Liverpool-based manufacturer Ideal Modular Homes is positioning itself as a key player in the UK’s ambition to become the world leader in modular building within the next 10 years, as recently outlined by Housing Minister Esther Mcvey, with its new OURhome product.
OURhome is a new range of modular homes that are well-designed, high quality, sustainable and affordable. Starting at £82,000, the homes can be fabricated in just four days, an attractive proposition for both local authorities and private developers who are under mounting pressure from the UK government to meet affordable housing needs quickly, without compromising on sustainability and design.
Placemaking is at the core of this collection, a collaboration with award-winning architects shedkm, moving modular housing into a new era of providing sophisticated contemporary homes that appeal to the widest audience possible by offering extensive choice. The homes can be clad in many materials from brick to timber to metal sheet and there are multiple roof shapes and windows to choose from, as well as entrance doors that can be placed on different sides of the homes, meaning varied streets can be created that echo existing British streetscapes. This means that the OURhome product range is flexible enough to fit into existing communities, or create new ones from scratch.
OURhome properties will be spacious and light with large windows, generous-sized rooms and high-quality interior finishes. All homes meet national and London space standards, are accessible for disabled living and can also be specially adapted for later life living or to meet specific medical needs. Ideal Modular Homes can also work with local authorities and private developers to develop material or design options bespoke to their needs.
Ideal Modular Homes has developed a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to push the boundaries of volumetric construction and enable the application of innovative architecture. A continuous process of quality control at all stages ensures that homes are manufactured to exacting standards, have superior airtightness, better insulation and greater thermal values. As a result, the company says the OURhome properties will keep costs down, cutting annual expenditure on energy bills by more than 50%.
Luke Barnes, Founder and CEO of Ideal Modular Homes said: “The UK housing market is under pressure to deliver on its most ambitious proposals for housing yet. Affordable homes remain top of the Government’s agenda for discussion and with OURhome, we want to help meet quotas with quality housing that adds value to its local environment and is built to last.
“shedkm’s vast experience in the residential sector, has enabled us to combine intelligent, exciting architecture with futuristic manufacturing, to deliver on our founding principle of beautiful high-quality sustainable homes for all.”
“Precision machinery ensures that no waste is created in the production of OURhome homes and once completed, properties are accurate to a tolerance of just 1mm. Every home is certified by BOPAS to the maximum lifestyle standard and comes complete with a 10-year warranty, just like any other new home. From small schemes to developments offering hundreds of new homes, this is the most effective way of delivering new homes.”
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