Property:Development:Construction:Design

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Architects design, but don't build. Therefore many designs can be suboptimal (read: unecessarily costly) for a design that may not add enjoyment or resale value.

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• Groundwork:
  • Pad must have perimeter drainage.
• Entrances:
  • Coats must not be visible outside of house. Provide an aerated deep cupboard to put coats, even if wet.

    • Must Not provide just a coat-rack or hooks (bulky coats are visible from many angles, through windows, and create a messy first impression of the residence, even from outside, looking at the house).
    • Shoes/boots must out of view in the entrance way. Provide a window seat shelf, and ground stop bar, under and behind which which they can be placed out of the way.
    • If the same entrance cannot be shared between primary and secondary spaces, a second, simpler, external entrance must be provided directly to wing primary space (playroom).

    * Rooms:

  • The space must provide for 3 rooms, separated in two zones: a master bedroom + child bedroom on one side of the house, a bedroom and a teen social/play in a secondary zone.
• Bathrooms:
  • Must provide two bathrooms: one on either wing. The second bathroom makes the guest wing independent, usable by returning teens, or boarders taken in to pay higher mortgages.
• Kitchen:
  • The kitchen must have a dining room facing 110cm deep counter (not just facing the wall).
  • The kitchen counter must provide an external 40cm recess for either stools or cabinetry (eg: wine storage and display)
  • The oven, and accompanying venting must be against a wall (vents are more or less useless when open on 4 sides).

    • The range must be gas based.
      • Would require excessive solar panels.
    • The stove should be electrical. Note this will impact solar panel requirements.

    * living room:

  • Must be continuous with dining room.
  • Must be at least 5 x 6 m
• Dining room:
• Bedrooms:
• Electrical:
• Plumbing:
• Fixtures:
• Interior Finish:
• Flooring:
• Landscaping:
• Driveway:

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