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Comfortable living is
your choice
Put
your assets to work
You bought a new building block. Great! Does
it have some desirable features? Views across the park, a babbling stream or
rock outcrop in the corner, an ornamental tree perhaps? Great! You’ll take these
wonderful assets into consideration because that's what makes a good house plan a great
house to live in.
Does the site receive warm winter sun? And cool summer
breezes? Great! These are more natural assets that you've paid for. No
one can take those qualities away so naturally you’ll give them proper consideration.
If you consider them carefully during the design phase you'll have wonderful free
benefits from the climate. Naturally you'll insist on summer shade and make sure
winter sun comes flooding in through large windows or the patio doors of family living
spaces. After all those rather elementary precautions will give your family the best
result in the most economical manner.
You see it is not difficult. The secret to living
comfortably and economically is to turn nature's assets to your own advantage.
Since family satisfaction is the goal of every new housebuyer, natural comfort
is logical and sensible. Just make your building plans fit your family and
their needs. And ensure you use the natural assets you've paid for to best advantage
as any accountant would advise you to do.
If it's that simple you ask, why doesn't everyone build houses
that are naturally comfortable? There is a reason why they are not, and it is this.
More than 80% of new homes in Australia are designed to fit commonly found building
blocks, irrespective of which way building blocks face in curving streets and
cul-de-sacs. And you cannot expect the sun to shine in through large living
room windows if they face south can you? (Of course you can if you live in the
Northern Hemisphere.) So builders argue that because they cannot predict which way a
building will face when it is built, they needn't bother designing it to fit on its site
in a particular way. So not only are houses sited in a random manner, the design of
houses is random too. Small wonder nothing works as it should, and natural comfort
is virtually unobtainable. Not surprisingly, most people miss out, and then must pay
for years to come, all to fix a problem that could have been avoided by sensible design in
the first place.
Custom design
And that is the reason we design comfortable house plans to suit
your circumstances. Services range from concept design sketches, right through to
architectural building supervision.
The advent of CAD software
and linked production management is changing the way we work. Often a concept
sketch will ensure thermal performance and this can be passed on to your preferred builder to prepare building plans and your building contract.
Minor details and the selection of a bathroom tap for example will not alter the thermal
characteristics. This method keeps your costs down while your benefits increase.
Project Design
We are committed to introducing 'comfortable living' to the project
home market. And that's a tough one. However our research convinces us that
these houses are feasible, economical, and can be constructed within the marketing
guidelines presently enjoyed by the project home industry.
To show how it can be done simply, and how builders can create great business
opportunities, take a look at our web page dealing with the book Comfortable
Solar Solutions. Most builders have absolutely no idea how to tap this
lucrative market. Seems they have yet to learn that people really do like to live
comfortably and economically, and the smart thing to do is satisfy this market.
Information
and Publications
We have information about beneficial design, energy aspects,
planning issues, and marketing. Most has evolved from our exhaustive research and is
printed material published by us. Please see our publications
page To better understand the urgency of solving the energy crisis, look no
further than our EC page here
Shade aid
In the picture above, you will see our new "shade-aid"
pergola. It comes in two forms, one for window shade and a larger version for
patios. All are designed and built especially for Perth climate conditions (North
side). Fixed blades control summer sun admission while admitting the greatest amount
of winter sun possible.
Other
services
We offer free (Perth metropolitan) site inspections for our clients
or those committed to comfortable home design.
We consult on natural comfort too, aside from plans we prepare for our
clients. Far too often people face acute discomfort when they move into their new
residence. They are prey to an army of salespersons offering shade cloth, awnings,
attic vents, insulation, air conditioners, fans, window tints, and the list goes on.
Then questions arise like, which is best? Will it do what I want? Is it the
most cost efficient? People hesitate because they feel that advice might be sales
biased. We are able to advise on these matters without favour, except to solve
problems economically of course. Naturally you should seek this advice before you
build so you can avoid unnecessary expense later.
 Assets or liabilities?
Natural heating and cooling embraces 5 factors You need to
consider the climate, your land, your budget, your family, and
the structure. Unfortunately most people fail to consider the one thing they cannot
alter; the climate.
They fail to design in harmony with it, and nature inflicts her own punishment of
course. Of course sometimes things turn out very well by accident, but such cases
are very rare. That is why artificial heating and cooling is so prevalent. It turn
that means high energy consumption that pollutes the environment while stealing from the
family purse. That's pretty silly we think, and we've yet to find a client who
disagrees.
Do you see
what is required? Omit any one of those 5 factors from design considerations and
your house will be less than satisfactory. When you put family comfort first, and
not last, everything else will fall into place. It's so simple!
Your first decision is
absolutely vital ...
Choose comfortable living
If you can just get that right, we'll help you
get the rest.
Then you'll collect a
whole range of benefits.
If you're in the market for a new home, consider your options
carefully. We can help.
Please contact me with regard to
your options in a new house design.
If you would like consult with respect to a plan you have,
please contact me.
If you are in the building industry and looking
to propel your business into new territories for increased profits, please check out this information.
It's no secret that
everyone likes to live comfortably.
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