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House Designs: The Green Dream - The Abita Barn

The House Designs

Due to popular demand, we have published the floor plans and computer-generated elevation of both homes featured on our ITV television show - House Race. Please note that we cannot reproduce these exact houses and the designs are here to get you started.

Benfield ATT's speciality is bespoke self-build homes, so please feel free to create your own design...

If you need help designing your Self Build Home visit timbertecs the professional services company from Benfield ATT


The Benfield ATT Green Dream Home

Ian and Victoria's home was built around an 'environmentally sensitive' philosophy. Their architects were Bill Flinn from Greenheart and Jeremy Dain from Inscape, both of which work closely with Benfield ATT. Both practices are committed to sustainability in building: the use of natural, locally sourced materials; high insulation standards; designs which take full advantage of passive solar gain and natural ventilation; and avoiding materials that are harmful to people and to the environment.

Although both houses use sustainable materials wherever possible, the Green Dream home will go one step further with solar panels to generate electricity and a sedum roof (a layer of plants that will help insulate the house).

Green Dream Homes House Race TV programme
House Race plan; ground floor plans
ITVs HouseRace TV show house information
House race ITV Discovery homes


Bullring house race site birmingham


The Benfield ATT Contemporary 'Shaker' Barn

Ray and Joanne's Shaker-style house was designed to resemble a period building such as a barn. However, whilst the outside will look rustic, the inside is very cool and contemporary with plenty of big open plan spaces.

The house will also get plenty of natural light - one side (plus part of the roof) will be mostly glass with huge windows and patio doors. The architect helping them was Graham Frecknall, again Benfield ATT work very closely with Graham.

ITV Benfield ATT House Race TV Show houses
benfield ATT House race ITV Discovery House Example
House Race houses selfbuild timber frame home
ITV House race Abita Hulses house
 

Chartered Building Consultancy - timber frame, OSM (off-site manufacture) and engineered timber structure advisors. Timber Research and Development Association – our work with TRADA ensures high quality, eco-friendly engineered Timber Frame build projects. The Green Register of Construction Professionals - Benfield ATT's membership demonstrates our passion for environmentally sustainable timber frame self-builds, new homes, schools and social housing for local housing authorities AECB - Association of Environment Conscious Building – our FSC certified timber frame is endorsed by The Ecology Building Society Impact Upon Society Big Tick Award from Business in the Community – BITC – award-winning timber frame company within the Timber-frame industry TRA - Trussed Rafter Association – our membership assures Timberframe Trusses, Trussed Rafters, roofs and complex and innovative roofscapes are quality HBF - the only developer partnering timber frame company to be members of the House Builders Federation. Wales Quality Centre – members and committee members, we ensure the highest quality, especially when coupled with ISO 9001, FSC certification and Q-Mark Plus standards RICS - Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, assures our customers of our professionalism in wood and timber frame building and developing and surveying
Benfield ATT FSC-Certified Engineered Timber Structures do not cost the Earth.
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