¼C Modern ✳

No. 01 · first build of nineteen

House No. 1

Post-and-beam pavilion for an ordinary infill lot. The original. 2 bed + flex and 1 bath + powder, 1,180 square feet. Small, honest, tight.

The Pavilion design study render
Study No. 01 · design study render

The two faces

Modest to the street, open to the garden.

From the street: a calm, low face. The house saves its glass for the garden.
From the street: a calm, low face. The house saves its glass for 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 + flex · 1 bath + powder
Floor area1,180 sq ft · 1 storey
StructurePost and beam, exposed local wood
RoofLow-slope shed, deep overhangs
EnvelopeStep Code 5 target · ACH50 ≤ 1.0, blower-door verified
Signaturecarport wing · south glass full width

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.

LIVING 15'×15' KITCHEN · DINING 15'×13' FOYER UTIL PWDR. FLEX 9'×10' BED 2 11'×10' BED 1 12'×14' BATH 8'×8' WIC HALL CARPORT 12'×20' ENTRY N 42'-0" 28'-0" 0 5 10 ft
Living stretches across the full south glass while a quiet corridor tucks two bedrooms and the flex room behind it, the carport wing serving a family door straight into the kitchen.

The honest number

What it should cost to build.

Site prep + servicesexcavation, utilities to lot line hookups$22,000
Foundationslab or crawlspace, insulated$36,500
Structure + framingpost and beam or conventional, roof structure$58,500
Enveloperoofing, windows + doors, cladding, insulation + air sealing to ACH50 ≤ 1.0$88,000
Mechanical / electrical / plumbingheat pump, HRV, full rough-in + fixtures$66,000
Interior finishesfloors, millwork, kitchen, baths, paint$73,000
GC + contingencysupervision, permits admin, 5% contingency$22,000
Hard cost$366,000

Band $336,500 to $395,500 · $310/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-slope 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.

Life inside

The rooms this plan is for.

Living room under post and beam, a full wall of glass to the outside.
Living room under post and beam, 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.
The flex room, ready for whatever comes.
The flex room, ready for whatever comes.

The details

What you notice up close.

Carport wing, up close.
Carport wing, up close.
South glass full width.
South glass full width.
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 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.

Where it stands

Targets before promises.

Every dollar figure on this build sheet will carry its receipt: supplier quote, trade rate, or invoice. If a number has no source, it does not get printed. The discipline starts here and flows to the other eighteen.

01 · DesignConcept, zoning fit, envelope strategy, exact planPublished
02 · Cost modelEstimate bands published; sourced trade and supplier pricing nextIn progress
03 · Publish receiptsPlan + specs + receipted costs, freeQueued
04 · BuildFirst House No. 1 on a real Okanagan lotQueued
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