The first townhouses from NSW’s housing pattern book will spring up in Cronulla and Hurstville. But why stop in Sydney? The designs for a mini-Australian dream home will also see new terraces and manor houses built in 15 countries, from Bulgaria to New Zealand and Jordan.

In July, the government released the state’s housing pattern book: eight blueprints for townhouses, terraces and manor houses, chosen from internationally renowned firms including Sam Crawford Architects , Carter Williamson Architects , SAHA and Anthony Gill Architects .

The first two complying development certificates for designs from the pattern book have been lodged with the state government, and while the bulk of home owners and developers who have snapped up a pattern are from NSW, they are also being bough

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