Simple straw bale house designs.. a la carte!
The idea is simple designs that are properly thought out, a sensible size and a set price. All designs are oriented with the bulk of the glass (double glazed) to the north for passive solar heating, and good flow-through southern ventilation for the cooling night-time breeze. Ceiling insulation at least r5. All these houses are built to be exceptionally cheap to heat and cool and pleasantly detailed to be friendly and nurturing for my fellow brothers and sisters.
Decisions about roof-style, heating options, solar energy, heat-recovery and earth-tube ventilation, and water storage and recycling systems have to be considered to suit your aspirations and circumstances. Unsewered sites require consideration of the various treatment systems available. Pergolas, verandas, carports and landscaping all need to be remembered too when budgeting your home.
Because different sites may have different "frontages" that suggest a formal street side, designs can be adapted to still have correct northern solar orientation but present an "entrance" side to the public approach. This need not appreciably change the cost.
Connection to utilities is not included in these prices.
Leichardt. 2/3 bedroom with courtyard.
A simple and practical design with french doors from living and bedrooms opening onto a courtyard or pergola'd oasis. North facing third bedroom or study or snug and two bathrooms. 133m2 of indoor space from $199,000. This plan shows an optional solid masonry wall between living and study as extra thermal mass and feature wall.
Lairs and granny flats; the 1 bedroom house.
An elegantly simple and economical design with three sun-drenched rooms, large built in robe to the bedroom and storage wall in the bathroom/laundry. 78m2 from $117,000.
Tardus; about 40 m2. Econo-eco.
This is a suggested arrangement for a unit, perfectly comfortable all year-round. A luxury granny-flat or a unit in a tight space. Starting at about $64,000
and another arrangement...
Looking through the window with the kitchen along the west wall