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Having living in London for many years (Gemma all her life) and in a draughty Victorian house, we wanted to build a low energy house and also move out of London.
We had made some low level attempts to improve the London house – reducing draughts round windows and floors but the pull to move out tempered the ambition because the cost was too high for a short term benefit.
Initially we were looking to carry out a self build but, after lengthy searches for land, decided that a bungalow would be the best option to achieve the dream.
We chose Norfolk for a number of reasons – the sea, relatively close to London as we have friends and family there still, food, good access to outdoor activities like walking and running.
1960 Detached Bungalow (115m2 incl extension~10m x 11m)
2016 extension (35m2)
One of the best side benefits is air quality within the house. The lack of draughts and MVHR means the air is always changed and filtered and make for a very pleasant living environment.
Solar hot water – Boiler is switched off from March to October every year!
PV Solar Installed Dec 2018 as part of Norfolk council initiative to get the last Feed in Tariff
Updated on 21/12/2018