hi
Im looking at maybe buying an A frame house thats on the market in pinehaven, upperhutt.. its 1980 , fully insulated , I dont know much about this style of house to be honest.. any builders out there or people who know the pro's and cons please of this particular design, thanks in advance :)

daz1968 - 2020-12-01 18:41:00

wouldnt touch them with an 9 foot pole

howard24 - 2020-12-01 19:14:00

howard24 wrote:

wouldnt touch them with an 9 foot pole

can you give me the headsup why howard ?

daz1968 - 2020-12-01 19:15:00

They look interesting, but are a real nuisance on the sloping walls. Wasted space due to low height and issues with drapes etc..

tony9 - 2020-12-01 19:23:00

Design is strong, I think they can make a bit of noise with expansion contraction, everyone is different, yea odd ceilings in some rooms, to be expected, I stayed a few nights in one a long time ago and thought it was good inside. you can google some overseas sites in Europe to get some more ideas, the one I stayed in was in the same family for 20 odd years so must have been alright. Smaller buyers market for them, obvious. Yea all good.

msigg - 2020-12-01 20:02:00

Always banging your head on the sloping ceiling was the comment from folk i knew that had one, or a lot of wasted area if only full standing height areas framed as rooms.
But in the better ones, all those unused bits often were made into storage cupboards etc.

gpg58 - 2020-12-01 21:31:00

I remember seeing "A" frame huts in beach resorts, Thailand.

aklreels - 2020-12-02 06:33:00

Insulation will be the 1980 specs not current and they are normally impossible to upgrade insulation

martin11 - 2020-12-02 07:39:00

We lived in an A-frame for a little while when I was a child. I had the attic bedroom in the top of the A and loved it - but I was 6. And I got the attic bedroom because my mum and stepfather tried it first and I think found it a pain.
And on the main level, I still found the sloping ceiling a bit annoying. However short you are, there's still a point at which the ceiling is too low! But could probably be dealt with with better built-in furniture.

luteba - 2020-12-02 07:39:00

We flatted in one in the 70s.
The ones around here were cheap kitsets built as holiday houses. The sloping walls made it hard to place furniture and it was freezing cold in the winter.
I don’t think I’d buy one.

lovelurking - 2020-12-02 08:11:00

Excellent design for heavy snow falls.
And there is a climate emergency apparently.

pcle - 2020-12-02 08:25:00

Expensive to heat.

masturbidder - 2020-12-02 17:28:00

I've always disliked them for anything other than 'novelty' value (ie yes the angled, exposed celings are kind of cool for a bedroom) and also the fact they are really hard/limited in terms of being able to renovate or build on ... but have to admit OP, that one in Pinehaven is probably one of the nicest I've seen.

desi1969 - 2020-12-02 17:38:00

I rather enjoyed living in one when I was younger. Would be most happy to live in one again however they do need plenty of shelter as they can catch the wind.

strathview - 2020-12-02 22:37:00

desi1969 wrote:

I've always disliked them for anything other than 'novelty' value (ie yes the angled, exposed celings are kind of cool for a bedroom) and also the fact they are really hard/limited in terms of being able to renovate or build on ... but have to admit OP, that one in Pinehaven is probably one of the nicest I've seen.

yes its nice alright but going by these posts and my lack of risk haha , I think I will stick to the norm, look for a more standard and conventional property in the area :)

daz1968 - 2020-12-03 08:00:00