Flo and Andy moved into this timber frame house, which was built by the original tenant in 1990. It is one of 16 houses on the site nestled under Hollingbury Golf Course and the Roedale allotments. Extensive south facing windows bring light and warmth into the house which overlook their small but beautiful garden bursting with salad crops and the communal garden planted with fruit trees.
They are part of Dryad Housing Cooperative, which was created by tenants who moved into 11 timber framed houses on the site. The Cooperative has developed a green policy, updated their houses with rainwater butts and installed wood stoves in which they burn locally sourced wood. This, and using a green electricity tariff, has significantly reduced their carbon footprint. The Cooperative hopes to go further by installing solar thermal for hot water in the future.
Features
+ biomass heating
+ timber frame house
+ tenants green policy
+ self build
+ food growing
Further information
Architect: Kenneth Claxton of Kenneth Claxton Partnership (now retired)
Dryad’s Green Report completed May 2008
Dryad’s Green Policy and guidelines ‘Save cash and save the planet’ adopted spring 2007
Dryad’s Energy Performance Certificate 26th January 2007 (large file - 2.7Mb)
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