[Strawbale] Mortgages on SB houses in the UK

[Andrew Wilkinson]

Neale,

apologies for late response to your email - I have been away..

It look likes I inadvertently started a discussion about misleading insurance 
companies re straw bale descriptions,which was not my intention at all!  I shall 
phrase my comments more carefully on such matters in future.

The builds I have been working on recently are not "commercial" houses in that 
they are effectively self builds for owner occupier use. 

It is my intention to do my own build at some point in the near future (either 
in the UK or Australia ) and I am confident that such a house would be highly 
desirable on the open market if I needed to sell as it would rate as an A 
regarding Energy Performance Certificate.  Indeed, its ecological credentials 
and low energy running costs would add value and I suspect therefore command a 
premium even in todays depressed housing market.

regards
Andrew







________________________________
From: Neale Brickwood <neale.brickwood at googlemail...>
To: European strawbale building discussions <strawbale at amper....muni.cz>
Sent: Fri, 9 July, 2010 16:43:00
Subject: Re: [Strawbale] Mortgages on SB houses in the UK

Hi Andrew

Thanks for your reply, ive managed to find out quite a bit now as its research 
for a Msc. 

Are you actually building at the moment and going to sell?



Regards

Neale

neale.brickwood at googlemail...
07798854867

www.ikonland.com

Ikon Land and New Homes Limited
The coach House
2 hereford Road
Southsea
Portsmouth
PO5 2DH 

On 9 Jul 2010, at 11:25, Andrew Wilkinson wrote:

Neale,
>
>
>I am currently working on two newbuilds in Yorkshire.  Whilst I don't have any 
>direct experience of Open Market sales, I am aware that a main financier of such 
>mortgages would be the Ecology Building Society.  I am also aware that in the 
>recent past , those seeking to insure their houses have referred to straw bale 
>load bearing houses as "timber frame with cellulose insulation" to overcome 
>insurance company concerns.
>
>
>regards
>Andrew  
>
>
>
________________________________
From: Neale Brickwood <neale.brickwood at googlemail.com>
>To: Strawbale at amper....muni.cz
>Sent: Fri, 9 July, 2010 13:21:12
>Subject: [Strawbale] Mortgages on SB houses in the UK
>
>Hi
>
>I'm researching SB housing in the UK and am trying to find out if any  
>have been built for sale on the open market and if so what the  
>purchasers experiences were in mortgaging the property and who the  
>lenders were
>
>If anyone can help it would be much appreciated
>
>Regards
>
>Neale
>
>neale.brickwood at googlemail...
>07798854867
>
>www.ikonland.com
>
>Ikon Land and New Homes Limited
>The coach House
>2 hereford Road
>Southsea
>Portsmouth
>PO5 2DH
>
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