Do you have completed projects in Ankara?

Yes. You can see drone photographs of the houses we have delivered in Ankara in the Completed Projects section on the home page. Because our facility is here, a reference visit is easiest to arrange in Ankara.

Can I visit the production facility?

Yes. The facility is in Kızılcaşar, Gölbaşı; book an appointment and you can see the production line and a wall section in person. It is the fastest way to understand what timber frame actually is.

Is Ankara's winter suitable for a timber house?

Yes. Under TS 825 Ankara is in degree-day zone 3 and the insulation is sized for that zone. Because the insulation sits inside the wall in a timber frame system, you get higher thermal performance than masonry at the same wall thickness — and Ankara's dry air is kinder to timber than the coastal provinces.

Can I get a mortgage and an occupancy permit for a timber house in Ankara?

Yes. A timber frame house is a permitted, engineered structure; the building permit, inspection and occupancy process runs the same way as for any other structural system. Contact us for the current process.

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Timber Frame Homes in Ankara

Our production facility is in Gölbaşı. Ankara is both our base and the province where our completed projects stand — a house built here has visible work behind it.

TS 825 climate zone: Zone 3
From our Gölbaşı facility: Our facility is here

Prefix's production facility is in Kızılcaşar, Gölbaşı, Ankara. For a project in Ankara, panel transport, crew scheduling and site visits all happen over the shortest possible distance — if you want us to see your plot, or you want to walk the facility, we can do it the same day.

Where timber frame homes get built in Ankara

Demand for detached houses in Ankara concentrates in a particular belt: the villa districts southwest of the city and the garden plots of the surrounding districts. The areas we work in most often:

Gölbaşı and Kızılcaşar — closest to the facility, generous parcels
İncek, Beytepe and Çayyolu — established villa fabric, zoned parcels
Kızılcahamam, Çamlıdere and Beypazarı — forest-edge and highland plots
Elmadağ, Haymana and Nallıhan — larger agricultural and vineyard plots
Ayaş, Kahramankazan and Akyurt — hobby gardens close to the city

Ankara's climate: degree-day zone 3

TS 825, the Turkish thermal insulation standard, divides the country into five degree-day zones, and Ankara sits in zone 3. That means noticeably thicker insulation than the coastal provinces require: in Ankara the building-physics problem is heating, not cooling.

Central Anatolia's continental climate actually suits timber frame well. In a climate where winter nights go below freezing, summer afternoons are dry and hot, and the temperature swings fifteen degrees within a single day, what matters is the thermal resistance of the wall. In a timber frame system the cavity between the studs is already the insulation volume — in a 2x6 stud wall the insulation is the wall itself, not a layer added to the outside as it is in masonry. For the same external wall thickness you reach a higher thermal performance than concrete or brick.

Ankara's dry air brings a second advantage: moisture is timber's main enemy, and Central Anatolia is a far gentler environment for wood than the coastal provinces.

Earthquakes: Ankara and TBDY 2018

Since 2019 there has been no such thing as an earthquake "zone grade" in Turkey. The Turkish Building Earthquake Code (TBDY 2018) retired the old five-tier map and replaced it with a continuous hazard map that gives a separate ground-acceleration value for every coordinate. The seismic load on a plot in Ankara is calculated from the coordinates of that parcel, not from the name of the province.

Ankara sits in a lower hazard band than the Marmara and Aegean provinces — but not a zero one, and the code applies here in full. Timber frame's seismic advantage is a simple matter of physics: earthquake force is proportional to mass. A timber frame house weighs a fraction of a concrete building of the same size, so the inertial force the same ground motion imposes on it is lower in the same proportion.

Plots, zoning and ground conditions

On Ankara villa plots the constraints you meet most often are the TAKS/KAKS coverage ratios and the setback distances; they vary by district and need to be settled before a model is chosen. On forest-edge parcels towards Kızılcahamam and Çamlıdere, the classification of the land itself — forest, pasture, arable — matters more than the zoning status. On sloping plots, two-storey models usually require less excavation than a wide single-storey footprint.

Which models suit Ankara

Demand in Ankara is mostly for primary residences — year-round family homes with three or four bedrooms. The models below are plans designed for that use, and the ones with an enclosed garage carry an extra advantage through an Ankara winter. Send us your plot dimensions and zoning status and we can look at which models fit together.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have completed projects in Ankara?: Yes. You can see drone photographs of the houses we have delivered in Ankara in the Completed Projects section on the home page. Because our facility is here, a reference visit is easiest to arrange in Ankara.
Can I visit the production facility?: Yes. The facility is in Kızılcaşar, Gölbaşı; book an appointment and you can see the production line and a wall section in person. It is the fastest way to understand what timber frame actually is.
Is Ankara's winter suitable for a timber house?: Yes. Under TS 825 Ankara is in degree-day zone 3 and the insulation is sized for that zone. Because the insulation sits inside the wall in a timber frame system, you get higher thermal performance than masonry at the same wall thickness — and Ankara's dry air is kinder to timber than the coastal provinces.
Can I get a mortgage and an occupancy permit for a timber house in Ankara?: Yes. A timber frame house is a permitted, engineered structure; the building permit, inspection and occupancy process runs the same way as for any other structural system. Contact us for the current process.