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Dream Homes The Freedom to Build Your Home, Your Way Classic North American Classic Australian Classic Scandinavian Thirty years ago a few discerning home owners, architects, builder, developers and other construction professionals began to recognise the value of using timber to construct high comfort, energy saving, draft free, affordable homes. Emulating Scandinavian, Swiss, North
American and other countries where extreme weather conditions have made
this an essential choice when specifying both new and rebuild projects,
firms were established to import fully manufacture Timber frame is now the fastest growing sector of the building industry. With wood and wood composite materials produced by an environmentally conscious sustainable forests industry, the UK Timber Frame Association reported a 25% increase in output for 2002. This is not surprising, since with over 70% of the rest of the world opting for timber frame, the UK has a lot to catch up from its present base of 12%. Freed from the constraints
of former years Green Dream Homes now brings all
forward thinking home owners, developers, architects, self builders, specifiers and their
financiers the ability to choose from the best of all possible worlds. By combining the most
advanced methods and materials with our advanced timber technologies and designs
we offer a choice of specifications, styles,
and timber frame 'kit' home packages on a self With freedom to design your own home exactly as you want it, subject to any local planning constraints you can have medieval green oak timbering, soaring ceilings, or straw bale insulation. And all the time you can select just what finish, standard and costs you wish to use, knowing that they will all be manufactured, delivered and erected to the highest possible timberframe standards. Locate your own building site, or use our
extensive connections and facilities to find plots of land for you. Use a Get the freedom to build your home, your way now. Start by reviewing the sample plans and styles in this section, then choose what specifications you might like, move on to linking this to the site or choice of general location you have in mind, and consider what you think might be the best way to design and build your Green Dream Home.
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wooden houses. Many were adapted to mimic the appearance of brick
and block 'wet build' properties, perceived at that time by agents and
lending institutions as necessary to secure future marketability.
But today the excessive caution of these institutions is shown to
have been completely unfounded. 
select
menu package basis for selfbuilders, contractors, select site developers and
others. You choose the type and size of wood to be used, what
timber treatments you want applied (if any), how and when your house should be
insulated, what type and finish you want for your windows and doors, whether you
want solar, geothermal or multi fuel heating, heat recovery, windmill or
photo-voltaic electricity, high energy saving glass, and so on. 
local
surveyor to check the size, soil and site conditions, as well as access
restrictions, or use our specialist site surveying services. Check things out
with the local planning officers yourself, or work with our national team of
professional planners to do this for you. Appoint your own architect, or
work up your design direct with our highly experienced technical timber frame
design specialists. Engage a main building contractor and/or sub
contractors direct, or use our nationwide network of approved builders for the
general building and finishing works. Handle excavations, foundations and
drainage designs and works on a local basis, or use our design and build
services to get you 'out of the ground' in the cheapest and quickest way
possible. Use your builders or a local carpenters to erect the scaffolding
and timber frame,
or let our experienced, specialist teams take the worries of co-ordination and
completion off your hands. Wait for your own roofing contractors to felt,
batten and tile your house, or let our erection teams cover the roof before
fitting the windows and doors to leave you with a wind and watertight structure
that you can use for secure storage. Look after all of the above - and
more - yourself, or appoint us to 'project manage' your development. 
