New Build Eco House Near Wallingford

[Richard T]

Hi - I am a first time self-builder - now the owner of a small garden plot in an edge of village location. 

We have detailed planning permission for a 3 bed house, designed on "Passivhaus principles".

Aiming to start on site early next year (2020)

[ProDave]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

 

I wonder which village?  I used to live not far from there, before we moved north somewhat 15 years ago.

[Richard T]

Thanks, We're in Dorchester

[ProDave]

9 minutes ago, Richard T said:

Thanks, We're in Dorchester

Lovely, expensive, village, we got married there in 1995.

 

We lived not far from there in Drayton St Leonard (somewhat more downmarket and cheaper)

[Dreadnaught]

Welcome @Richard T. The mention of Passivhaus grabs my interest. I look forward to hearing more as your project progresses. Good luck with it!

[SteamyTea]

Welcome

I have a cousin that lives in Wallingford, never been to visit him at home though.

So when you say you want to design to PassivHaus principles, which ones are you after?

The whole thing except the certification, or more of a A la carte approach?

 

[Conor]

G'wan, show us your plans. We'll be nice.

[Gow]

On 20/09/2019 at 16:25, Richard T said:

...village location. 

We have detailed planning permission for a 3 bed house, designed on "Passivhaus principles".

 

The Eco Village in Cloughjordan Ireland have open days and event workshops. 

It is possible to arrange a visit or group visit with accommodation included

 

http://www.thevillage.ie/visit-us-2/visit-us/

 

This is from their website:

 

Houses completed or under construction

  Certified passive house timber frame
  Durisol block, lime hemp render render
  Low-energy Austrian house
  32-bed Eco-hostel
  Low-energy timber frame, timber cladding
  Terrace of 3 houses, timber frame, lime & hemp internal and external
  Low-energy timber frame
  All cedar house, recycled newspaper insulation
  Timber frame, loose hemp insulation semi, clay hemp plaster
  Durisol and lime hemp house, bakery attached
  Hemp crete house, eco-slate, local timber finishings
  Low-energy timber frame
  Hemp crete house
  Low-energy timber frame
  Scandavian passive house
  Timber frame, corrugated roof, lime & hemp render semi
  Hemp crete house
  All cedar house
  Durisol A-rated semi, eco-slate, lime & hemp render
  Timber frame, lime & hemp plaster, Irish cedar cladding
  Timber frame, cedar cladding, cellulose insulation, cob, seedum roof

  Durisol external wall, clay & hemp internal walls, lime & hemp render

  I-beam, recycled glass and lime plaster house
  Rammed earth and lime hemp house
  Timber frame with micro-reed bed grey water run-off
  Cob house, hand-applied & non-mechanical clay/straw mix, eco-slate
  Hemp-crete house with lime & hemp render, clay hemp internal plaster
  Timber frame, sheeps wool insulation, cedar clad house & work unit
  Timber frame, corrugated roof, cedar clad semi
  Rammed earth and lime hemp house
  Hemp crete semi
  Timber frame, lime & hemp external, clay & hemp internal, zinc dome
  Curved cob house
  Low-energy double frame timber house
  Eco-Enterprise Centre

 

 

 

[Adrian Walker]

@Richard TWelcome to BH and congratulation on your new project.  I'm just up the road in Wimborne if you would like a chat over coffee?