Bly House
project details
Location: 164 Dawn Avenue, guelph, ON
Build Duration: 1 year
Sale Price: Coming Soon
These 3 custom certified Passive House Homes are the first of their kind in the city of Guelph. According to the Passive House Institute (PHI), there are only 50 certified Passive Homes in Canada, and fewer than 10 in Ontario. While performance based builds are becoming more common, it is rare that they are built, tested, verified and certified to the rigorous standards outlined by PHI.
Bly House is the second of 3 Certified Passive House homes being built in Guelph’s old south end neighbourhood on a rare 64’x117′ lot. This modern farmhouse design includes over 3200 square feet of living space built and certified to the worlds most elite high performance construction standard. This home delivers an uncompromising fusion of architectural and performance driven design in order to fulfill the 5 most meaningful benefits that every home deserves; Comfort, Quiet, Health, Durability and Mindfulness.
Design: Coming soon!
Inspiration: Each certified Passive Home requires a unique name for its registration in the institute’s database – our hunt for a name began with what we felt was driving our desire to provide a high-performance home. Commonly, the matriarch of the family is driving the major lifestyle and health decisions for the family, and is often conscious of sourcing the innovative, local and mindful options. This inspired us to look for pioneering women that exemplified this notion. Elizabeth Cochran Seaman, better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaking trip around the world in 72 days, in emulation of Jules Verne’s fictional character Phileas Fogg, and an exposé in which she worked undercover to report on a mental institution from within. She was a pioneer in her field and launched a new kind of investigative journalism.
