About this design:

Compact and lively, the Nuthatch is a 1-2 bedroom home with all the design features and amenities you need and none of the square footage you don’t.

It was designed to meet the secondary dwelling requirements in BC's Agricultural Land Reserve, but would be great as laneway home as well.

The roof profile and siding are easily varied options to ensure its overall look is one you’re happy with.

Plus, it has a simple form that makes it easy to understand and build. This helps keep costs down and ensure a smoother running project with fewer surprises.

A cost-effective partial basement also provides extra square footage that can be finished now or later, making it more affordable and giving more flexibility and financial control to the homeowner.

The drawings also come complete with detailed technical information that will make your builders (and building officials) happy and ensure the Nuthatch easily meets current energy and building code requirements. They also include some upgrade options to make it even more comfortable and energy efficient.

All of this adds up to less time spent planning and communicating and more time doing the things that matter to you, whether that’s making siding choices or just going for a relaxing walk.

So whether you’re planning a guest house or your personal residence, the Nuthatch could be the secondary home solution you’ve been looking for.

Features:

• Covered deck

• Space for washer/dryer in main floor bathroom

Specifications:

• Perimeter foundation (6” ICF)

• 8’ Ceilings

• High R-value, rainscreen wall assembly (R24.4 effective)
  2x6 w/ R22 cavity insulation & 2” rigid mineral wool exterior insulation

• Low-slope (1:12), super-insulated R96.24 engineered truss roof w/ cellulose insulation

     

IMPORTANT

All sales are final. Before ordering plans, you are strongly advised to consult with a local home builder or engineer, as well as your local building department.

The Nuthatch was designed to comply with the 2018 BC Building Code at the time it was produced. In other locations, modifications may be necessary to meet applicable building codes, bylaws and other requirements.

For small homes, there can also be minimum size, maximum height and other requirements (e.g. laneway or accessory homes).   

It is the Licensee’s responsibility to consult with local building professionals as required to determine that these documents meet all relevant local codes, ordinances/bylaws and regulations, etc., and are appropriate to specific site conditions. Compliance with such requirements shall take precedence over these documents.

All Plans are provided in PDF format and typically include:

• Cover sheet with sheet list and one or more 3D views of the design

• Exterior elevations of all sides showing exterior finishes, floor and overall building heights, estimated finished grades and footing depths.

• Foundation plan 

• Floor plans for each level 

• Details and/or sections    

• Window, door, and room schedules are also included on one of the pages, depending on where they fit.

Plans do not include:

• Material lists

• Plumbing, heating, or electrical drawings due to the wide variety of local codes, climatic conditions and individual preferences. These details tend to be pretty straight forward in a small home, and in most cases can be easily worked out directly with your contractor and local trade and building professionals.

• A Site plan 

• A professional stamp. Should this be required, you’ll have to take them to a local licensed architect or engineer to review and stamp the house plans at an additional cost. 

License

A single-use license is included with the purchase of any house plan set, including preliminary sets. With a single-use license, you can build the plan one time, or change it and build it one time. You can print out as many copies as you need to in order to build the home one time. 

You cannot resell the plans or revised versions of the plans. Rod Taylor Design reserves the copyright on all designs.