Been a week since I've posted, so going to put up the latest design ideas and thoughts. So - in no particular order....
1) Have had a number of great chats with a guy that I happened to meet at the Fortis BC (energy) pavillion at the Home show about a month ago. He's a building inspector by trade, but has been studying building sciences and is a guru on wall assemblies and all sorts of other building related matters. He's also planning on building his own house in North Van in the coming year (and possibly a business related to this down the road), and so has been learning all about things like Passive House design and the like. I'm hoping that I can meet more people like him and that we can provide learning opportunities for one another as I go along this journey. So a big thanks to you Sean!
2) Had a chat with the architects on Friday (and even visited City Hall for the first time to get a sense of the permitting side of things). We're definitely getting closer to where this thing will end up and the latest (exterior) designs are noted below. Soon we should have a mocked up model and be set to apply to the City for various permits (aiming for December 15th). We've pushed the timelines about as hard as we can in order to try to get the building envelope closed in (insulated with some basic systems) by March 31st in order to apply for the federal government eco-energy rebate program. It's going to be a tough squeeze to make it all happen, so I'm doing my utmost to get things lined up at this point, including exploring initial quotes on windows, insulation, etc. I think I've sent out like 10 different quotes at this point, so we'll see what comes back, but the latest designs call for a considerable amount more of window space, so we're going to need to be very careful about window costs (they're pricey...especially good ones!).
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| Back of house with notes. Latest changes include a deck with double-doors from the master bedroom above. |
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| Front of house with notes: latest changes include two story window, small ground level wall at front and a triple-window for the office upstairs. |
So - that's a quick update for the time being. Will post a bunch more this week as there are a few other things that have happened that I need to update on.
Well, never been called a Guru before. Thanks for the compliment, but there is so much more I need to learn. I look forward to collaborating with you on the months and years to come.
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