Mountain View Cottage
Cottage Specs: 612 Sq. Ft., 1 bedroom, 1.75 bath, 191 Sq. Ft. of covered porches, with an custom designed 384Sq. Ft. studio attic space, integrated sprinkler room/storage closet.
This cottage was built an a primary dwelling for a client who wanted to build a low impact and small footprint cottage on their 10 acre horse property. The intent was that the cottage could eventually become a double occupancy cottage with a habitable studio apartment attic that would be later accessed from a pre-designed exterior staircase.
The client was on a limited budget and therefore chose to purchase a pre-designed set of plans from Moser Design Group. They purchased a license for the plan set to allow us to be able to modify the plans for the site and the clients needs. This is not a common request from clients but is a service we will provide if the client purchases the rights to the plan modification from the architect.
The majority of the footprint was reconfigured and adapted to serve the clients needs. The side porch and mud room was drastically reconfigured, the front porch footprint was reduced and a sun room was added off of the kitchen to capture the stunning views of Mt. Rainier to the south. The kitchen was designed as a through-galley style kitchen that would be efficient for one or maybe two users.
Additionally this house was designed to dovetail into the landscape and maximize what the site had to offer in terms of view corridors, solar gain, shading and access. The house was sited in a location that was previously cleared and turned into pasture. The roof was oriented to maximize solar access for a future PV system if desired.
Build Details:
This was a unique site in that it had extremely poor soils for infiltration of storm water and run off. This became a major driver in how we placed this cottage and the foundation and drainage system that would be chosen. The grade from neighboring properties sloped towards the home location and therefore we knew a crawlspace was not a great option. Elevating the home above grade by a minimum of 12" and pouring a fully isolated (foam and vapor barrier) monopour concrete slab made the most sense.
This house utilizes the energy efficient envelope that is standard on most of our projects. The foundation is a fully insulted (R-20) slab on grade monopour slab.
This cottages boasts a highly efficiency envelope with R-29.6 walls (zipp R6.6 sheathing and BIBS), R-49 spray foam and batt vaulted ceilings, imported European triple glazed UPVC windows with .16 U-value, imported European custom entry doors and high efficiency air and vapor sealing (SIGA tapes and Prosoco products).
Ventilation and MERV12 filtration provided by Ultimate Air HRV which had been discontinued since this house was built. We now recommend Broan Advanced HRV's, Zehnder HRV's and Lunos HRV's.
For more information about this project or if you have a project you want to discuss let us know.
This cottage was built an a primary dwelling for a client who wanted to build a low impact and small footprint cottage on their 10 acre horse property. The intent was that the cottage could eventually become a double occupancy cottage with a habitable studio apartment attic that would be later accessed from a pre-designed exterior staircase.
The client was on a limited budget and therefore chose to purchase a pre-designed set of plans from Moser Design Group. They purchased a license for the plan set to allow us to be able to modify the plans for the site and the clients needs. This is not a common request from clients but is a service we will provide if the client purchases the rights to the plan modification from the architect.
The majority of the footprint was reconfigured and adapted to serve the clients needs. The side porch and mud room was drastically reconfigured, the front porch footprint was reduced and a sun room was added off of the kitchen to capture the stunning views of Mt. Rainier to the south. The kitchen was designed as a through-galley style kitchen that would be efficient for one or maybe two users.
Additionally this house was designed to dovetail into the landscape and maximize what the site had to offer in terms of view corridors, solar gain, shading and access. The house was sited in a location that was previously cleared and turned into pasture. The roof was oriented to maximize solar access for a future PV system if desired.
Build Details:
This was a unique site in that it had extremely poor soils for infiltration of storm water and run off. This became a major driver in how we placed this cottage and the foundation and drainage system that would be chosen. The grade from neighboring properties sloped towards the home location and therefore we knew a crawlspace was not a great option. Elevating the home above grade by a minimum of 12" and pouring a fully isolated (foam and vapor barrier) monopour concrete slab made the most sense.
This house utilizes the energy efficient envelope that is standard on most of our projects. The foundation is a fully insulted (R-20) slab on grade monopour slab.
This cottages boasts a highly efficiency envelope with R-29.6 walls (zipp R6.6 sheathing and BIBS), R-49 spray foam and batt vaulted ceilings, imported European triple glazed UPVC windows with .16 U-value, imported European custom entry doors and high efficiency air and vapor sealing (SIGA tapes and Prosoco products).
Ventilation and MERV12 filtration provided by Ultimate Air HRV which had been discontinued since this house was built. We now recommend Broan Advanced HRV's, Zehnder HRV's and Lunos HRV's.
For more information about this project or if you have a project you want to discuss let us know.
Project Year: 2020
Project Cost: $200,001 - $500,000
Country: United States
Zip Code: 98019
