Living Room/Kitchen/Dining Area: North-facing with floor-to-ceiling double-glazed windows. Opens onto ModWood deck with clear roof and motorized blinds on top side of the roof, east, and west sides, which allows winter sun to penetrate indoors and shading from summer sun.
Fully Electric Home: Equipped with induction cooking, hot water heat pump, ceiling fans, and Daikin air conditioners both upstairs and downstairs.
Sustainable Energy: Powered by solar panels and a sky wind turbine. 11kw Enphase batteries. 5000L water tank for three toilets, laundry and garden.
Accessibility: Sliding doors to close off the stairway and minimise heat loss/gain. House designed for aging in place. Low maintenance design and materials.
Vehicle Charging: Includes a charging station for a PHEV vehicle in the garage.
Smart Home Features: Voice-activated fans, lights, and blinds.
Upstairs windows use honeycomb internal block out blinds and east windows covered externally with motorised blinds.
One exposed western window to provide light at bottom of stairwell. Double handrails on staircase for improved safety. Australian made products when possible including carpets, all double glazed windows throughout, Modwood decking, water tank, heat pump tank and majority of furnishings and plants purchased via marketplace or local buy nothing group. Deciduous fruit trees planted to shade north facing back yard and access to winter sun. Clothes line north facing so no need for dryer.