An ecohome designed by Bright Green Homes to achieve Code 6* (zero carbon) of the Code for Sustainable Homes is available for sale to a self builder. A compact plot of land in Brighton, on the edge of the national park and near the Universities, designed by Bright Green Homes as an affordable 3 bedroom eco-home that can achieve Code …
BGH featured in Latest Homes Magazine
We are being featured in the Latest Homes magazine, “the number one property magazine for Brighton, London and across the UK” - http://www.latesthomes.co.uk/ download the article here: Latest Interiors
converting the studio
So, like much of the country everything slowed down for us over the Easter/Bank Holiday/Wedding fiesta that was the end of April, but it was back with all guns ablazing at the beginning of May, so sorry if I haven’t had time to update this blog as much as I would have liked. The conversion of the garage to a …
Final hurdles in Kemp Town
So with the imminent moving in of our clients it is very definitely the last legs of our renovation project in Kemp Town, and the house is looking fantastic. Of course there are always “snags” at the end of a job like this, it is the norm. In fact the television programs that have immaculately finished homes after just 1 …
Week 10 - time for the finishing touches!
So, we are into week 10. This is the week where we are going to have to pull out all the stops, in order to get the finishing touches complete so that the family can move into the property at the weekend. We originally quoted 12 weeks to complete this job, so we are well ahead of schedule, but as …
So week 9 is here
So, rolling into week 9 sees things starting to come together - it is a fact in building in that so much work goes into what lies behind the scenes, that some times it seems for weeks that there is really no progress. Nothing could be further from the truth - in fact in this eco-build we will have gone …
Week 8 - frantic this week!!
So, we come to week 8 and there is still so much to do, but we are certainly coming towards the final stretch. While much of the week has been finishing the air tightness layer in the living room, the new media wall and then plasterboard this area in order to make sure we are able to get the plasterer …
Week 7 - starting to come together
So, the beginning of week 7 sees us moving on to the start of the finishing touches - if that makes sense? The insulation is now installed on all of the external surfaces - we have 150mm of PIR insulation in the roof taking the U value to 0.15W/m2K which is a 20% improvement on the building regulation 2010 level …
Eco-renovation is not always easy - week 6
As Fran rightly predicted 2 weeks ago - things are getting pretty hairy… with a deadline looming and still alot to do, things have been moving along at lightning pace but there is only a certain number of hours in every day!!There was even a little additional weekend working happening to get things moved forward so that we could hit …
Kemp Town Week 5
Well - as predicted things are getting hairy - but we have made terrific progress this week - we have begun the preparations of the dining room ceiling ready for the delivery of the conservation roof light from The Rooflight Company. We did have a small hiccup when we discovered that the new ridge beam and cross ties that the …