA conditions before you lock alfresco geometry, contact BOREC HOMES with the condition schedule attached.