SelfbuildNovice

We plan to have external retractable shutters on the sliding doors and also on all roof lights. I have seen a few companies that have them for flat roof lights. We really want that space to be flooded with light. we actually intend to have a car in the garage. Can we not get one in with the dimensions provided? it’s just a normal full size sedan. Currently on the hunt for a passive house & ICF experienced architect / consultant to help us. Thank you for your response and well wishes. Very much appreciated

Icf because it’s quick, no need for separate insulation for the most part & a concrete build is strong/sturdy PH because we want the house very well insulated for comfort regardless of outside temperature. The passive house has a ready made template to follow to achieve this. The certification just provides added confidence for a future buyer should we ever wish to sell. Apologies for the very late response, I couldn’t access my account for a while. Thanks so much for responding

@Ferdinand thank you so much for your valuable insights. Well wishes much appreciated. It’s back to the drawing board armed with all comments here.

standing in front, facing the building, it’s the part on the right, the part of the roof over the living room/dining

Hmmm was going to say ‘comfortable’ but no, I am happy because I see it as a design that won’t date or look out of place in a few years time. My primary focus is future proofing the house & getting the inside as functional and comfortable as I possibly can within our budget

🤷‍♀️ will have architect rename

It’s a small platform lift, doesn’t need a shaft and the small equipment it needs is represented by the dark area behind it

The room on the topmost floor is the master bedroom. Designed to keep the sleeping area very quiet, away from the noise of tinkering in the dressing room & bathroom. Bothers me that it’s a trek to the bathroom. Don’t know how to work around that. The roof space for PV- was told we can get a good number of panels on the south facing part of the roof as designed and that they should be sufficient for our needs but hey……… any sketches suggesting layouts will be appreciated 🙏 only just found the emojis #hopelesstechnophobe

Thank you all so much for the comments so far. Sooooo the pantry utility is really the garage with a utility & pantry created at the top end of the room. We have found a garage company that has passive house standard garage doors - think it’s called hausmann the poor lighting in the basement room is noted. Will draw to the architect’s attention for adjustment. Thanks for pointing it out the front elevation design is to be in keeping with the street view Didn’t think about the distance & access from the dining to the kitchen until you pointed it out. Will need to remedy that somehow. The reasoning behind the closed off living room and dining is to keep it as formal entertainment space separate from our general living & cooking space. The sliding doors in the living room are actually to help open up the space fully because I don’t like that the space is so narrow, but retain the option of closing it off completely too when we want to. Will remove the fire place to create a free flow between both spaces. That said, I am pretty flexible re where every other space is. Would really appreciate suggested layout sketches.

Was wondering about not getting any comments on my plans only to realise that I hadn’t posted. SMH. Here they are. I would really appreciate input from this community Building to Passivhaus standard, ICF - trying to decide between nudura & thermohouse

@Toshthank you for this.

@nodThank you very much. I think you are right. @pocsterthanks for the encouragement but it just doesn’t feel like I’ve “got this” right now 😀. Plans coming up

Hi everyone, newbie here. We are embarking on a self build project - never done anything like this before and pretty much trying to get a handle on the various processes while dealing with info overwhelm. Would appreciate any help with looking at our building plans. We plan to build with ICF and possibly go for passive house certification. Our architect has no experience of either (wondering if this is a mistake), we all appear to be working it out as we go along. Any thoughts, guidance, etc would be very much appreciated

Thank you @LSB for your comments. I’ll also go repost there.

Hi everyone, newbie here. We are embarking on a self build project - never done anything like this before and pretty much trying to get a handle on the various processes while dealing with info overwhelm. Would appreciate any help with looking at our building plans. We plan to build with ICF and possibly go for passive house certification. Our architect has no experience of either (wondering if this is a mistake), we all appear to be working it out as we go along. Any thoughts, guidance, etc would be very much appreciated