An efficient 3-bedroom home arranged around a calm central living space

An efficient 3-bedroom home arranged around a calm central living space. You enter into Bedroom 2 before being drawn through to the Living/Dining — the day's gatherings naturally settle there. Public rooms (Balcony, Kitchen, Living/Dining) sit at the front of the house; private rooms (Bathroom 1, Bathroom 2, Bedroom 1) are grouped away from the entry. The footprint is near-square — a compact plan that fits a tight plot and keeps plumbing walls together to reduce build cost. Cooling is fair (cross-ventilation score 2/5): Sit the long facade north–south with the main openings east and west to capture prevailing breezes and avoid the low east/west sun. Glazing is balanced — pair with 600–900 mm eaves for shading. Electrical fit-out calls for a 40 A consumer unit with about 8 circuits; Roof can host about 28 kW of PV — sized to cover most household loads. Plan for 2 bathrooms serving roughly 5 occupants; sized for either septic or municipal sewer — choose by plot location. Roof catchment could yield ~143 m³/year — size a 42 L storage tank for garden and WC use. On a minimum 286 m² plot (about 17 m × 16 m with NEMA-standard setbacks), the home covers 55% of the plot. If you'd like a different layout, see the ResPlan 01436 — 3BR/3BA 167m² and ResPlan 01457 — 2BR/2BA 115m² in our catalogue. Indicative reference only — not reviewed by a licensed architect; engage one before construction.