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Week One
After 18 month’s research, marking out finally starts. It’s really pretty exciting—but also rather frightening. I know what I want but have I been able to communicate that to the architect and builders? Then excavating the foundations with a large … Continue reading
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Where we started
A little history: A few years ago we started getting letters through the post from developers offering to buy our garden—we’d suddenly come within the planning envelope. As the picture shows, there’s a patch of land beside our house which, … Continue reading
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At the beginning
So we’ve decided to build a new house, a zero carbon house. (See what I mean by this in the separate section). If we have to build ourselves a house, then let’s make it a bit different. After several false … Continue reading
Posted in The project history, Zero Carbon House
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