So, the day after I make my first interesting post, Houzz decides to email me a new powder room idea book. Here are some additional photos. My new favourite: dark and moody, great mirror, and I love the tapware: Here’s something I hadn’t considered before: a full length mirror: A …
In keeping with the Christmas spirit, I’ve changed the theme. They’ve done this weird thing where if you want to leave a comment, click the + below the date on the left. I’ve also added a Timeline page. I remember years ago wondering how someone could spend an entire year …
I’ve been inspired by this blog and this blog to try and gather some of my thoughts around what I want the interior of the house to look like. So I’m going to start with something really simple: the powder room. Probably not what you were expecting, but consider this …
Last week I called the interior designer to ask about her input on the facade, but she suggested going through it with Ken first and then sending her the drawings. So, we had our last design development meeting last night and spent quite a bit of time on the facade, …
Just got back from another meeting. We talked about a variety of things: – Interior designer – we have a few complimentary hours with their interior designer. – I’d been stressing about the facade a bit since the last meeting, but have calmed down a bit now. I went online …
Oh boy are we busy! After we decided on the builder, we went straight into the design development phase. We’ve had 3 meetings so far, I’ll try to recap: 1. 29th October. We met with our DD architect (Ken) and the builder (Peter and his wife Julie). Signed 2 pieces …
We’ve decided to build with Nulook Homes. It was a tough decision, as both builders appeared to be quite good. We spent the last two weeks interviewing the builders themselves, interviewing their previous clients, and viewing houses currently being built. Both builders got rave reviews from their previous clients, but …
We met with the architect today to talk about next steps and deciding on a builder. He stressed that the key difference between builders lies in their processes, and this is what we should centre our questions around. These are the key points/questions we should ask: 1. Don’t underestimate the …
We got the preliminary costing back last week, and have been mulling over them. We didn’t actually get to see the spec before it was sent out, and needless to say we’ll need to change a lot of things so the total cost will end up being higher than what …
So we’ve finally settled on the floor plan (more or less) and are sending it off for costing by two builders: Middleton Homes and Nu Look. Other names were thrown around but those were the ones we decided to look at, for reasons of build quality, cost, and flexibility. Both …
Eco Home Style is a blog about building a sustainable and stylish passive solar house in the inner city fringe of Perth, Western Australia.
It's my hope that by sharing this experience, you have some insight into the building process. As the build comes to an end, my focus will shift to what it's like to live in a passive solar house.
