Essential
Engineered oak floors, quartz kitchen counters, aluminum-clad timber windows, tiled bathrooms, seeded lawn and planting beds.
Life around a garden.
The Courtyard
3 Bedrooms2 Bathrooms2,325 sq ft Home sizeOne Story66 × 46 ft Overall footprint
ASTER VALE / THE COURTYARD
A home, in five chapters
An inward-looking retreat.
An open-hearted home.
A single-story home wrapped around a sheltered courtyard. A generous living pavilion connects two quiet wings, keeping daily life close to the garden.
01 / Step inside
A room with the garden at its heart.
The living and dining pavilion stretches across the home, opening to a courtyard that belongs to every room. Quiet wings hold bedrooms and a study, keeping shared life and private life in a natural balance.
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02 / Follow the light
Morning in the kitchen.
Evening in the courtyard.
Follow the light as it moves across the glazed pavilion. The open center draws daylight into the heart of the plan, while the wings create shelter and privacy.
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03 / Look a little deeper
Intimacy, without
feeling enclosed.
Lift the roof to see a simple idea resolved: a generous shared pavilion connecting two quieter wings. Long sightlines bring the garden into the everyday.
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04 / A plan for living
Every room.
A reason to be.
An overhead view brings the relationships into focus. Follow the path from the front door to the quietest corner, then explore each room in the interactive plan below.
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The plan, in detail
Walk through
the possibilities.
Select a room to understand its place in the home. Dimensions and layouts are conceptual.
The Courtyard includes living & dining, kitchen & pantry, primary suite, bedroom two, bedroom three, study, bath, utility & entry. The complete concept area is 2,325 sq ft.
05 / Beyond the walls
Your own small
piece of outdoors.
The courtyard is another room, open to the sky. There is space for long lunches, a small tree and the kind of evenings that last a little longer.
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More of The Courtyard
The concept,
in detail.
Photographs of this concept and the materials it is made from.
The investment
A clearer picture.
From the beginning.
The Courtyard begins at $1,120,000. Explore the effect of your specification and options on the illustrative build range.
The starting build range is $1,120,000–$1,480,000 USD.
Illustrative USD build ranges. Land, site works, permits, professional fees and taxes are excluded. Final scope and location change the price.
What to expect
A sample of
how this could run.
A representative shape for The Courtyard. Your real timeline, specification and team would be set out in your own agreement.
Sample for this concept
A representative timeline
- Brief and site review, 2 to 4 weeks
- Concept design, 6 to 10 weeks
- Design development and permit drawings, 3 to 5 months
- Permits, set by each local authority
- Construction, 12 to 18 months for a single-story home
- Handover, 2 to 4 weeks
What each specification tier includes
Crafted
Wider oak boards, stone counters and upgraded joinery, larger sliding glass, stone-tiled bathrooms, a planted terrace.
Signature
Wide-plank oak, bespoke joinery throughout, minimal-frame glazing, stone bathrooms with a freestanding tub, a designed landscape with mature trees.
Payment stages
- Planning package, when it is booked
- Design fees, at concept
- Design development and permit submission
- Construction, at foundation
- Construction, at frame
- Construction, at weathertight
- Construction, at finishes
- Handover
Names only. Amounts are set in each real contract.
Aftercare
A handover walkthrough, a check-in after the first season, and a defects period whose length is set in each real contract.
Who you work with
Elena Vale
Architecture & creative direction
Your leadMarcus Reed
Technical design & delivery
Jules Hart
Interiors & material direction
Nora Ellis
Landscape & place
Service region: set for each real project.
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03 / Single storyThe Pavilion
From $1,040,000A long horizon. An effortless rhythm.
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