A new house for a couple retiring to their dream location, the Golightly House is big on amenities but small in footprint.

The brief was to build a low-maintenance, energy-efficient house and garden, taking full advantage of all that a north-facing home offers in respect of heating, cooling, and outside living. Also to ensure the energy needs were compatible with any future technology developments.

The house was designed to be two distinct sections, so the owners could live in one part, and effectively shut off the remainder of the house where their adult children & grandchildren stay when they visit.

The house achieved a 7.2 star energy rating, creating a beautiful home that the owners love, and an efficient floorplan/layout that keeps heating & cooling costs to a minimum.

"Working with our architect (Bishop Architects) we designed a unique and compatible coastal living home, with flexibility to cater for our older parents and grandchildren, that also provided easy living for us. To this end, our architect and builder (Grow Build and Design) excelled in assisting us to achieve our aims."