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The catalog · No. 02

The Homecoming

Curved cedar roof over a straight plan. Warm light at the door. 3 bed and 1.5 bath, 1,320 square feet. Small, honest, tight.

The Homecoming design study render
Study No. 02 · design study render

The two faces

Modest to the street, open to the garden.

The garden side opens wide in glass and warm light. The face the family lives with.
The garden side opens wide in glass and warm light. The face the family lives with.

The plan

Every square foot, accounted for.

Program3 bed · 1.5 bath
Floor area1,320 sq ft · 1 storey
StructureGlulam curved beams, cedar soffit
RoofCurved standing-seam barrel
EnvelopeStep Code 5 target · ACH50 ≤ 1.0, blower-door verified
Signaturecovered entry porch · mudroom at family door

Plan drawn to the render. Room dimensions on the drawing; areas sum to the stated floor area. A construction set follows the House No. 1 pipeline.

BATH 8'×12' BED 3 10'×12' BED 2 11'×12' BED 1 15'×12' HALL PWDR. MUD 6'×8' KITCHEN 11'×14' FOYER DINING 9'×14' LIVING 12'×14' CARPORT 12'×20' PORCH ENTRY N 44'-0" 30'-0" 0 5 10 ft
A straight three bedroom bar rides under the curved roof, the mudroom catching the carport family door on the left while living gathers at the tall glass right of the entry porch.

The honest number

What it should cost to build.

Site prep + servicesexcavation, utilities to lot line hookups$26,000
Foundationslab or crawlspace, insulated$43,500
Structure + framingpost and beam or conventional, roof structure$69,500
Enveloperoofing, windows + doors, cladding, insulation + air sealing to ACH50 ≤ 1.0$104,000
Mechanical / electrical / plumbingheat pump, HRV, full rough-in + fixtures$78,000
Interior finishesfloors, millwork, kitchen, baths, paint$87,000
GC + contingencysupervision, permits admin, 5% contingency$26,000
Hard cost$434,000

Band $399,500 to $468,500 · $329/sq ft

Cost model v0.1: Okanagan 2026 hard-cost bands from a $/sq ft basis, stated as an estimate, not a quote. Excludes land, design and permit soft costs, and GST. As the House No. 1 build sheet gathers real supplier and trade receipts, receipts replace estimates here, line by line.

Where the money goes further

Small choices that hold the number down.

01Slab-on-grade, no basement

Slab-on-grade, no basement

One pour is the foundation and the finished floor. No basement to dig or to heat.

02One roof, framed simply

One roof, framed simply

A single curved standing-seam barrel form with deep overhangs. The cheaper roof to build and to keep dry.

03Stock materials, standard sizes

Stock materials, standard sizes

Cedar and fibre-cement in the sizes they ship in. Almost nothing is cut to waste.

Life inside

The rooms this plan is for.

Living room under glulam curved beams, a full wall of glass to the outside.
Living room under glulam curved beams, a full wall of glass to the outside.
An honest kitchen: plywood, butcher block, a window on the yard.
An honest kitchen: plywood, butcher block, a window on the yard.
A mudroom built for boots and bikes.
A mudroom built for boots and bikes.

The details

What you notice up close.

Covered entry porch, up close.
Covered entry porch, up close.
Mudroom at family door.
Mudroom at family door.
Where the roof meets the glass, the light gets in low and long.
Where the roof meets the glass, the light gets in low and long.

Grows when you do

Built small, drawn to expand.

The Homecoming is drawn to grow. A slab pad and a framed opening are set at the start, so another bedroom, a studio, or a suite lands on the side already built for it, with no re-doing what is there.

TodayDay one: a blank end-wall and a slab pad left ready.
Day one: a blank end-wall and a slab pad left ready.
When you need itLater: a matching cedar wing on that pad. Same roof, one more room.
Later: a matching cedar wing on that pad. Same roof, one more room.
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