Honeyeater House 2018

House Notes – Honeyeater House

With a mere 79 m2 floor area, this award-winning yet humble home is a refreshing example of pared-back living in a purpose-built small house.

The considered, honest design eliminates superfluous elements and ‘wasted’ spaces, resulting in a highly individual and truly affordable space… (and has enabled me to slash my mortgage by 50%!).

Simple passive solar principles ensure light and warmth in winter, while ample cross-ventilation and seasonal shading provide natural summer cooling.

Recycled windows add a familiar, retro feel to this seven-year-old home, set on a 538m2 suburban block, amid organic native and food-producing gardens.

Features include:

  • Passive solar design – burnished concrete floor for thermal mass
  • Recycled windows to front of house
  • Louvre windows to capture prevailing summer breeze
  • Seasonal shading to north and west sides of house
  • Curtains on windows
  • Energy/water-efficient appliances
  • Recycled/reused furnishings in home
  • Natural fibres used throughout home
  • Composting
  • Organic vegetable garden
  • 20+ fruit trees inc. espaliers
  • Native plant species for wildlife habitat and forage
  • Poultry run with heritage-breed chickens
  • Recycled materials used throughout garden
  • Rainwater harvesting for house and garden use.

Designed and built by Tectonics Building Design.

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Sustainability Features

Years Open
2016
2017
2018
ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES
    • Energy efficiency:
    • Efficient lighting
      Efficient appliances
    • Passive heating cooling:
    • Cross-ventilation
      Shading
    • Active heating cooling:
    • Economical wood-burning stove also used for cooking and overhead drying of clothes in winter
    • Water harvesting and saving features:
    • Above-ground rainwater storage
      Low-flow taps
    • Above ground rainwater storage Type:
    • Poly tank
    • Above ground rainwater storage Size
    • 2500L
    • Storage connected to
    • Toilet
      Laundry
SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Corrugated iron in garden construction
    • Recycled and reused materials:
    • Bricks
      Pallets
      Paving
      Sleepers
      Windows

RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS
    • All-Electric Home?
    • No
HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS
    • House Size
    • 79m2
    • Window and Door Types
    • Louvre windows
    • Number of bedrooms
    • 2
    • Number of bathrooms
    • 1
GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION
    • Garden / Outdoors
    • Chickens
      Composting
      Edible garden
      Green walls
      Organic
      Permaculture
      Native plants
      Water-wise plants
Location
Margaret River WA 6285
    • Housing Type:
    • Standalone House
    • Project Type:
    • New Build
    • Open with support of
    • Sustainable House Margaret River
    • Builder
    • Tectonics Building Design
    • Designer
    • Tectonics Building Design

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