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Incorporating The Island Into Your Custom Home

June 4, 2022 By admin19

Incorporating Roatan Into Your Custom Home

When visiting the Island for the first time, prospective homeowners are often impressed by the unique architecture of their hotels, restaurants, and other local establishments. This impression can be used as inspiration when designing their custom home. Whether that home is built on Roatan or back in the US/Canada. So how can you incorporate Roatan’s atmosphere into your home?

Remember What Island Living Is All About

Everything about tropical home style revolves around relaxed living and being far more connected to one’s local environment. Think windows for air flow, comfortable furniture for lazing, and warm, soft lighting. The accessories and overall style of your  home should evoke a feeling of casual luxury; whisking you away to an island in a warm climate.

Install Exposed Beams

Many tropical homes and buildings feature tall vaulted ceilings – often showcasing wooden beams beneath their palm ladden roofs. This aesthetic can be assimilated into your own custom home, with a contemporary twist. Maintain the high ceiling, but opt for a flat surface featuring exposed wooden beams built with Roatan Mahogany. You can even use Roatan’s Mahogany or Teak to fully Not only will this add depth and detail to your home, but will cause the interior to appear both spacious and serene.

Hard Flooring Is Essential

Whether you enjoy marble, tile, or hardwood – solid flooring is essential to the tropical home style. Accent or area rugs can be incorporated to add both design and comfort, while the flooring itself brings the surrounding nature inside. This integration of the indoor-outdoor environment is a pillar in tropical homes.

Other Details To Consider

If you are fully committed to enjoying Island vibes at home, there are plenty of other details you can include in your custom home. Enhance your backyard with a natural pool. Opt for a more open floor plan by removing barriers between the kitchen and living room. You can also take advantage of the natural light by using large windows and doorways. And the best part? All of these details not only benefit your home, but benefit you! 

Your custom home is a long term investment! If you are looking for more custom home building advice, feel free to contact us today at +504-9660-1679 or victor@treasureislandconstruction.com.

Tropical Solar Shading Strategies

September 30, 2021 By admin19

Tropical Solar Shading Strategies

Attention to detail, innovative techniques, and stellar communication are essential when it comes to constructing your tropical home. One important detail to consider and discuss with your Contractor, especially on Roatan, is how to keep the interior of your home at a comfortable ambient temperature without straining your AC unit. Incorporating these solar strategies into your floor plan will not only reduce your utility costs, but will also improve the interior living space for all. 

What Is Solar Shading?

Solar shading strategies include elements, devices, and systems that are designed to reduce heat from the sun entering a building. Today’s homes often include wide and high windows, encouraging as much natural light to enter the room as possible. And we love that! However, the heat from the sun can easily pass through the glass, and has a hard time getting back out. This heat remains in the room, often being absorbed by other elements such as concrete walls, before being radiated back into the room. Talk about turning up the heat! This increase in temperature not only creates an uncomfortable space, but also increases the load on your air conditioning unit. This is why an effective solar shading strategy is so important!

Solar Shading Strategies

Some solar shading strategies we recommend are:

  • Overhangs, Verandas, or Covered Patios: Large roof overhangs, verandas, or covered patios can all serve to protect walls and window openings from direct sunlight. This is effective on the north and south-facing walls because of the sun’s angle.
  • Horizontal Window Shading: Horizontal window shading devices can take many forms, and are often found in commercial applications. In traditional tropical homes, bell-shaped hoods were often used as a form of rain protection and solar shading. Today, a deeply recessed window or raised bands could be a more contemporary and aesthetically pleasing method.
  • Shutters And Screens: Shutters and screens are excellent for allowing natural ventilation as well as flexibility. For modern homes, slatted and louvred sliding or bi-fold options are used. These shutters can be open completely when the sun is not intruding into your interior, or can be closed when the sun has made its debut without sacrificing air flow.
  • Trees And Vegetation: Trees, vines and other vegetation are a great way to protect your home from solar heat gain. They reduce the glare from entering your home and provide cooler areas outside. All this while permitting natural breezes to flow through!

Must-Haves In Your Modern Tropical Home

April 8, 2021 By admin19

Must Haves In Your Modern Tropical Home

Your dream of owning a seaside escape on Roatan is finally becoming a reality! Maybe you are renovating an old home or building from scratch… Either way, there are several design aesthetics you will want to include to make your home a true paradise! And we’re not talking pink flamingos, neon palm lights, or a margarita maker. We are talking about merging elements of island style homes with contemporary design to achieve laid back sophistication. Think exotic woods, stone floors, and indoor-outdoor living spaces that create a beautiful, functional home. 

Windows, Windows, Windows!

Did we already mention windows? When you live on an island as beautiful as Roatan, you will want to maximize the view. Not only that, but strategically placed windows and sliding doors allow you to feel all those trade winds have to offer. So grab those indoor houseplants and get that space ventilating – natural lighting in your home is good for you!

Interior Stone

While the overall cost of living on Roatan is cheaper than that of the US, certain amenities such as air conditioning can come at a high cost. That’s where stone floors come in! Interior stone will naturally keep your home cooler by absorbing and releasing heat at a slower pace. Stone simultaneously provides a sleek, modern look that can be enlivened by the lush greenery visible from all those windows we mentioned earlier.

Outdoor Living Spaces

Al fresco dining? Yes. Bedrooms leading out to a private terrace? Of course. Your modern tropical home should allow you to savor all the Caribbean has to offer. Local woods and thatched, palapa-style roofs can be utilized to create striking outdoor spaces that complement the landscape and enrich your lifestyle! 

Infinity Pool

Is it really a modern tropical home without an infinity pool? Sure. But an infinity pool just makes things better. Especially one overlooking the iron shore!

Ready to build your Roatan dream home? Treasure Island is here to build a sustainable and timeless abode by combining the clean, straight lines of contemporary architecture with the natural beauty and elements of the island. Contact Victor today at +504- 9660-1679 or victor@treasureislandconstruction.com.

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