I'm looking for just a basic plan of a small (1200 sq ft?), 1-2 story, 2-3 bedroom, 1-2 bath home that would have many or all of the following features:
- Passive
solar design
- Suitable for New England (with a simple, reasonably steep snow-shedding roof with large overhangs for keeping rain away from the foundation, and angled to provide sun in winter and shade in summer)
- A central masonry stove / heater that could heat the kitchen, living room, and dining nook (I would prefer a corner or window-seat nook with a table and benches - they're very cozy and compact) and maybe even extend into the bedrooms to provide heat. If it's a two-story, maybe a two-story masonry stove to heat the upstairs bedrooms.
- The common areas (living room at least) aimed south for good light
- The bedrooms getting morning (eastern) light
- All rooms (except maybe the bathroom) getting light from two sides
- An entry mudroom (ideally sunken a few inches, with a tile / stone /
concrete floor - I know from
experience this is a great thing to have as the melting snow starts to turn everything to mud in the spring)
- As simple a house shape as possible (a classic rectangle is great)
- A compact, efficient kitchen (U, L, galley, etc. with a reasonably tight work triangle)
- Possibly a second
oven in the kitchen as part of the masonry heater
- Ideally,
wood for the masonry heater could be brought in through the mudroom to the heater without tracking dirt etc. through the rest of the house
-
Water pipes grouped as much as possible in one part of the house for easy access for repair (so the kitchen, laundry, and bathroom would be near each other)
- Generally following the principles outlined in A Pattern Language
Can anyone point me to something like this?
Thanks!