Courtyard homes, dependable essential services and shared places to learn, work and meet. Help turn this vision into a locally agreed, costed and deliverable project.
First milestone: a local community brief and a lawful, assessed site.
Budget: not yet costedTeam & operators: to be appointed
No land, households, delivery partners, permissions, funding or construction dates are confirmed. All four images are AI-generated concepts. These plans are original discussion diagrams, not surveyed, approved or construction-ready drawings.
Courtyard homes, shade, safe walking and rooftop solar.
Privacy, ventilation and a place to gather at home.
A place to meet, learn and work, subject to demand and operating plans.
Begin with one home and its essential services. The eight-home diagram is a possible next test, with shared facilities treated as separate future decisions.
Eight homes are an example for testing shared services, not a promised allocation. The images show a wider future vision; the diagram does not claim to map their exact buildings. Road widths, drainage routes, plot sizes and public space depend on surveys and community agreement.
These room layouts test relationships, privacy and courtyard living. Families and qualified local designers must adapt them to the actual plot, climate, household needs and applicable requirements.
Two bedrooms, a living room and kitchen surround an open courtyard. A shaded veranda connects rooms to a private front yard. Service rooms are grouped for a design team to assess.
Measure lights, fans, refrigeration and other agreed loads. A qualified team chooses panel capacity, inverter, protection and any storage. Inspect roof loading, heat, dust, cleaning access and replacement costs. Each home needs commissioning records and a clear maintenance contact.
Assess supply, test water and agree safe storage, household plumbing and sanitation before occupation. Do not assume a borehole, public connection or septic system is suitable without local assessment and permissions.
Design levels, drainage outlets, step-free routes and access for emergencies and maintenance together. Choose shade and paving that the community can maintain; keep drainage serviceable.
Agree metering, fair service charges, responsibilities, fault reporting, spare parts and a maintenance reserve. A shared solar network needs a separate professional design and operator agreement; it is not an automatic link between rooftops.
All phases are proposed. None is marked complete. Dates follow the site assessment, team appointment and approved budget.
Residents, tenants, women, young people and disabled residents shape priorities. Check lawful ownership, consent, disputes, safeguarding, safe access and who represents the community. Compare repairing homes with building new ones.
A qualified local team assesses ground conditions, flood exposure, drainage outlets, existing services, water quality and safe access. Specialist hazard assessment comes before any site work where needed.
Agree room needs, privacy, shade, access, water and sanitation. Prepare architectural and engineering drawings, a measured bill of quantities, local quotations, approvals and an operating budget.
Appoint a qualified contractor, paid local trades and a supervising engineer. Complete inspection hold points, water and electrical commissioning, snagging and resident training before occupation.
Publish actual costs, defects, resident feedback and service performance. Only expand if households agree, lessons are addressed, land and services support the pilot and the next budget is funded.
Shared classrooms, shops and workshop spaces are optional later phases. Assess demand, staff, operators, access and long-term running costs before adding buildings or extending the road network.
No prices or fundraising target are invented here. A quantity surveyor and local delivery team must turn these packages into measured quantities and dated quotations, with currency and exchange-rate assumptions shown.
Consultation, local coordination, site/tenure checks and inclusion support.
Site, ground, flood, utilities and hazard assessments; professional drawings and applications.
Measured materials, paid labour, supervision, transport and quality checks.
Source and water-quality assessment, connections, safe storage and a maintainable sanitation solution.
Load study, design, tested equipment, installation, commissioning and training.
Paving, drainage, access, shade, lighting and agreed community facilities.
Publish the assumptions, price-validity dates, replacement needs and maintenance reserve.
Publish the scope and decision record, drawings and quantities, supplier selection, committed and paid amounts, redacted invoices, inspection results and handover. Record corrections as linked entries. Keep private household and bank details out of public records.
Track safe occupancy, household satisfaction, essential electricity service, water quality, drainage performance, paid local work, defects and affordable maintenance. Publish actual results and lessons before expansion.
This project is not collecting money yet. Funding interest is a non-binding pledge. Real fundraising requires a reviewed budget, permissions, delivery responsibilities and enabled payments.
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