Description
The Design
The 4 Bedroom Double Story Contemporary Luxury Style adheres to a few principles that define its simple aesthetic: open-floor plans, clean lines, minimal clutter, and a neutral color palette. These elements are key to a serene and sophisticated lifestyle, and general wisdom says that when you elevate your home, you elevate your life.
This design aims to satisfy the needs in the modern high budget category providing a very modern and luxurious living space. With the ground floor open plan kitchen, dining area, lounge this provides lovely living space for a 4-6-member family.
The first-floor Master bedroom provides the comfort of a lovely walk-in closet and en-suite bathroom. Bedrooms 1, 2 & 3 are also spacious with enough space for a queen-size or two single beds. Both the master bathroom and the secondary bathroom can be equipped with a shower and a bath and bedroom 3’s en-suite can be equipped with a bath or a shower as per the family’s requirements. The first floor provides balconies to each bedroom with big glazing elements to the balcony extending the room size into the balcony providing a lovely open-air feeling into the rooms. The 2 car double garage was designed to provide enough space for storage shelves on the front wall.
The Energy Efficiency
Arch@Ease is striving in providing an Eco-friendlier future for the generations to come and to reduce the carbon footprint we as South Africans leave behind on this precious world of ours. In all our designs we aim to provide the most energy-efficient designs within the SANS 10400 XA standards that fit our client’s budgets.
This particular residence was designed for the kitchen, scullery, entertainment area, master bedroom, bedrooms 1 & 2 to face North to provide the best shading conditions in these rooms which mean warm in the winter months and cool throughout the summer. The roof with a 650mm overhang contributes to the shading factor of this house and provides shading over windows throughout the warmest time of the day to prevent solar heat gain into the house. The 270mm exterior cavity walls enhance the overall energy efficiency of the house by keeping out any moisture penetrating the walls and solar heat gain throughout the walls. We provided this house with double glazing windows and doors to enhance energy efficiency and sound insulation throughout the entire house.
Building Cost Estimate:
( R5 500 000 Was the estimated amount on this building which includes the Architectural Design, Interior Design, Engineering Design, Quantity Surveying, Land Surveying, Local Authority Approval Cost and Construction Cost)
Our free basic building cost estimate we provide is based on a square meter rate for Economic building designs and gets calculated within the perimeters of the specific residence. Keep in mind this is only a cost estimate to provide a guideline for your clients to plan their budget for the house. For a detailed costing on the house, our Quantity Surveyor can assist you with a detailed costing and combing a Bill of Quantities the building contractors can use to quote and tender on the construction of the building. This service will be available on request at additional charges.
Interior Design:
This service is available on request at additional charges for a detailed interior design according to the client’s specifications on the kitchen cabinets and appliances, bedroom cupboards and furniture, bathroom fixtures, and cabinets, and a Finishing Schedule on all Interior and exterior finishes ie. floor tiles, wall paint, lights, etc.
Please Note: It will be the client’s responsibility to submit the plans to the local authority for approval. Arch@Ease will make sure from our side that you have all the required documentation for submission.