Design Your Own Eco Cabin / The First Case Study Group
Before week one
Everything I need from you before we meet the week of 12 October.
You're in.
Thank you for taking one of the five founding places. I don't take that lightly, especially in a first group where you're backing something before there's a wall of testimonials to point at.
Here's how the next few weeks work.
We have six weeks together, and I want to spend them designing your cabin rather than gathering paperwork. So this page is the gathering. It takes about fifteen minutes.
Three things happen here. You tell me about your land, you tell me what you want the cabin to become, and you choose the day and time that suits you for our weekly session. There's also a short list of what to have ready before we start.
The more I know about your site before week one, the further we'll get in it.
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Who you are
This is how I add you to the private group.
All the session times below are South African time, so let me know if yours are different.
Your land
This is what Phase 1 is built on, so the more detail here the better.
On your phone: open Google Maps, press and hold on your land, then share the dropped pin. This lets me look at your orientation, contours and surroundings before we meet, which is a good part of Phase 1 done in advance.
Tick everything that applies. There are no wrong answers here, and the awkward features are often the most useful ones.
In the southern hemisphere, north-facing is the sunny side. If you're not sure, leave it and we'll work it out from your pin.
The Surveyor General diagram shows your exact boundaries, dimensions and erf or farm portion number. Your conveyancing attorney or the seller usually has a copy. If not, it can be ordered from the Surveyor General's office using the erf or portion number on your title deed. Let me know if you have any trouble getting hold of it and I'll help you track it down.
What you want it to become
Short answers are fine. I'd rather hear it in your words than in architect language.
This shapes the material palette and the construction system, so a rough figure is more useful than none.
When we meet each week
One live session a week, 90 to 120 minutes. All times below are South African time (SAST, UTC+2).
Please mark all six, including the ones that don't work for you. I'm looking for the slot that everyone can make rather than the most popular one, so a clear no is just as useful to me as a yes.
What to have ready
Tick these off as you get them. Whatever isn't ticked when you send this, I'll help you sort out before week one.
Stand roughly where you imagine the cabin going and take a photo in each direction. Then the approach from the road, the views you want to keep, the trees you won't cut, and anything that gives me a sense of the ground underfoot. Include the ugly bits. Those are usually the ones we design around.
WhatsApp them to me on +27 84 244 2422 once you've sent this page.
The six weeks
Hold these weeks now. The day and time are confirmed once everyone has voted, and I'll send calendar invites with the first session.
Show up for the first two live sessions. If you take part and decide it isn't right for you, tell me after the second session and I'll refund you in full. That's the week of 19 October. No awkwardness, no hard feelings.
Send it to me
Your answers come straight to me. You'll get a confirmation email a minute or two later.
Thank you. Your details are with me.
A confirmation is on its way to your inbox. If nothing arrives in the next few minutes, something went wrong at my end, so use the backup copy below and send it to shaan@landled.co.
Next thing: WhatsApp me your site photos on +27 84 244 2422.
Copy this and send it to shaan@landled.co, or paste it into WhatsApp on +27 84 244 2422.