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The catalog · No. 08

The Garden Pavilion

Steel and cedar in a leafy garden, a gravel path to the front door. 2 bed and 1 bath, 1,100 square feet. Small, honest, tight.

The Garden Pavilion design study render
Study No. 08 · 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 way in, sheltered under deep eaves, a lit door at dusk.
The way in, sheltered under deep eaves, a lit door at dusk.

The plan

Every square foot, accounted for.

Program2 bed · 1 bath
Floor area1,100 sq ft · 1 storey
StructureSteel posts, cedar beams
RoofLow shed, broad overhang
EnvelopeStep Code 5 target · ACH50 ≤ 1.0, blower-door verified
Signaturegarden setting · covered walk

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.

KITCHEN + DINING LIVING BATH LDY BED 1 BED 2 GRAVEL COURT BBQ ENTRY 25' x 17' 13' x 17' 10' x 8' 17' x 9' 17' x 10' 19' x 25' GARDEN PATH 38'-0" 44'-0" N 0 5 10 FT
Two wings make an L around the gravel court: the living wing runs long under the steel beams, the bedroom wing turns south for quiet, and the covered walk with the grill stitches them together.

The honest number

What it should cost to build.

Site prep + servicesexcavation, utilities to lot line hookups$22,000
Foundationslab or crawlspace, insulated$37,000
Structure + framingpost and beam or conventional, roof structure$59,000
Enveloperoofing, windows + doors, cladding, insulation + air sealing to ACH50 ≤ 1.0$88,500
Mechanical / electrical / plumbingheat pump, HRV, full rough-in + fixtures$66,500
Interior finishesfloors, millwork, kitchen, baths, paint$73,500
GC + contingencysupervision, permits admin, 5% contingency$22,000
Hard cost$368,500

Band $339,000 to $398,000 · $335/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 low shed 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.

The details

What you notice up close.

Garden setting, up close.
Garden setting, up close.
Covered walk.
Covered walk.
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 Garden Pavilion 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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