Finished homes · Tokachi 2022–2025
Every house here has been through a Hokkaido winter.
Prices are the signed contract figures. Heating costs are the owners' own bills for their first full winter, shared with their permission.
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More finished homes.
Open a house for its numbers and photos. Each one can be the starting point for yours.
02Otofuke House¥41.2M
A family of five on a south-facing slope. Charred-larch cladding, a two-storey hall that carries winter sun to the bedrooms, and a deck that sheds its own snow.
- Heating demand
- 15 kWh/m²a
- Airtightness
- n50 0.38 /h
- First winter
- ¥26,800
- Build time
- 14 months
03Makubetsu Hill House¥33.4M
A retired couple's house cut into the hillside above the town, bedroom on the warm uphill side and a long window over the valley lights.
- Heating demand
- 13 kWh/m²a
- Airtightness
- n50 0.42 /h
- Heat pump use
- ≈ 40 days a year
- Build time
- 12 months
04Nakasatsunai Farmhouse¥44.9M
A farming family beside their bean fields. One long kitchen runs the length of the house, so December sun reaches the back wall at noon.
- Heating demand
- 14 kWh/m²a
- Airtightness
- n50 0.36 /h
- First winter
- ¥29,500
- Build time
- 15 months
05Shikaoi Gable House¥38.9M
A steep larch gable among birches near the lake, with a glazed south end and a sleeping loft under the roof. Built for a couple who work from home.
- Heating demand
- 15 kWh/m²a
- Airtightness
- n50 0.40 /h
- First winter
- ¥24,300
- Build time
- 13 months
06Shimizu Studio House¥25.8M
Our smallest house: a potter's home and studio, lined in spruce, with a kiln room kept outside the airtight layer so the house never overheats.
- Heating demand
- 15 kWh/m²a
- Airtightness
- n50 0.45 /h
- First winter
- ¥15,900
- Build time
- 11 months
The whole record, side by side.
Smaller houses cost more per m² because the kitchen, bathroom and ventilation unit cost the same whatever the size.
Open houses
Stand inside one in February.
Twice a year an owner opens their house for an afternoon. Feel the floor by the window at −15 °C outside and ask them anything.
- Sat 6 Feb 2027Otofuke House · 13:00–16:00
- Sat 5 Jun 2027Shikaoi Gable House · 13:00–16:00