25 Lanark Street
East Brunswick
Victoria 3057
tel: 03 9386 3700

Solar efficient home at Port Fairy

Our clients Kay Frankcom and Gary Clark asked us to design a beach home that would serve the family as a weekender and be suitable for renting out during the year. The maintenance of the building was to be minimal while creating a beautiful environment on the foreshore at Port Fairy.

The house features multiple outdoor eating areas, the rear deck is sheltered with clear glazed balustrading to escape from the strong offshore winds . The ground floor has an ocean deck as well as a sheltered west deck. The views are spectacular from the master bedroom and 2nd floor living space. The entire second floor is a large living/ kitchen with walk in panty and powder room. The ground floor consists of 3 king size bedrooms with ensuites and a second living room. The space was designed to suit up to 3 couples at once.

To work in harmony with the building we designed next door the homes materials were selected for their thermal properties and aesthetic appeal. The home is double glazed throughout with cedar window frames, high levels of insulation and is heated by a gas wall furnace and has a solar hot water service.The building has a concrete slab floor with overlay timber flooring glue fixed to the slab. Recycled Karri and jarrah and messmate flooring feature strongly in the internal finishes with reconstituted stone benchtops, New Age Veneer cabinets and glass splashbacks.The floors are sealed with Tung oil and plaster walls are painted with Berger Breathe Easy paints.

The external cladding is cypress macrocarpa cladding which will weather to a silver grey. The cedar windows are sealed and left the natural cedar colour.The home is well insulated with R3.0 polyester woolbatts in the ceiling and R1 .5 batts in the walls, with sarking. The roof has Aircell insulative wrap as well. Weather stripping is used to seal all doors and windows.

The home has a solar hot water service and AAA rated and energy efficient appliances. Ligtfittings are energy efficient and discrete. All windows are double glazed and draft proofed.