Whitehouse Farm development
White House Farms rebuild enables a new sustainable era.
Initially rebuilding the existing farmhouse, the proposals approved, the surveyors report condemned the building, and so a new building had to replace this. Finding an opportunity here, we gained planning permission to double the size of the original farm house, and move it back from the road, adding a 3 bay garage block to give some distance and buffer the main house from the road beyond.
Rebuilding also gave the added advantage to add environemental features to the build, to really bring the fabric up to date, whilst still maintaining the feel of the original country farm house.
Stone Farm House
Rebuilding meant there was an opportunity to add environmental features to the build, also addressing noise from the road and have a fabric first approach to the porperty, ensuring the building stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
The u values averaged 0.11 for the house lower than the 0.15 requirements for a passivhouse, making this traditional build truly modern in comfort. Air tightness, was meticulously designed around the stone openings, with additional layers to ensure this was maintained as the building flexed and settled into its position.
Solar panels were hidden on the flat roof, with surplus electricity feeding the hot water for the home, then anything additional to this was sold back to the grid. The MVHR provides continuous ventilation, for when it extracts the stale air, it transfers the heat from this to the fresh filtered air it pumps around the house.
This met the clients goal of having low running costs for the farm house while ensuring high comfort levels for their forever home.
With the farm now occupied and the first phase finished we have now moved onto phase 2
The barn complex adjacent the Farm house will be converted into 2 large houses, with feature double height glazing.
The homes will again be sustainable, feature MVHR units, robust air tight detailing and thus secure the longevity of these otherwise decaying buildings, which had fallen into disprepair.
