This is Day 104 of the Slow Home Project, and we need you to join us in our quest to evaluate the design quality of houses in nine North American cities in nine months. This week we are analyzing single family houses in Denver, Colorado and today everyone needs to analyze as many single family houses as possible.
This week, we need all the Slow Home viewers to find as many single family house plans as possible from the Denver area, evaluate their design quality using the Slow Home Test and post them to the site. Click on the link for the “Slow Home Project” to learn more about how to do this.
Single family houses are the worst designed type of housing that we have seen in all the cities visited thus far. Generally, they score poorly on location because most new houses are built in the far reaching suburbs and requires the use of a car to get anywhere. Also, single family houses tend to have poor internal organization which diminishes their overall livability – this is particularly noticeable as single family houses increase in size.
In today’s episode, John and Matthew use the “Slow Home Test” to evaluate the design quality of a 2259 sq ft single family home located just outside of Denver, Colorado. This particular home is in a development called “Riverdale Peaks” and the specific house we are analyzing is named the “Slater Creek“. It is to be built on a 1 acre site.
John and Matthew have a very lively discussion about how this house should score on the “Slow Home Test” with Matthew taking a particularly hard line about organization, interior living spaces and parking. John feels that the way the entry sequence has been designed is well done and that the home is well sited to take advantage of the acreage lot.
We want to know what you think of this single family house from Denver – do you think Matthew was being too hard on the project or do you agree that there are some significant design problems that need to be addressed? Post your comments to the site and let’s have a discussion.
Also, don’t forget to click on the link to the “Slow Home Awards” and watch the video of the “Cherokee Studios” project – our first Slow Home Award winner from Los Angeles!
Tomorrow, we will be doing a “Which House Should I Buy” segment where we will be comparing two single family homes from the Denver area to determine which would be the better real estate purchase.
