Nurme 6

Foundation and structures
The building is constructed of prefabricated concrete elements The building is on a shallow foundation.

Exterior walls
Exterior walls are built of prefabricated three-layer concrete panels. The insulation layer is 200 mm (the thermal transmittance of the carcass is 0.16 W/m2*K). The exterior panels are smooth or textured and finished with paint.

Interior walls
The apartment walls and the walls separating the apartments from common areas are prefabricated concrete elements (200 mm). The interior walls of the apartments are made from gypsum plasterboard on a metal frame, filled with insulation. 

Common hallways and stairwell
The stairwell is accessible through the main door and the car park. The glass façade provides natural light to the stairwell. 

Interior stairs
The building has a single interior set of stairs connecting the storeys. The stairs are adjacent to the glass façade which provides natural light. The stairs are made from prefabricated concrete elements. 

Roof
The building has an insulated flat roof covered with hydro-insulating roll roofing (the thermal transmittance of the carcass is 0.10 W/m2*K). The insulation layer is at least 330 mm thick. 

Suspended ceilings
Made from prefabricated hollow-core slabs (265 mm) covered with thermal insulation (80 mm) and a concrete levelling slab (ca. 80 mm). The ceiling between the car park and the apartments is insulated on the car park side with 250 mm thermal insulation (the thermal transmittance of the carcass is 0.11 W/m2*K). 

Heating
Local heating based on geothermal energy. The primary source of energy will come from vertical geothermal wells on the site. Apartments are furnished with hydronic floor heating. 

Balconies
Every apartment has its own balcony with a prefabricated reinforced concrete floor. The balconies have grey glass railings. Any water on the balcony is drained via a rainwater drainage system. Homebuyers can also order to have the balcony glazed. 

Doors
The stairwell has glass doors on metal frames. The front doors of the apartments are metal with oak veneer finish. The interior doors inside apartments are smooth and veneered. 

Windows
The apartments have triple-glazed windows with plastic profiles. The frames are dark grey on the outside and white on the inside. The thermal transmittance of the windows is U=0.9 W/m2*K. The glazing on the windows provides protection from the sun (g=0.4). The glass façade of the stairwell is designed with aluminium profile windows. 

Windowsill
None. The apartments feature floor-to-ceiling windows. 

Interior finish
The floors in the dry areas of the apartments will be fitted with natural veneered parquet with veneered skirting boards in the same colour as the parquet and the floors in the sanitary rooms and the entrance will be covered with ceramic tiles. The walls in the sanitary facilities will be covered with ceramic tiles up to the suspended ceiling, and the walls of the rest of the apartment will be levelled and finished with a coat of paint. The apartment’s ceiling surfaces made of hollow-core slabs will be levelled and finished in white paint so that the joints between the panels remain visible. The plasterboard suspended ceilings will also be painted white. 

Ventilation
The design includes apartment-based heat-recovery ventilation. Every apartment will have its own ventilation unit with a heat exchanger in a special cupboard fitted with a door with improved sound insulation. A separate cooker hood is provided for the kitchen cooker (the extractor fan/oven hood is supplied and installed by the buyer). 

Water supply and sewerage
The sanitary rooms in the apartments will be fitted with sinks, dual-flush toilets, mixer taps, and water and sewer connections for the washing machine. They will feature either a bath or a shower. Water supply and sewerage are installed in the apartments, inside the walls and floors. There are taps for turning the water supply on and off, and remotely read cold and hot water meters are located behind the suspended ceiling in the sanitary rooms. 

Electrical installation
The apartments have strong and weak current switchboards in the entrance closet area, recessed in the wall. The double-tariff remotely readable electricity meters are located in the switch room on the first floor.

Electrical floor heating controlled by thermostats will be installed in the sanitary rooms (bathroom, toilet) of the apartments.

The apartments will have general and spot lighting. Recessed ceiling lights will be installed in plaster suspended ceilings in the entrances and sanitary rooms. Any other lamps are to be provided by the owner of the apartment. A power supply outlet is provided for installing a mirror or sink cabinet lighting fixture. Single, double, multiway or intermediate switches are installed in rooms to control the lighting.

The apartments will be furnished with a videophone in the entrance and cabling to accommodate the installation of a security alarm system and a magnetic sensor for the front door of the apartment. The data network in the apartments will have CAT6 cabling, allowing the buyer to connect to the cable TV, telephone and data service provider of their choice.

Fire alarm system
The FAS central unit and smoke extraction control buttons are located at the rescue team information station at the entrance to the stairwell. Autonomous smoke detectors are installed in the apartments. 

Intercom
The entrance to the stairwell of the building will be fitted with a video intercom module, including a camera and microphone. An intercom reception panel will be installed in each apartment, which can be used to open the entrance to the stairwell upon request. 

Parking
Under the building, on the first floor level (12 places), on the property (6 places). 

Energy class
The building’s energy efficiency class is A. 

Premises
The greenery on the premises has been designed by landscape architect Piret Kümmel. It includes a variety of fruit trees (apples, sweet cherries, plums), as well as bushes bearing edible berries (golden currant, black currant, gooseberry, edible honeysuckle). Various shrubby cinquefoils, elderberries, barberries, Japanese quince, shadbush, etc. make for a wonderful sight. The property will be partially covered with meadow vegetation and part with turf.

Outdoor parking areas will have grass paving. There will be open bike parking on concrete pavement next to the bike shelter and a post for bicycle maintenance equipment. The premises have deep bins for waste collection.