The constraint
The HOA design guidelines constrained roof pitch, height and street-facing materials. The family wanted a house that stayed comfortable through the March heat without running air conditioning during the day.
Lindora · Santa Ana · 2025
Casa Lindora
A gated-community lot with a strict design review, built around a courtyard that keeps the house cool without mechanical help.
- Type
- Family estate
- Area
- 340 m²
- Bedrooms
- 4
- Duration
- 12 months
- System
- Block & beam
- Cantón
- Santa Ana
What we did
An internal courtyard drives stack ventilation, with the roof mass and deep overhangs shading the west elevation. Custom guanacaste millwork throughout, shop-built and kiln-dried to the Central Valley moisture band.
Outcome
Passed design review on first submission. The owners report running mechanical cooling only in the bedrooms, and only overnight.
Services used
General Contracting & Project Management
Cost control · Schedule · Site supervision
Custom Woodworking & Millwork
Kiln-dried · Termite-treated · Shop-built
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Next step
Tell us about the lot.
Send us the plano catastrado and a rough idea of what you want to build. We will come back with a feasibility read on what the site actually allows, what it is likely to cost, and how long permitting will take in your cantón.
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