Eco-House For Sale
 
 
We are selling our warm and beautiful Eco Home, situated in The Park, in a private location, at the heart of Pineridge. Findhorn Community, Scotland.
 
Designed to our own specification this three bedroom Eco (Mobile) house is immaculately presented. Completed in 2010.
Lovingly built to high eco build standards using primarily local and eco materials.
 
Originally designed to meet our needs as a small family, and also as a space for us to hold workshops and community gatherings, 234 pineridge is contemporary, functional and homely. With special attention to detail and loving use of natural and raw materials. This is a labor of love and a very beautiful home.
 
Key features:
•    Octagonal living space
•    En-Suit Master Bedroom
•    Spa Bathroom
•    Study/Bedroom 2
•    Child/Guest Bedroom 3
•    Utility room/Toilet
•    Double Glazed
•    Fireplace
•    Solid Oak Kitchen
 
Full description:
 
The property is less than one mile from the harbor and beaches of Findhorn Bay, four miles from Forres and twenty four miles from Inverness Airport. Nestled in the heart of the Findhorn eco community amongst the trees and wildlife.
 
This property will appeal to anyone wishing to live in an environmentally friendly home within the Findhorn Foundation. Particularly suitable for a couple or a small family.
 
The outside comprises Scottish Spruce, internal wall partitions are filled with sheep wool, windows double-glazed with excellent UV value.
 
Woolen carpeted living room. Solid oak floors in all other rooms. Wood burning stove with back boiler. Majority of doors are sliding-doors to maximize use of space.
 
 
 
The rooms compromise of:
 
  • Pine front Deck: solid oak post box, outdoor sockets
  • Entrance hall: solid Oak flooring, built in bench, coat hangers, round window
  • Utility Room: Eco Washing machine, sink, toilet, storage, hot water tank with electric back up
  • Living room: Spacious pine paneled octagonal room, woolen carpet – suitable for small groups/workshop space. Unique cream color wood burning stove with back boiler, round window, skylight, built-in shelving, home cinema system which includes DVD/Blu-ray online Player, Projector, Surround sound system wired into the walls.
  • Solid Oak kitchen: gas-hob, electric cooker, Smeg fridge, dining table
  • Study/Office: with built-in shelving and desk, can be easily converted into a second bedroom. Phone and internet sockets.
  • Small Bedroom: for single bed, ideal as child/guest bedroom or storage
  • Master Bedroom: Adjoining bathroom, built in wardrobes, large mirror, French doors, views to the quiet garden
  • Spa Bathroom: Japanese wooden bath, Turkish copper sink, toilet and Steam-Jet Shower unit
  • Other: Curtains, blinds, fire sensors & equipment, fixtures and some furniture are included in the sale
  • Lovely garden: Apple tree, mature trees and shrubs, tap and outdoor sockets, rain harvesting barrels and outdoor lights, two enclosed gas bottles, firewood storage

 

  • Central heating and hot water are from the back boiler (heated by the wood burning stove) with electric backup
  • Wired for Telephone and Broadband connection
  • Electric “Owl” meter, to monitor your electric usage
  • The house is around 87 sqm. internal space
 
The Findhorn Foundation Eco-Village, has an extremely low overall carbon footprint. A small wind farm provides the electricity needs and timber for fuel is available locally. The sky is big, the air is clean and the weather unusually sunny for the North of Scotland. Transport links by air and rail are close by. Car share schemes are available locally, and the flat terrain is ideal for cycling. An organic local shop stocks a wide range of produce.
 
This is a unique opportunity to acquire a property in The Park in this Price Range, as most Findhorn Eco-Houses cost between £200,000 and £400,000 while caravans/bungalows cost between £10,000 and £50,000. With an Eco-Mobile-home you benefit from both worlds – While you live in a high quality built Eco-house, there are
·      No Hoco Park-services charge
·      No THA membership charge
·      Low (Band A) council tax
.      No Stamp Duty Fee
.      Legaly no Solicitor fees needed, as FF/NFD holds the transaction process
 
By purchasing our Eco-Mobile-Home, you also get the NFD Site-agreement moved to your name, this legally entitles you to live on that land, your rights of tenure are protected by The Mobile Home Act (1983).
 
