What is a Shell Home?

Our shell homes are contemporary, low energy buildings, built as a serviced, weather tight external shell, with the inside limited to internal floors and stairs to allow the customer to decide how they want to design and fit it out.

The shell itself comprises:

• A fully watertight, super insulated building, completed externally
• Triple glazed windows, doors and roof windows.
• Internal floors
• Internal stairs
• Insulated ground floor with underfloor heating pipes already laid in a concrete screed.
• Incoming gas, electricity and water, and is fully connected to the surface water and foul water system.
• Garden in excess of 60m²
• Min. 2 private parking spaces with ducting for an EV charger
• Solar panels to reduce bills further (generally 4.5kW)

Working with our award-winning team of our two registered Architects to refine your layout, starting with a shell allows for total internal personalisation – in layout, décor, fixtures and fittings, kitchens and bathrooms, number of bedrooms, renewable technology additions etc. There’s no need to live with something that’s ‘not you’ or pay for a house with either a space you won’t need or the wrong layout.

If you want to learn more about the options for how to fit out a shell home, you can find out more here.

Aside from the environmental benefits, our properties also provide:

• A weathertight high specification shell, so ready for internal fit out immediately
• Floors self-supporting with integral steelwork, so there’s no need to provide additional support so your walls can be put where you want them and altered in the future easily as your needs change
• Ducting for an EV charging point to one of the allocated parking spaces allows future proofing for electric vehicles
• No hidden surprises (unlike a refurbishment project); square walls and brand new, high quality materials throughout
• Warranty backed guarantee