News / Choosing a design
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Designing with sunlight
Read more →As you browse through the site, you’ll note that the text accompanying each design talks about which way the design is intended to face. This refers to the main entrance door of the house. This is a very important principle for us. The way the house is intended to face determines which rooms get the sun when and how much. Optimally, living spaces should get sun during the day and in the evening with bedrooms getting sun either during the day or in the morning. Other spaces- utilities, toilets, storage, corridors etc. should be placed towards the north – where...
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How to choose your home
Read more →Possibly the most important question in deciding what sort of home you really want is answering the question “are you a kitchen person or a living room person?” Where are you most comfortable in the houses in which you have lived or stayed? If your friends come over, do you bring them? This determines what forms the heart of your house. If you answered “kitchen”, an open plan kitchen/dining – possibly opening onto outside spaces or patios - is important. Think about its location in terms of sunlight– it should face south and west to catch the sun in the...