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New Bespoke House
Cockermouth

This project comprises a seven bedroom, detached new build home sited within the established grounds of a large Victorian property, located within a conservation area on the edge of the Lake District in the town of Cockermouth.

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  • Client: Mr & Mrs Bailey
  • Completion: May 2019
  • Project Cost: TBC
  • Procurement Route: Traditional
  • Main Contractor: Irving and Bowers Ltd
  • Structural Engineer: Thomas Armstrong Timber Ltd (Frame Design) / WDS
  • M&E Engineer: RWO Ltd
  • Quantity Surveyor: N/A
  • Project Management: Manning Elliott Partnership
  • Building Regulations: Local Authority
  • Awards: N/A

The house was designed by MEP using a range of new cutting edge prefabricated technologies to help lower its carbon emissions and reduce energy costs for the home owner, including the creation and implementation of a range of accredited timber frame construction details which were employed to save site time and enhance thermal performance.

Ground Source Heating, a renewable and recoverable energy where pipes are sunk into 500m deep boreholes at the rear of the property extract heat energy from the ground to generate 100% energy to heat the house and its domestic hot water.