Dudils vs Pinterest
Pinterest is brilliant for collecting ideas. A board of floor plans and facades is a lovely way to work out the look and feel you are after, and almost everyone starts a build with a few pins saved.
The trouble comes when you want to build. A pin cannot tell you whether the plan suits your block, your frontage or the Australian sun, and many pins are overseas designs drawn for a different climate. Dudils picks up where the pinboard stops: real Australian plans, matched to which way your block faces and which side your driveway is on, each reviewed by an architect so the living areas face north.
This page lists 1,812 plans, from builders including Ausmar Homes, Integrale Homes, Coral Homes, Plantation Homes, priced from $122k to $1.0M, from builders rated 2.7 to 5.0 on Google.
Pin it on Pinterest, build it from Dudils. Every plan here is real, Australian and checked so the living areas face north.
What Pinterest does well
- ✓A fast, visual way to gather inspiration and styles
- ✓Easy to collect ideas onto boards and share them
- ✓An endless supply of facades and layouts to react to
What Pinterest cannot do
- →A pin cannot tell you if a plan suits your block or frontage
- →Many pins are overseas plans drawn for a different climate and sun
- →There is no way to match a plan to your orientation or driveway side
- →Nothing is reviewed by an architect for passive solar living in Australia
| What you can do | Dudils | |
|---|---|---|
| Browse house plans | ✓ | ✓ |
| Australian builders and real plans | ✓ | ✕ |
| Filter by price, size and bedrooms | ✓ | ✕ |
| Save or collect favourites | ✓ | ✓ |
| Match a plan to which way your block faces | ✓ | ✕ |
| Filter by which side your driveway sits on | ✓ | ✕ |
| Floor plans turned so north points up | ✓ | ✕ |
| Architect reviewed for passive solar living | ✓ | ✕ |
Common questions
- Can Pinterest tell me if a house plan suits my block?
- No. Pinterest does not match plans to your block, its orientation or which side your driveway is on. Dudils does all three, and an architect reviews every plan so the main living areas can face north.
- What does Dudils do that Pinterest does not?
- Dudils matches a plan to which way your block faces and which side your driveway is on, turns every floor plan so north points up, and only lists plans an architect has reviewed for passive solar living.
- Are the house plans on Dudils Australian?
- Yes. Every plan comes from an Australian home builder and is reviewed by an architect so the main living areas can face north for free winter warmth and natural summer cooling.
Free heating in winter
Summer: eaves block sun
Winter: lower angle lets sun in
In winter the low northern sun streams through north facing windows for free heat. In summer a roof overhang blocks the high sun. Good orientation cuts your energy bills with no mechanical systems.
Want the detail? The Australian Government's YourHome guide to orientation is the best free resource on getting it right.
Find a plan that fits your block
This is the part no directory or pinboard has. Enter your block width and depth (or a NSW address to autofill them), set which way north faces and which side your driveway is on, and search the live catalogue.
Every plan here is turned so north points up the page. That makes it easy to see at a glance which way each home faces.
North Facing Backyard / South Facing Street
See all →East Facing Backyard / West Facing Street
See all →South Facing Backyard / North Facing Street
See all →West Facing Backyard / East Facing Street
See all →Or browse the full house plans catalogue and search by your block size. To read up on why orientation matters, the Australian Government's YourHome guide is a great free resource.