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House Notes – Allansford Cottages

Restored and renovated cottages originally built in the 1870s and lovingly brought back to life, these cottages are situated in the Botanical Studio complex of Beautiful Silks. Surrounded by a walled botanical dye garden, the cottages showcases local materials, trades and traditional building techniques. Timber from the site was milled on site, windows were recycled and insulation added to create comfy cottages.

Sandstone internal chimney for the wood fires, a split system heating and air conditioning, heated bathroom floor and beautiful stained glass windows are beautiful features of these cottages.

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Sustainability Features

ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENT FEATURES

- Energy efficiency:
- Draught proofing
  Efficient lighting
- Passive heating cooling:
- Cross ventilation
  Shading
  Thermal mass
- Active heating cooling:
- Split system airconditioner
- Active heating cooling:
- Wood fire
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Above ground rainwater storage
- Storage connected to
- Garden
  Whole house
- Energy Efficient Lighting
- Natural daylight
- Window Protection:
- Drapes/curtains

SUSTAINABLE & RECYCLED MATERIALS

- Sustainable materials:
- Timber harvested from site and milled on site
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Windows

INSULATION SPECIFICATIONS

- Insulation Type:
- Under-roof
  Ceiling
  External walls
  Floor
- Ceiling Type:
- Bulk – glass wool
- Floor Type:
- Bulk - glass wool
- Under Roof Insulation Type:
- Reflective foil
- External Walls Type:
- Bulk – glass wool

RENEWABLE ENERGY SPECIFICATIONS

- All-Electric Home?
- Yes

HOUSE DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS

- Roof
- Metal (Zincalume)
- Wall Materials
- Lightweight construction (timber frame)
  Timber
- Window and Door Types
- Double hung
- Universal design accessability
- Adaptive design
  Multi-generational
- Number of bedrooms
- 1
- Number of bathrooms
- 1

GARDEN AND WASTE REDUCTION

- Garden / Outdoors
- Botanical dye plants
- Garden / Outdoors
- Edible garden
  Organic
  Native plants

HEALTHY HOME FEATURES

- Healthy home features
- Cross flow ventilation
  Natural light and ventilation

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