Trails End

Dripping Springs, TX | Residential New Construction

This home was designed for a young family and is well-integrated into its rural site. The home is part of a larger rural compound that includes multiple buildings (built or planned) that take advantage of the sloped and wooded site.

At 3,250 square feet this gracious family home contains 4 Bedrooms, 4 full Baths, and three Living areas. Designed to accommodate multi-generational living, there is a downstairs Guest Suite with a separate entry – which can also be used as a dedicated home office. The upstairs kid zone has a dedicated play/office area that can be converted to an additional bedroom in the future.

Features

  • Site: Home placed near bluff with long views to hill country; part of larger rural family compound.
  • Design: well-articulated public, private, and transitional zones; deep porches and overhangs; cross-ventilation; reflective and emissive Galvalume roof
  • Building Methodology: Conventional wood framing with supplemental steel at porch; Standard-sized building materials minimize waste and costs; Continuous thermal envelope (spray foam insulation + rigid foam outsulation); all mechanical devices are centrally located within the envelope. Thermally broken aluminum windows.
  • Durability: Exterior stone, stucco, & cementitious siding; stained wood soffits; concrete, tile, and engineered wood floors throughout interiors.
  • Water strategies: water and wastewater treated on site (no energy used to pump water to or from site); Roof lines simplify rainwater collection and contributes approximately 1600 gallons per inch of rain – all water used in home is rainwater. Low water use plumbing fixtures; heat-pump water heater.
  • Mechanical System:  Properly sized, high performance electric heat pump system with sealed ducts located within thermal envelope.
  • Lighting: home is designed for Daylighting; Exterior lighting design minimizes light pollution; Interior lighting is LED.
  • Power: Solar-ready home for future solar power generation to offset electrial use; all utilities brought onto site are buried to minimize visual impact.
  • Other: featured on 2017 Cool House Tour
  • Project Team: Thoughtcrib, Inc.: Eric S. Brown, LEED AP, (design), Green Earth Engineering: Tim Zhang, P.E., LEED AP (structural); Native: Jason Duvall , GMB (general contractor)