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Ground floor plan, north up, fitted out in phase 2 as a complete one-bedroom home. Wing 1, 9.0 × 5.4 m, along the north; wing 2, 5.4 × 3.6 m, beyond it to the south at the east end. The front door in the north wall near the east end opens into the hall, 7.6 m², with the stair rising east along the spine. The kitchen, living and dining room, 29.2 m², fills the west of wing 1, with windows to the north, west and south onto the yard. East of it, a utility and boot room, 5.8 m², and a corridor with an east window, leading to a lobby, the shower room, 4.3 m², and bedroom 1, 13.0 m², in wing 2, with windows west onto the yard and south. The yard is in the south-west corner of the L.

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Ground floor

Phase 2: a complete one-bedroom home, with the kitchen and living room, the shower room and bedroom 1.

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Ground floor

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Fitted out in phase 2, a complete one-bedroom home. Wing 1 is 9.0 × 5.4 m along the north and wing 2 is 5.4 × 3.6 m beyond it, to the south at the east end. The yard fills the south-west corner of the L. The deck is 0.45 m up on concrete pads, with a 2.4 m ceiling.

Room Area
Kitchen, living, dining 29.2 m²
Bedroom 1 13.0 m²
Hall 7.6 m²
Utility, boots 5.8 m²
Shower room 4.3 m²

The front door is in the north wall, near the east end, under a slim steel canopy. It opens into the hall, and the stair rises east along the spine of the house, where the headroom upstairs is highest. A wide opening leads west into the kitchen and living room, a single room about 5.4 m square with windows on three sides and the glazed back door onto the yard. The stove sits under the flue near the north wall.

South of the stair, the utility and boot room, and a corridor with an east window leading to a small lobby. Off the lobby are the shower room and bedroom 1, which has windows west onto the yard and south.

The stair runs right across between the hall and these rooms, and it is too high at its east end to walk under. So the way to bedroom 1 and the shower room is through the kitchen: a door from the kitchen into the utility, then on into the corridor and the lobby. The plan shows no doors, so this route is a decision made after the concept book.

Every pipe and cable for the whole house goes in at this stage, upstairs included, so phase 3 is only finishing work.

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3 · lift any one out
Ground floor plan, north up, fitted out in phase 2 as a complete one-bedroom home. Wing 1, 9.0 × 5.4 m, along the north; wing 2, 5.4 × 3.6 m, beyond it to the south at the east end. The front door in the north wall near the east end opens into the hall, 7.6 m², with the stair rising east along the spine. The kitchen, living and dining room, 29.2 m², fills the west of wing 1, with windows to the north, west and south onto the yard. East of it, a utility and boot room, 5.8 m², and a corridor with an east window, leading to a lobby, the shower room, 4.3 m², and bedroom 1, 13.0 m², in wing 2, with windows west onto the yard and south. The yard is in the south-west corner of the L.
01 · Ground floor plan
The kitchen, living and dining room in late afternoon autumn sun, from the kitchen end. Pale timber joists of the floor above left exposed across the ceiling. White flat-fronted kitchen units with an oak worktop and a white ceramic sink under a window, open shelves of plates and jars, plants. A small black wood stove on a slate hearth with a log basket, a worn leather armchair and a linen sofa. A farmhouse table with mismatched chairs by the glazed door, open onto the yard and fields. Lime-washed off-white walls and wide oiled pine boards.
02 · The kitchen
The entrance hall in morning light, from just inside the front door. A straight, narrow stair rises away from the camera, painted white with oiled pine treads and plain square balusters. To the right, coats and a hat on pegs, a fern in a pot and a bench with wellies and walking boots beneath it on a sisal mat, under a small window. To the left, through a wide opening, the kitchen and living room with the wood stove. Pine floorboards, off-white walls and pale joists overhead.
03 · The entrance hall in morning light