Features any home should have

Dimensions divisible by 2' for advanced framing.

Oriented properly for passive heating/cooling. Minimal west exposure. Deep eaves or shade structures on south & west. roof slanted for solar, water collection.

Thermal Mass on inside.

Wet walls to reduce plumbing runs.  Kitchen back to utility & bath. Other bath stacked above.

Open floor plan with few halls, no sprawl.  Reduces ductwork. I hope to have a mini split or two, only. 

Designed to flow outside. Fit into outdoor space, not just sit in the middle of the lawn.


Transoms &/or other vent for air flow between rooms.

Places for pets. food bowls, water, litter box, access to outdoors that isn't in the door, facing winter winds, etc. ideally has an airlock &/or can be sealed tight at night or extreme weather.  Outdoor enclosed cattery.

Place for trash can, recycling, compost.  Especially in dense builds. It's crazy they leave no space for this.

Place for small chest freezer.

Utility room with utility sink, dog washing, foot washing, laundry machines, drying rack. Shoes, coats Doesn't all necessarily have to be in conditioned space.

Room size:
Living room - open to dining & kitchen so flexible, but
not much longer than sofa length plus end table width x  ?

Bedrooms - I plan for the alotted bedroom areas to be flexible so you can chose upstairs or downstairs master,  divide into 2 -3 smaller spaces, etc.  But one wall will be the width of a king size bed plus 2 feet on each side rounded up to be divisible by 2ft (for advanced framing)  That's as big as a master bedroom needs to be.  Period.

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 My house:
Xella?  AAC cement blocks. Plaster on inside, stucco/limewash outside. No sheetrock over these walls.
"Limewash protects underlying lime coating and masonry as it acts as a sacrificial layer. It also remains vapour permeable thus allowing moisture to evaporate from the building fabric. Most modern masonry paints have very low vapour permeability (if at all) and will trap moisture within a wall or building, leading to greater problems of internal dampness and timber rot. Modern masonry paints also tend to peel and crack, and are affected adversely by UV light, unlike limewashes."

Mostly flat white roof for living/ growing food.

Situated to maximize growing space. Hopefully creating some microclimates. 

Bedroom area divvied up with some prefab materials, wardrobes, etc. Barn doors.

Walls of storage!!! 

Floors:  Plywood sheets cut into 4x4' squares. Separated by the strips used in terrazo.

Heat/cooling.
kitchen/bath/utility in one block to include some kind of utility space in a central core that can blow into the open living area without ductwork.  also want to cool pantry & vent heat from behind fridge.


My kitchen:
Some kind of rocket stove either natural built or purchased high efficiency wood stove/oven in kitchen but open to living.

Pantry-  one of those foot or so wide pull out pantries. But cooled with something.

Small fridge or pair of European sized fridges so one can be turned off if needed to conserve in power outage. Or small fridge plus one fridge drawer.

Butcher block, stainless, aluminum banded formica or that black chem lab stuff made of paper.  No rock hard surfaces. 

Very large single basin sink, stove, etc all with covers to make it all work space. sink covers slotted to double as drain boards, carving boards, etc.

One island @ 4ft long workspace. Don't need a big kitchen, but must have at least that in continuous workspace.  Can have a counter height 'breakfast" table that can double as work space.

Magnetic cook top. 2 burner, could be embedded into island. Otherwise nothing in island. + one portable spare that can be stowed away.

Wall mounted small oven with broiler mounted at eye level.