Custom Home Builder – One House at a Time
A Nutmeg Home – Warm quiet comfortAt Nutmeg Homes we are building dramatically superior custom homes. For example, our walls are built with Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF). These walls are vastly superior to wood framing, log walls, timber framing, SIPs or any other method we researched. ICFs are a system of hollow insulating expanded polystyrene blocks that hold steel rebar and click together (like hollow Leggo blocks). The forms are then filled with concrete. The insulated form now has a permanent steel reinforced solid concrete core; ready for siding and dry wall. We built our first ICF house in 2000 and now it’s become our standard.
Everyone likes warm heated floors in the bathrooms … we heat the entire home that way! Hydronic infloor heat is not only the cleanest, quietest, most even and controllable heating method, it is also the most comfortable. Combined with an air to water heatpump it is arguably the most energy efficent non-solar system in the world (this system pre-heats the domestic hot water too!).
We install tilt-turn windows, hurricane-engineered roof connections, and much more. See our specifications section for more details. Unlike many builders we use the building code as a base to build on, not a target to achieve.
A Nutmeg Home is exceptional inside as well; classic, timeless finishings and fixtures, selected to stand the test of time. Our home owners love their homes, and we are proud to have worked with the owners designing and building them.
Building in Comox, Courtenay, Merville, Black Creek, Union Bay, Fanny Bay – Our Home Valley
The Beautiful Comox Valley.Net Zero Ready
Paul and Shareen – Owners of Nutmeg HomesWe have voluntarily started to rate our homes with the Canadian Energuide rating system (we have always achieved 80 or higher). Yes, our houses are so well built that they could last for several centuries …, but they are also very energy efficient. Our homes are net zero ready, just add solar panels and some photovoltaic panels.
We are trained and pre-certified to build a Passive House. This is the European energy standard and is higher even than the R2000 standard. Our standard building method is far ‘greener’ than the stick and chip board ‘Build Green’ standard.
Passive House is the world’s most ambitious and scientifically verified route to truly sustainable buildings, achieving 80 – 90% energy savings over conventional construction through radical conservation. With over 25,000 Passive Houses now completed, these are future-proof, healthy and affordable buildings, and they’re achievable in Canada today.
