A well-zoned 3-bedroom estate home with rooms that work hard

A well-zoned 3-bedroom estate home with rooms that work hard. You enter into Bedroom 3 before being drawn through to the Living/Dining — the day's gatherings naturally settle there. Public rooms (Garden, Garden, Parking) sit at the front of the house; private rooms (Bathroom 1, Bathroom 2, Bedroom 1) are grouped away from the entry. The footprint is elongated — a long, narrow plan suits deep plots and leaves room for a back garden or parking court. 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. Limited glazing — add clerestory or high-level windows for daylight without heat gain. Electrical fit-out calls for a 40 A consumer unit with about 8 circuits; Roof can host about 52 kW of PV — sized to cover most household loads. Plan for 2 bathrooms serving roughly 5 occupants; large enough to support a soak-away; verify with a site soil test. Roof catchment could yield ~267 m³/year — size a 80 L storage tank for garden and WC use. On a minimum 496 m² plot (about 31 m × 15 m with NEMA-standard setbacks), the home covers 55% of the plot. If you'd like a different layout, see the ResPlan 00003 — 3BR/3BA 155m² and ResPlan 00005 — 2BR/2BA 88m² in our catalogue. Indicative reference only — not reviewed by a licensed architect; engage one before construction.