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contemporary appearance and layout
than its neighbors, using the historic
massing makes the new house fit
seamlessly into the existing fabric of DURABLE AND DENSE. The
KITCHEN
the neighborhood.” house features a standing seam
LOUNGE metal gable roof with parallel
Nicole Kimberling, the home’s co- cord trusses that are densely
owner, agrees. The concept was to packed with cellulose, topped
with a taped membrane over
design a net-zero, passive-style house 1/2-inch plywood sheathing.
“where we could age in place on the
same lot where we had already lived
DINING
for 20 years,” she notes.
The existing early 20th century
structure was replaced by a two-story,
two-bedroom, 1,275-square-foot unit, ONSITE ENERGY. A net-zero solar
array, including 6.38 kilowatt
ENTRY which serves as a home and business (kW) rooftop panels, enables the
location for Kimberling and co-owner owners to operate all of the home’s
electricity-powered appliances for
BATH Dawn Kimberling. There is also a about $100 per year.
450-square-foot accessory dwelling
MUDROOM
unit (ADU) studio that is currently a
rental, but will eventually become a
retirement home once the Kimberlings
ENTRY
choose to retire, according to Nicole
Kimberling.
KITCHEN BATH
They’re already planning ahead.
To accommodate mobility needs that
accompany growing older, the house
was designed with a discreet ramp.
Meanwhile, the studio incorporates
ADA features such as a curbless
shower, wet room style bathroom, a
BEDROOM
LIVING full kitchen and on-site laundry.
SMART NUMBERS
Welch and project builder Jason
Wheeler, founder of Bellingham,
MAIN FLOOR Washington-based Instinct Builders,
PATIO
PLAN utilized Passive House strategies to
achieve a high level of comfort and
energy efficiency. (The house and
the ADU have Home Energy Rating
After a review of the existing home, System [HERS] Index ratings of zero
the solution was simple: The whole and 13, respectively.) These strategies
thing had to go. But getting the job included high performance windows
done was not as easy. Located in the
historic York Neighborhood, where ! Factoid
most homes were built between 1890
and 1910, any new structure needed When State officials advised
to blend in with its elders. “The own- against holiday travel and meeting
ers wanted a house that was more with family due to COVID-19, the
modern in performance but wouldn’t construction crew continued to
stand out against the neighboring work on the Felicity House during
buildings,” says Dan Welch, founder Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and
of architecture firm [bundle] design New Year’s Eve. CREDIT: REBECCA GREENWOOD/GREENWOOD PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS
studio. “Although the house has a more

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