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Concept Stage

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Access ideas and Parking layouts -‐ page 1

Drainage and Landscaping -‐ page 2

Concept 1 -‐ page 3-‐5

Concept 2 -‐ page 6-‐8

Concept 3 – Final Concept – page 9-‐11

With this being a small site and right on the point of land parking and access will be an issue because we have to maximize space inside but keep reasonable parking space on the outside.

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New Regulations state that there has to be enough room for two cars and also space for them to turn around on the property. I think the best option for this site would be to enter on the point to maximize space for the house and for parking, I realize that with it being right on the end it will be a tight corner but it still leaves reasonable room to get a car around it.

I was thinking of putting in a garage or lean to so that way there would be more space on the driveway for cars and a turning space.

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When adding a new entrance to a property you have to also put in a bell mouth too for a passing place. But since this is a very popular tourist destination I’m planning to add in a gate so no one can park there and block the gate.

Another thing we have to think about is whether we are going to asphalt it or tile the driveway or pave it etc. I will look further into these with the concepts and the final concept too. Since I’m planning to put the access point on the bend I think installation of mirrors would be essential to prevent accidents.

Access ideas and parking layouts

Driveway Mirror placed here

Turning space for car

v The ground on the site is irregular heights and slightly off level. I plan to flatten the site but not completely, I want it to be at a slight angle pointing towards the sea so the run off water can easily be taken away from site. This mean it will be easier for drainage and less likely to be pools of water on the grounds too.

v Obviously the water gathered by the guttering and run off water from the building has to go somewhere too so my plan is to run that water to a soak away with a filtration system so then the water can be left to drain into the sea. Since there will be a filtration system then the water will be of good enough quality to be allowed to drain directly into the sea. I think the soak away pit will have to be to the side of the house or even behind it with enough distance to meet regulations.

v This site does not have mains sewage so there will have to be a septic tank. It is believed that there is an existing septic tank underneath the car park, which is owned and maintained by the council. There may be the possibility of taking that septic tank up and replacing it with a new one and adding in a soak away or some kind of treatment plant. Seeing as this is an exceptionally small site then this will have to be thought out very carefully as regulations and standards have to be met by law. Maybe negotiations could be made to use or buy some of the land around the site.

v Depending on what kind of driveway we will be putting in drainage will have to be though about that too as there will be a considerable amount of run off water from it. Or since this site will be designed around it being on a slight slope we could just add drainage to one side and run it onto the soak away or into the sea.

v This site Benefits from being on really sandy ground with little topsoil so drainage should not be a major issue as sand is one of the best grounds for drainage.

Drainage And Landscaping

This picture is exaggerating what I want to do but it shows that run off water can easily be taken away by a slope

Concept 1

Ground Floor

Preliminary Sketches

Entrance is a box like shape protruding from the building to maximize useable space on the inside and it also breaks up the linear sides to the building by taking your eye away from the stark long flat edges and sides.

Long walls on the back and left side so rooms can be placed along it allowing for best views from public room on the southward facing side. Also building could easily be rotated without much change to view points to allow for the weather to not have as big effect of the structure. My idea is for the building to have a curved roof on the side of the balcony and the kitchen with a mono pitch roof covering the rest of the house; this is so the building stands out not just for its size but also for its unique style and modernism.

Concept 1

Ground Floor

First Floor

The kitchen and dining room have windows on both sides to get views and light in the morning and evening sun.

Driveway with ample turning space for two cars

Bedrooms on backside with strip windows for privacy

Concept 1

First Floor

Bi folding doors in the lounge means it can be made open planned and more spacious, views to the east, south and west and since it is on first floor views are greater and privacy is greater too.

I have put in Bi folding doors on the balcony to make all of upstairs open and closer to the outside. Large balcony for guests and BBQs etc. views to the south and west. Kitchenette upstairs to makes design more diverse and multifunctional.

Ground Floor

Ground Floor


Originally started off with a curved/chamfered shape but change my design as I thought I could get best use of space out of an original ‘L’ shape. Also it would take construction costs down too.

First Floor

Ground Floor

Open plan kitchen, dining and lounge means lots of useable space and lots of light spread around the house. Larger than usual sizes means it feels comfortable and free.

Use of long hallway for best space of rooms in building

The ‘Snug” lounge is to get best use of views to the southeast and west. There are two staircases, which means more room upstairs and no use of hallways on upper level.

First Floor

Driveway is curved shape juxtaposed to shape of house. There is an accessible ramp for access into house. Inset balcony in master bedroom so still keeps roof shape the same for effect. There is another inset balcony in the upper lounge to make use of views and extra space. Master bedroom has views to the west, which look right over the firth and dolphins.

This building is a traditional steading shape as it is long and thin. The ‘L’ shape adds downstairs space and mixes it up a bit as opposed to just a long rectangular shape.

Concept 3 – Final concept

Ground Floor


The dormer window and the Chamfer on this building add to the design so it looks less boxy and is attractive to the eye. Entrance way is attached to the outside so that there is more usable space inside and doesn’t detract from layout. The en suites are placed back-‐to-‐back so easier access for plumbing. There is Activity space in the center of house and possible storage underneath the stairs.


Ground Floor

First Floor

Large open plan style will make it feel spacious and will be very bright. This will be more appealing for holiday lets because it will make the inside of the house closer to the outside, this beautiful location is great for that because the views are stunning and the site sits less than 20 metres to the sea.

With the driveway down the side of the house and accessible access right off it then we can afford to put the house further to the right or rotated it if we need to for the septic tank and soakaways etc. with the site being relatively flat it is somewhat flexible in terms of positioning, aside from the that that it is a very small site that is.


Storage/ Spare room

First Floor

This design makes use of use of a wrap around balcony and a bay window. With the open plan nature of upstairs’ secondary lounge and kitchenette it again takes in lots of light and makes the house very diverse. The house can easily be split top and bottom for more holiday let purposes and its great for function and for guests.

Two and a half storey building gives more head room upstairs and means there can be attic space too which may be converted later on down the line.

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