House 3 FOR SALE in September 2025
How to buy: Contact us.
A rare opportunity to buy an Eco-house in Hockerton Housing Project: Community living in an eco development, extensive outside space, food growing, low carbon energy supply, community building and resources, house and private garden with room for a family 4/5 bedrooms, on site work/income available, resilient against climate shocks, near to schools and facilities, low impact living, talk to us now:
One of the most energy efficient homes in the UK, nestled in the rural village of Hockerton, near the bustling country town of Southwell and in the Hockerton Housing Project a world-renowned sustainable development. It sits in the heart of the community here. You can join the change with us.
We all value clean air and a good place to live, specially to bring up children. An ideal place to grow up in as a child. This home offers a fantastic opportunity to live in a house fit for the future. Warm and comfortable living with built in resilience and community all around. The house space is flexible and full of light with a very spacious conservatory to the south.
BUY AN ECO HOME IN HOCKERTON
It is built based on the earth sheltered high mass designs of world renown architects Dr Robert and Prof Brenda Vale. This is a very rear chance to live the dream in a sustainable development.
So how to buy this eco home 3 Gables Drive Hockerton. Please make enquiries via our email address contact@hockertonhousingproject.org.uk . We can send you the brochure, arrange a viewing and enable you to meet the neighbours. It will be available to move into from September 2025.
This home can align your values with your living space, it’s a house fit for the future. The garden overlooks the lake, spacious and teaming with wildlife. There is also the opportunity to join the community business and share the facilities; Wind turbines, PV systems and self-contained water works.
The local pub is just a short walk away. Southwell just over the hill and offers good schools, shops, restaurants and many other amenities within a thriving community.
As Simon said “This is the largest house in the development and offers the most space for a family. The super insulated earth sheltered design with an internal heat battery works very well indeed at keeping heating bills to a minimum and the environmental impact low. It is adaptable to a 4 or 5 bedroom home suitable for families. It would be an ideal place to grow up in!”
Full details available in the sale brochure upon request.
We are helping the owners sell this property so Contact us now before it’s gone to arrange a viewing and put your offer in.
Property Location:
3 Gables Drive, Hockerton, Southwell, Notts NG25 0QU.
Tenure: 999-year lease with annual peppercorn rent in perpetuity.
Price: TBC will take offers.
Eco homes or passive house or green houses come with many names but this is a very special opportunity!
Contact us now before it’s gone to arrange a viewing and put in your offer.
Move to Gable Drive Hockerton Nottinghamshire Contact us Almost gone! SSTC now sold, HOWEVER THERE IS NOW 2024 A HOUSE FOR SALE IN HHP, FIND OUT MORE.
There is a unique opportunity to purchase one of the most energy efficient homes in the UK, nestled in the rural village of Hockerton, near the bustling country town of Southwell and next door to the Hockerton Housing Project a world-renowned sustainable development.
SOLD Eco home lake view Gables Drive Hockerton
This home offers a fantastic opportunity to live in a house fit for the future. Warm and comfortable living with built in resilience. The space is flexible and full of light with a very spacious conservatory to the south. The garden is landscaped, spacious and teaming with wildlife. The house sits close to other “eco” houses with a good social feel. The local pub is just a short walk away. Southwell just over the hill offers good shops, restaurants, schools and many other amenities within a thriving community. Full details available in the sale brochure here. The super insulated earth sheltered design works very well indeed at keeping bills to a minimum and the environmental impact low. It is a 2 or 3 bedroom home so suitable for singles to small families. It would be an ideal place to grow up in! So “How to buy an eco home in Nottinghamshire”,
Contact us now before it’s gone to arrange a viewing and put in your offer.
Property Location:
Gables Drive, Hockerton, Southwell, Notts NG25 0QU.
Tenure: 999-year lease with annual peppercorn rent in perpetuity.
Guide Price: Offers sought over £392 000 for quick sale.
According to The Move Market Last sold for £360 000 in 2016 and now worth £408 000
Eco homes or passive house or green houses come in many names but this is a very special opportunity!
How to buy an eco home in Nottinghamshire –
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Video tour here
The new external brick skin of the walls is now built up, and the cavity created between that and the original solid concrete walls has been fully-filled with insulation.
Wall insulation showing in new cavity at front door
The insulation is between 250-300mm thick; the variance is due to the fact that the original walls had shifted slightly over time, so in some places the cavity was slightly wider than others, and we took every opportunity to get in as much insulation as possible! You can also see in the photo above that the cavity extends down below ground level, to the bottom of the original wall foundations, and insulation was packed down here as well to minimise thermal bridging from the internal floor to outside.
Wall insulation being packed into the cavity at roof level
The photo above shows the insulation being packed into the cavity just below the existing eaves. The insulation is then continued up over the top of the original wall, between the rafters and into the roof space to again minimse thermal bridging at the top of the original walls. This is the weak point of the overall insulated envelope however, as the void over the orignal wall between the rafters only allowed for around 150mm of insulation. The roof was then extended by two rows of tiles to meet the corbelled external skin.
Wall cavity at an opening showing wall tie
The photo above shows the newly created cavity at one of the windows, and if you click on the photo to expand it you can just see the wall tie spanning the cavity four brick courses down. These ties were secured into the original wall by drilling a hole and inserting the tie with a mortar fill and they then span the cavity and are secured in the mortar layer of the external skin. The ties used are Teplo Ties from Ancon, which can be cut to length; traditional ties do not come in sufficient length for this sized cavity.
In order the take advantage of the thermal mass of the existing solid concrete walls, and turn them into a heat store for the houses, we are building a new external wall and incorporating a large (250mm) cavity fully-filled with insulation between the two walls. This significant layer of insulation will stop the heat absorbed by the existing solid walls transferring to the outside of the houses and being lost, as it does at present.
Before we build these new external walls, a couple of steps are required first:
- Removal of the existing bays on the houses to make it easier to build a single wall right across the front
- Addition of new foundations on which to build up the new walls
The video below shows the houses with the bays removed and the new foundations being laid. The new foundations were combined with underpinning for the existing walls to make the overall structure more secure.
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Its an Aero chocolate bar in reverse of course!
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(not that we’re endorsing a Nestle product)
