Designs of Houses

1.      The as are constructed, in factories, as 40 feet long, 8 feet wide and 8.5 feet-high, single units.  bs are two units of the same size and cs are three units of that size. The houses are transportable as one, two or three units, on railcars, ships and barges on the water or trucks on roads. All units are fully constructed and equipped with all walls, floors, roofs, normal furnishings, lighting, heating, cooling, insulation, doors, windows and storage, including necessary refrigeration.

2.      The area of each as is 320 square feet, a b is 640 square feet and a c is 960 square feet, as they leave the factory. After delivery to the site and erection, each unit can be expanded (up to four feet wider, five feet longer and two feet higher) up to 513 square feet for an a, 1026 square feet for a b, or 1539 square feet for a c house.  

3.      The planned cost of an a is £80k and the sales price is £100k, a b is £100k and the selling price £125k, a c is £120k and the selling price is £150k. 

4.      Roof space and sloped sides on the south sides are used to mount solar panels to capture Sunlight, skylight and heat.  Glass walls on the south side of each house are also arranged to admit light and heat to light and warm the house or trap heat; even if undesirable, to be stored for later uses.  East and west walls are highly insulated to keep heat from entering or leaving the house and to protect privacy from view from adjacent, adjoined, houses.  The north sides of houses are insulated, but also equipped with specially designed, insulating, glass panels to allow observation of pleasant scenes and play areas as well as takeoffs and landings, as appropriate or desirable. Space is reserved, for installation of platforms (40 feet or less in diameter), either on roofs or in the central areas, for autogyros to land, or takeoff vertically, and be stored on the roof or in “garage space” adjacent to the respective house, when landed in the central area. 

5.      Normally, concrete footings and foundations are avoided, using steel or wood pilings for support instead, if at all practical to sink them all the way down to rest on solid rock below.  If not, fly ash is used instead of cement in footings and foundations, to avoid emissions of CO2 from the production of cement.