TALO, a specialist in highly sustainable offsite housing solutions, has been awarded its first contract for Frankham Developments in the UK. The scheme at Oregon Square in Orpington, Kent will provide eight ultra-low energy homes for market sale in a new landscaped cul-de-sac.
The development comprises four semi-detached two-bedroom properties and four detached three-bedroom houses. The chalet-style homes are architecturally designed to a high standard in keeping with the residential area and to meet the stringent design requirements of the London Plan.
TALO’s advanced timber superstructure system will be manufactured offsite in Finland to reduce work on site, deliver a higher level of thermal efficiency and to ensure the homes exceed Passivhaus energy standards. This will give homeowners the benefit of much lower running costs and greater certainty of delivery on time and on budget for Frankham.
Each home will have sustainable MVHR (mechanical ventilation and heat recovery), a solar package to power hot water and underfloor heating, and triple-glazed timber windows that will be pre-installed in TALO’s factory for a higher quality finish.
The structures are due to arrive on site in the summer and each home will take just one week to build ready for fitting out and installation of brickwork, render, timber cladding, and roof tiling.
TALO’s revolutionary timber superstructures have been used by housebuilders in Finland and Norway to build around 30,000 homes over the last four decades.
