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Jean-Marie, in collaboration with myself and builder Ian Hoffmann, designed my house back in 2005. I moved in on completion of the house in 2008 and have lived here since then. I have to say I love living here. Jean-Marie initially listened to me desired requirements and worked towards them within my budget limitations. The simplicity of the design works perfectly for me. The lightness if the house with its magnificent north-facing windows gave just the airiness I wanted. The solar-passive design, creating heat in the winter and aiding coolness in the summer work great. The rammed-earth walls give texture, silence and security. It's a great design.

I have had 3 houses designed by Jean Marie Gobet of Health and Habitat. This particular house is my favourite. It is a double storey 3 bedroom house on a 450 square metre block. I loved the design and the natural materials that were used to build it - including random limestone walls, corrugated iron, exposed wooden beams, terracotta tiles downstairs and wooden flooring upstairs. Jean Marie plays particular attention to the site and the orientation of the house to provide the healthiest and best environment possible. This house also has the most even temperatures that i have ever experienced. Winter heating was minimal and Summer heat was dissipated by excellent cross ventilation. The shapes of the rooms were interesting as well as the positioning and proportions of the windows. The downstairs bedroom/office was a little jewel with french windows leading out onto a small enclosed courtyard fenced with limestone and wood. This house appealed to the romantic in me as well as being practical and efficient. Jean Marie also pays attention to the budget and does not come up with extravagant designs that are unaffordable, but makes the best use of money to provide excellent structure, guaranteed to give you light, pleasure, difference, and practicality and perhaps most importantly a healthy living environment. He is efficient, has great ideas and produces work on time.

We found a 500m2 block of land in Bicton that we liked and decided to buy. After spending some months thinking about what we wanted in a house and talking to Designers and Architects we chose Jean-Marie Gobet from Health & Habitat to design the house. He sat down with us and listened to our ideas about what we wanted and how much we had to spend. Very quickly he came back to us with a basic design that both delighted and exited us. And importantly it could be built for our budget. From there we moved onto all the details for a full set of plans to be submitted to council again done in very quick time. Fast forward 10 years and it has been a joy living in this house. Solar designed, it stays warm in winter and cool in summer. We have no air conditioning and have never needed it. Most rooms have a garden aspect with a light and airy feeling and easy flow through the house. I would heartily recommend Jean-Marie for his professionalism, knowledge of the building industry and the quality of his work.