Bespoke architecturally designed detached villa to be constructed using eco friendly materials on a plot of 800m2 with nice views to the Mediterranean coastline and the Sierra Bernia mountains.
Price to include: fully bespoke Architects project and Building License for a three bedroom villa of 200m2 with 8x4 meter pool, two bathrooms and cloakroom with modern fittings, fully equipped kitchen with separate utility room, technical room and garage.
Full underfloor heating and comfort cooling via the latest air source heat pump, the property will also benefit a grey water system to harvest rain water for irrigation of the garden
This property gives a cost effective and eco-friendly solution that meets the needs of today's environmental concerns and a construction time of only about six months.
Plans and full specification availabkle upon request.
ICF is a simple, composite application of straight forward, but effective, construction technologies. Specially developed insulating form-work is erected on site, and then remains in place after the concrete has been placed in it. From this point on, the form-work provides secondary function to its primary role of shaping the newly placed concrete, as it provides a robust thermal insulation layer that performs for the lifetime of the building.
Construction Method:
ICF systems use either lightweight twin walled expanded polystyrene (EPS), or extruded polystyrene panels (XPS), or blocks. These are built on site to create form-work walls. Once in place, the form-work is filled with the ready mixed concrete. Walls one storey high can be completed in one day, and will be ready to take the roof or floor construction the following day.
Once the concrete has cured, there's no need to remove the form-work. It stays in place where it is, providing complete thermal insulation for the finished building. The interlocking polystyrene blocks can give a uniform, smooth surface ready to take most forms of direct internal finish or external cladding or render finishing.
ICF has been used by many architects across North America and Continental Europe for many years. The fast track, low energy benefits of designing buildings using ICF are now more widely understood, and specified, by architects within the UK.