Right Homes Project 4

This savvy and new-age one-storey home built by Right Homes sets a benchmark for sustainable, family-friendly living spaces. A healthy, water-efficient home with zero toxins was a priority for the young family, who wanted a sustainable home that considered their lifestyle and future comfort.

Right Homes allowed the clients the flexibility and freedom to incorporate their own ideas into the project. With four bedrooms and two bathrooms, this home already thinks to the future. An open-plan kitchen allows for inclusion and maximises living space, while the dining and living area opens into the covered solar pergola and alfresco area, perfect for relaxing and entertaining.

This solar passive home is double bricked and designed using the Housing Industry Association’s (HIA) GreenSmart principles of orientation, insulation, thermal mass and ventilation. Materials were selected based on their environmental impact, allergenic properties, accessibility, affordability, and insulation properties which ensured minimal use of toxic products in construction. A COLORBOND iron roof and fencing ensures strength, security, and energy-efficiency.

For this project, Right Homes’ focused on providing a solar passive design, along with innovative selections incorporating low-e glass windows. The low emissivity coating means that less heat passes through the glass than if using another type of glass. With ceiling and wall insulation, photovoltaic (PV) solar and hot water systems, this 9.2-star energy rated home achieves a reduction in water and energy compared to a standard family home.

Right Homes is a small, boutique residential building company established in 2006 by directors Gary and Anna Wright. Right Homes operate within the Perth metropolitan area and are passionate about solar passive design principles, showcasing true sustainability in all the residential housing projects they complete each year. Right Homes’ projects ensure that energy-efficiency and water-wise housing can be both modern and affordable for Australian homeowners, and highly practical in the long-term.