The Mobile Homes Act (1983) provides residents with various rights, which are enforceable through the civil courts. Those rights include:
•    Security of tenure
•    the right to sell a mobile home on a site
•    the right to give a mobile home to a member of the resident's family
•    rights concerning the inheritance of a mobile home
•    the right to have a written agreement setting out both the site owner's and the resident's responsibilities
 
As the eco mobile owner, you would own the house – the land is leased/rented from The Findhorn Foundation, through NFD.
 
The agreement is permenantly renewed every five years to all private mobile home owners in The Park by NFD, for more details please contact the Caravan Park Office(NFD). Ground Rent is currently around £100 a month.
 
Please notice, that every effort was made to build our Eco-Mobile-Home to comply with The Caravan Sites Act 1968 as it was updated in 2006 in England. (The law is currently under a lengthy process of also being updated under Scottish Parliament). However notice that the build of self-designed Eco-Mobile homes (rather than brand unit manufactured Park-Homes) is a new area in the UK. Organizations such as IPHAS and PHLAGS are working very hard to improve the laws which deal with mobile homes and caravan parks, as these laws were mostly written in the 1960’s and 1980’s.
For more information you can look up:
Please notice that our build was approved by the Findhorn Park-Planning-Group, and supported by NFD and FF Assets department.
We are happy to discuss any questions with regards to these issues with any prospective buyers.
 
Building Specifications:
 

 

Foundation:                                   Concrete 500x500x500 cubes x 15

 

Floor Structure:                             295mm I-beams

                                                         Insulated with 200mm Rockwool

                                                         Frame-wrap for wind-tightness

                                             Sterlingboard 22mm for water-tightness and air-tightness

                                                         Finished floor in solid oak and carpet

 

Walls:                                              Spruce CLS timberframe 200mm

                                                         Sterlingboard counter batten

                                                         Insulated with 200mm Rockwool

                                                         Frame-wrap for wind-tightness

                                       Sterlingboard 15mm for air-tightness and structural strength

                                                         Spruce Cladding 19mm thick treated with ronseal

                                                         Plasterboard plain 12.5mm for internal finish

                                                         Keim mineral paints

 

Ceiling:                                           Sterling counter batten

                                                         Insulated with 300mm Rockwool

                                                         Frame-wrap for wind-tightness

                                                         Sterlingboard 11mm for air-tightness

                                                         Plasterboard plain 12.5mm for inside finish

                                                         T&G pineboards for lounge ceiling

                                                         Keim mineral paints

 

Roof Structure:                              Spruce CLS and Sterlingboard 11mm beams

                                                         Spruce CLS 67x38 Underframe

                                                         Box profile Tin

 

Partitions:                                       Spruce CLS stud 90mm

                                                         Insulated with Sheep Wool

                                                         Sterlingboard 11mm

                                                         Plasterboard plain 12.5mm

 

Windows/doors:                           Windows and external doors Spruce Timber frame U-value 1.1

                                                         double glazed 4-16-4

                                                         Panel pine internal doors

 

Heating system:                         Thermaflow 180 boiler with electric immersion heater

                                                     Wood burning stove with back boiler and radiators

                                                            

 
 
We invite only offers over £159,000
For further information please email Eran Backler
10% of the sale goes back to the community
 
Viewing is by appointment only, with our current tenants,
Please call James 01309691342
 

Notice the house will only become available on the 3rd May 2012,Completion of sale cannot be executed before that date.

 

 
To read the blog about our building process including picures- Click here 
 

 

View from kitchen into study, small bedroom, and living space

Large livngroom windows

Living room,showing some of shelving space and door to kitchen

Fireplace and shelving in livingroom

Kitchen, before the windows were fitted

Bathroom (before windows were fitted)

 

 

 

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