We're in the middle of designing our house with Ichijo Komuten and our current plans are somewhat over budget. We are about 10% over our planned budget at the moment (we CAN increase our loan to cover this, but we would rather stay within our budget). So we are looking at places to try and save a bit of money.
One area our realtor has suggested is that we currently have both the "Sarapoka" system and 4 air con units (living room, master bedroom and both our offices). He seems to think that we can easily manage with just the Sarapoka system and one air con in the living room with occasional use. We've visited their model houses twice, but both times were not peak summer so we couldn't really test the system properly.
I run pretty hot and generally like to have cool rooms, especially for sleeping, so it's hard for me to imagine how effective this system is. But he seems pretty confident that it keeps rooms comfortable around 24C year round. As he says, we can buy air con units later, but we're currently looking at a completion date in the middle of next summer so it will be a rough first few months if it turns out we do need the air con units. If we don't need them though, we could save around ¥5-600k.
I'd love to hear feedback from anyone about how well this system works for you!
Do you really just need one air con unit in the living room and barely use?
Are the 2nd floor rooms, in particular bedrooms, cool in the summer?
Anybody regret getting it and wish they'd just gone with multiple air con units from the start?
Thanks in advance for any help!
by Keikipan