Welcome to Tommy Walsh’s Eco Friendly House
Tommy Walsh, much loved TV DIY guru, has completed his latest project, to build an Eco-friendly house on a 60K plot for a build cost of 60K and in 60 days! But there’s much more to this project than the TV program!
Tommys House Achieves Energy Efficiency Rating Band A
SAP rating is 92 % - The highest ever seen in Fenland
YOU CAN BUILD TOMMY'S HOUSE !
Tommys House is to be marketed in six different formats based on the original concept. 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom versions are available and the first of these is on the market shortly...
Tommys House in March is now For Sale
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The star of Groundforce and Challenge Tommy Has just completed the project, due to be aired on Discovery Realtime commencing 3rd October at 9.00pm and running for 10 weeks. The house, which has already won the accolade of being the most energy efficient ever built in the Fenland District, is proposed as a blueprint for affordable energy efficient housing of the future.
Tommy, pictured here at the half way stage has taken on his biggest challenge yet.
The Concept
The project was inspired by government initiatives to create affordable, sustainable housing and a desire by Tommy to make this housing modern, attractive and desirable. It was also important to create a home that could grow with the developing family.
Tommy's Eco-Friendly House
What its about
The series follows Tommy as he selects the site, endeavours to secure planning approval and begins construction. Tommy and his Team attempt to construct an Eco-friendly Home using materials freely available to the building trade in a new and innovative way. Over the course of ten weeks we follow the construction process and also captures the character and events within the local community. With Tommy are his old mates Willy and Tony as well as lots of new “characters.”
TommysHouse
FOR SALE
£ 187,500
fully furnished
The series, titled "Tommy Walsh's Eco House" was produced by Free Spirit Film & TV and was commissioned by Discovery Real Time (Sky channel 250). The series starts at 9.00pm on 3rd October and will run for ten weeks.
So Where Did It All Start ?
Well the project has been in discussion for just under two years, but I suppose the first time we sat down to search for building plots was spring 2006. The location of the plot was a major factor. We needed somewhere that was within easy driving distance of my home in Hackney and the home of my production company in Birmingham. Cambridgeshire was ideal, half way between both of us and the Fenland area offered lots of building plots at a reasonable price. There was no point building an affordable house on a plot costing a quarter of a million pounds!
