Completed Homes with Free Plans
Coast
Designed by Adam Dettrick Architects
Built by TS Constructions
Coast is a beautiful, solar-powered, 8.1 star NatHERS rated, efficient all-electric home at The Cape. It also features an innovative, highly productive, water efficient Foodcube urban farm and sustainable landscape. This four bedroom, double storey, 196 square metre home generates a large surplus of clean energy each year, has upgraded from gas appliances to efficient all-electric appliances and has 32 amp charge points for electric vehicle charging. Coast features excellent passive solar design, strategic shading, double glazing, thermal mass, excellent insulation and cross-flow ventilation.
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The 10 Star Home
By THE SOCIABLE WEAVER
A stunning example of how a modern home can be functional, affordable and kinder to our planet.
Designed in collaboration with Clare Cousins Architects, this is Victoria’s first 10 star home. The home is also carbon positive and has been built to zero waste and building biology principles
The Sociable Weaver is a design and build company by award winning builder Dave Martin and social entrepreneur Danny Almagor of Small Giants.
The Oaks
By TS Constructions
The first home built by TS Constructions at The Cape residential project in Cape Paterson is a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 196 sqm double storey dwelling, which generates more energy than it uses, is comfortable in all types of weather with minimal heating and cooling, and saves homeowners significant money through the home’s minimal running costs.
The home captures most of it’s own water, generates surplus solar energy for an electric vehicle, and is an example of the quality of sustainable houses at The Cape.
The home has been independently assessed as having less than $500 per annum running costs, which is approximately 15% of the running costs of a state average home of the same size.
This high level of energy efficiency has been achieved by using a combination of materials and design concepts.
Core 9.1
By BEAUMONT CONCEPTS
One of the latest designs at The Cape in Cape Paterson, by Beaumont Concepts. Featuring passive solar design, double glazed windows, earthwool insulation, 10,000 water tank, Sanden Eco Hot Water Heat Pump, 5kw solar electricity system, Daikin split system and many more innovative features.
The Cove House
By THE SOCIABLE WEAVER
The Cove design wraps around a central courtyard to provide a hidden oasis, inviting connection with nature, while maintaining privacy.
With three bedrooms on one arm of the u-shaped house and the living / dining and master bedroom on the opposite arm, The Cove design is suitable for larger families.
This unique design is suitable for any climate or setting (urban or rural), and would be particularly suited to areas that receive high winds where the central courtyard can offer a retreat.
Dune 1
By ADAPT DESIGN GROUP
The design brief behind Dune 1 was to create an extremely energy efficient dwelling whilst keeping construction costs low.
The home showcases all the fundamentals of best practice energy efficient design and construction – including good orientation, quality insulation, crossflow ventilation, double glazing, thermal mass and shading.
The result was this 8.7 star rated home featuring a 8 kw photovoltaic system including battery storage. The combination of these sustainability, energy efficiency and onsite clean energy generation elements will ensure this home is “energy positive” – generating a surplus of clean energy on an annual basis, with the potential for a net return of over five hundred dollars per annum for surplus power generated.
Cutlers
By TS Constructions
An 8.2 star beautiful single storey home that is a cut above the rest. This carbon neutral, energy and water efficient coastal home sits within the top 1% of sustainable homes in Australia.
The home features state of the art energy efficient design, construction and fit out, which combines to keep the home beautifully comfortable in all weather conditions, with minimal annual energy costs.
Named after one of our favourite local surf breaks, Cutlers was designed to fit into the ethos of The Cape sustainable housing development.
Other homes by The Sociable Weaver
Aviary
By THE SOCIABLE WEAVER
The Aviary is a double storey design that offers ample room for a growing family.
With a master bedroom separated from the main house by a corridor that can be opened on both sides, the Aviary allows a private parents’ retreat or the ability to create a cosy guest room.
Beanstalk
By THE SOCIABLE WEAVER
As the name suggests, Beanstalk offers lots of space on a small footprint.
With separated living/ dining areas downstairs and three bedrooms upstairs, Beanstalk f its everything you need into a home suitable for narrow blocks. Outdoor living is
encouraged in this home, with a large patio downstairs and another balcony deck upstairs.
Greenhouse
By THE SOCIABLE WEAVER
The Greenhouse invites connection to others, to ourselves and to nature.
With two connected pavilions, one for living and one for sleeping, the Greenhouse separates the different aspects of our lives – private and social.
Both pavilions can be opened up to the central breezeway, letting fresh air and sunlight flow into the rooms, inviting nature to wash over the home.