Self Builders
AROYH can supply a range of standard eco homes: flats, bungalows, terraced and detached or a bespoke house to your design. Unlike most of our competitors, our homes as standard, are Code 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes with Code 5 and Code 6 (a carbon neutral home) possible on a site specific bases.
Our prices vary according to the site, design and level of our involvement, we can deliver a turnkey housing or simply supply the structure.
Our service to individuals includes:
- Meetings with the client to discuss and agree on scheme design.
- Structural calculations on all timber beams and uprights for the Building Regulations.
- Detailed designs for the groundwork's and foundations, with loading tolerances calculated.
- A factory assembled, timber frame house that is deigned to meet the client's detailed needs. This is delivered by low loader to the site and erected to a water tight state within two days.
What we offer additionally:
- Support and guidance in the planning application process
- Architectural services using architects experienced in designing with our system, at very competitive rates
What will be provided by us:
- Timber based structure; walls and roof, including the insulation, batterns and/or ties for the final finishes.
- Intermediate floor cassettes.
- Windows and external doors will be prefixed in the factory; normally timber but we do offer aluminium or PVCu with a choice of internal and external cills.
- All internal walls, with internal doors and linings; this would normally be a plasterboard finished or part glazed as per the agreed design.
- All electrical plug and switch cut out points and conduit are integrated into the walls.
- Service pipes/connections integrated into walls/floors and chimney provided (if needed)
What the client must provide:
- A site with planning permission (or potential to obtain permission)
- Their choice of design and finishes
- A building contractor (or the client) to put groundworks, ground floor substrate on site as the foundations
- A building contractor (or the client) to complete the second fix
What can be done by the client or his/her contractor or by us:
- External wall finishes of your choice, include render, all forms of cladding, some forms of brickwork (slips) etc., are possible on the system; roof finishes can include, concrete tiles, slates, artificial slates and profiled panels can be supplied.
- Heating systems; can be underfloor with ground based, or air based heat pumps. Or standard space heating or biomass/flues; including heat/ventilation and water recovery.
- Sanitary ware can be supplied and fixed either by AROYH, or locally by the client or his/her preferred contractor.
What is to be done by the client or his/her contractor:
- Floors are normally left to you/your contractor to screed/finish to your choice and can include under floor heating systems of any type and timber/laminate etc.
- Internal finishes and fittings.
- Second fix electric's; switch socket outlets and fittings.
- Second fix on heating systems.
- Kitchens will be provided and fitted locally by your contractor.
- External ground works and site development will be done locally by your building contractor.
- Finishes and decorations can again be undertaken by your building contractor.
This is our standard system and approach; but we are open to discussion with you to meet your specific needs.
