Project Location: Cinderford, Gloucestershire
Client: Self Builder
Nbr of Beds: 2

Features:

• Energy-efficient timber frame home
• Insulated with sheep's wool
• Pile foundations
• Open-plan layout
• Sun-pipes
• Good use of very restricted and narrow site
• No central heating system required

Contract:

• Structural Design
• Engineering
• Manufacture and installation of Timber Frame
  structure including insulation, Cladding,
  windows, doors, and first-fix joinery

This project was close to our hearts; the clients wanted to reduce their environmental 'footprint' and so designed this simple, contemporary bungalow to incorporate the features they had always dreamed of.

A truly-delightful eco-home, the clients decided that the house was so energy-efficient (even in the winter months), that they wouldn't need to install any heating - so they didn't !. Instead, this entire home is heated with just a single wood burning stove.

A tricky site in all respects; elevated site for groundwork, hand-lifting of the panels and roof trusses up a steep incline, and no space for scaffold on two sides.