Green cash fiasco wastes £1.5bn: Fortune is set to be frittered away amid shambolic rollout of eco-home improvements scheme £2billion in Green Homes Grant was pledged to make homes energy efficient In September scheme promised 600,000 vouchers to homes owners in England More than 23,000 grant vouchers been issued and around £100million paid out Leftover … Read more
A humble suburban garage that was transformed into a luxury six-bedroom home has gone on the market for £1.25million. The stylish eco-friendly property in Rhiwbina, to the north of Cardiff, South Wales, was built on the spot of the garage sitting between houses on a busy hillside road. The ‘up-and-over’ garage was demolished – and replaced … Read more
An Australian millionaire is facing the prospect of demolishing his £4 million eco-home after enraging locals by flouting planning rules to buy a ‘Grand Designs-style monstrosity’ in a sleepy village. Neighbours in the parish of Bothenhampton in Dorset are up in arms at the size of the property built by businessman Kim Hughes and his … Read more
EXCLUSIVE – Garage on Kensington’s ‘millionaire’s row’ – which was bought for £350,000 two years ago – is transformed into £1.2million pint-sized eco-home The run-down garage on Lexham Gardens was bought by David Lonsdale and business partner Hadi Sarmadi The pair snapped it up in February 2019 and spent £550k turning it into a stylish, 70sq … Read more
Fans of Lord of the Rings can buy a hobbit house which is on sale for £320,000 in an eco-village that featured on TV show Grand Designs – and it is bright pink. The property, in Lammas Eco Village in Glandwr, Pembrokeshire, comes complete with outbuildings, stables and six-and-a-half acres of land. The village appeared … Read more
Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville has had to slash the £650,000 asking price of his ‘Teletubbies’ eco-house plot by a quarter, due to a lack of interest. Neville, 45, dreamt up his £8million futuristic carbon-neutral mansion with its own 130ft wind turbine 10 years ago. And after a lengthy row with neighbours – who likened … Read more
Incredible six-bedroom flat-pack eco-home that took less than four days to build after being shipped from Germany goes up for sale for £4.5million The Lookout mansion is an impressive six-bedroom flat-pack home which was built by a family in 2016 As well as six bedrooms, the property also includes a sauna, an infinity pool and … Read more