The Courtyard
A family-scale modular home arranged around privacy, garden life, and longer-term living.
From €295,000
- 96–132 m²
- 2–3 bedrooms
- Family living, privacy, garden connection
- Indicative guide price only
Overview
The Courtyard is the most generous AeroNest model — a 96 to 132 m² family-scale modular home arranged around privacy, garden life, and longer-term full-time living. The plan is shaped around the daily movement between kitchen, living space, bedrooms, and a sheltered outdoor courtyard, with orientation-led glazing on the private side and a stronger envelope on the exposed side. Built to NZEB performance under Part L 2022 with closed-panel timber-frame construction, blown cellulose insulation, triple glazing, MVHR ventilation, and a heat-pump-ready heating pathway, the Courtyard gives modular living a more architectural scale without losing the energy logic.
Materials
- Closed-panel timber-frame structure across two coordinated modules
- Wall U-value target: ≤ 0.18 W/m²K; airtightness inside NZEB limits
- Triple-glazed window package, orientation-tuned per elevation
- Timber and fibre-cement cladding palette options
- Family-grade kitchen and bathroom specification levels
- Integrated storage planning across living and sleeping zones
- MVHR-paired ventilation, heat-pump-ready heating, solar-ready electrical
- Courtyard-led outdoor planning with sheltered transition spaces
Specification
The Courtyard — indicative specification
The Courtyard is engineered to NZEB performance under Part L of the Irish Building Regulations. The specification below describes the standard build pathway, with optional upgrade routes confirmed at the brief stage.
Indicative only. Final specification, performance values, and material selections are confirmed after the site review, brief, and production-slot stages. Performance values are targets, not certifications.
Footprint
- Internal floor area
- 96 to 132 m² depending on layout
- External dimensions
- two-module configuration, approx. 12.0 × 9.0 m to 14.5 × 10.5 m overall, arranged around a sheltered courtyard
- Layout
- 2 or 3 bedrooms, with separate utility room and family bathroom
- Designed for
- 2 to 5 occupants, family-scale full-time living
- Storey
- single storey across two coordinated modules
Structure
- Frame
- closed-panel timber frame across two coordinated modules, FSC/PEFC certified
- Wall build-up
- 220 mm structural stud, blown cellulose insulated, plywood sheathing, vapour control membrane, 50 mm service cavity
- Roof
- timber I-joist construction, fully filled cellulose insulation, mono- or duo-pitch warm-roof detailing
- Foundations
- engineered strip or raft foundations, sized for two-module loading
Envelope performance
- Wall U-value target
- ≤ 0.18 W/m²K
- Roof U-value target
- ≤ 0.13 W/m²K
- Floor U-value target
- ≤ 0.14 W/m²K
- Airtightness target
- ≤ 3.0 m³/h·m² at 50 Pa
- BER target
- A2 minimum; A1 achievable with full solar PV pathway
Glazing
- Standard package
- triple-glazed, argon-filled, warm-edge spacers, U ≤ 1.2 W/m²K
- Frames
- aluminium-clad timber or all-aluminium options
- Orientation
- glazing tuned per elevation; generous on the private courtyard side, restrained on exposed or overlooked elevations
Heating & ventilation
- Ventilation
- MVHR sized for family occupancy, heat recovery efficiency up to 90%
- Heating
- air-source heat pump, low-temperature underfloor distribution across both modules
- Zoning
- room-by-room thermostatic zoning across living, sleeping, and utility zones
- Hot water
- integrated heat pump cylinder, 250–300 L typical, sized to family occupancy
- Renewables
- solar PV pathway available; battery storage and EV-charge integration optional
Cladding & finish
- External cladding options
- Siberian larch, thermowood, or fibre-cement board; mixed-palette options across the two modules
- Internal lining
- plasterboard finish standard; timber-lined living-zone accent walls optional
- Floors
- engineered timber or LVT to client selection, with continuous specification across the two modules
- Doors
- solid-core internal, insulated composite external
Kitchen, bathroom & services
- Kitchen
- Irish-supplied modular kitchen, family-grade spec level, generous storage
- Appliances
- integrated oven, hob, extractor, dishwasher, full-size fridge-freezer; double-oven and wine-fridge upgrade tiers available
- Bathrooms
- family bathroom with bath and separate shower, plus ensuite to principal bedroom
- Utility
- dedicated utility room with washer-dryer plumbing, boot-room transition
- Electrical
- single-phase with three-phase pathway optional; EV-ready charging point included
- Plumbing
- first-fix complete across both modules; final service connections by client’s local services contractor
Delivery & install
- Lead time
- typically 20 to 26 weeks from agreed production slot (two-module coordination)
- On-site time
- 5 to 8 days for module placement and weather-tight finish, plus 6 to 10 weeks for second-fix and commissioning
- Delivery
- two flatbed deliveries; crane access assessment required for two-module lift
- AeroNest scope
- module manufacture, delivery, lift, weather-tight installation, internal commissioning, between-module sealing
- Client scope
- site survey, planning, groundworks sized for two-module loading, services connection, final landscaping and courtyard works
Gallery
The Courtyard in context
Five reference views of a Courtyard arranged around privacy, garden life, and the daily movement of a family-scale home.
Designed for
- Full-time family living
- Larger plots
- Private garden layouts
- Rural or edge-of-town sites
- Clients wanting a premium long-term home
- Sheltered outdoor living
Why this model
The Courtyard gives modular living a more architectural scale — designed around privacy, orientation, and the daily movement between kitchen, living space, bedrooms, and garden.
Pricing notes
From €295,000. Final price depends on size, number of bedrooms, courtyard configuration, groundworks, services, access, specification, delivery, installation, and planning context.
Prices are indicative ‘from’ guide prices and depend on size, specification, groundworks, services, delivery access, installation requirements, planning context, and final interior finish. A site and brief review is required before any formal proposal.
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