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Dora and Zsolt are a young couple with small kids. Zsolt is a medical doctor and IT engineer, Dora is an IT engineer and got certified as PassivHaus Consultant following the renovation.
They bought a single glazed solid wall property in 2010 and pioneered to convert it to the first PH refurbishment in Ealing. Their limited budget forced them to undertake the lionshare of the organisation and research work mandated by their project. They were not afraid of getting their hands dirty either. Thus they have plenty of on-site experience which they happily share to help fellow families.
Desire to heavily reduce their footprint and the environmental damage associated with“civilised”, “globalised” lifestyle
The original property was a 88m2 semi detached council house in the Tree Estates in Ealing. It had single glazing throughout and solid walls. When bought in 2010, the property was in need of refurbishment. Gas consumption used to be 3700 m3 annually. This covered heating, hot water and cooking of a single household.
The new owners extended the property on the side to 125m2. Later they split the property into two self contained flats and now live in one of them. Currently they are planning to extend their property to the back while keeping their PassivHaus certificate.
The house has a 12.3kWh/m2 designed annual heating demand, although the apartment didn’t require heating since the renovation. It kept a minimum 19-20 degrees even when the external temperature was -3C for a week. New gas consumption is 500m3/year for the 2 flats, 2 households, covering hot water and cooking.