consumers are initially against them because of how compact they are on the small lots. “The truth of the matter is its all well and good they’re smaller. People want more house than land these days because we’re just too busy to maintain big blocks of land like we used to. No one wants to sit on their mower or work in the garden all weekend. They want to be at the beach, with their family and having fun,” says Renita. She believes that it’s a win-win with a terrace home because the buyer gets more house, less land, less maintenance and less dollars spent. Overall, it’s a good opportunity to enter the market. Plus, they are contributing to sustainability in the environment. There are a lot of factors with terrace homes that support sustainability, besides the smaller footprint. “There’s a huge amount of sustainable planning required because it’s more condensed living without the urban sprawl” says Renita. She uses the city of Sydney as an example. “Their urban sprawl is considerable but they try to maintain minimum 600 square metre lots. Where we are, we can start from a 4-metre lot frontage. When you look at sustainability, we’re attempting to reduce urban sprawl.” Thompson builds with timber framing which is a renewable resource. “We have the land in our area to grow renewable pine forests, so we’re working with pine. We also know where those timber frames are coming from, and mostly they’re locally sourced,” says Renita. Even their paint and non-toxic carpet glue are THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AUSTRALIA
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