5 reasons to build with a timber frame kit system.
Building your own home can be one of the most stressful and financially taxing undertakings of your life. However the reward is a bespoke home that can provide your dream place to live, and afford you a serious advantage in the property market.
Undertaking a self build will typically yield a significant capital gain advantage, over buying from the existing market. What’s more you will have a bespoke building that’s tailored to the needs and tastes of you and your family.
However the pitfalls in this approach are well documented, just watch any Grand Designs episode and you will often see budgets spiral out of control and relationships strain. So how can you take the pain out of this process?
We believe that undertaking a design and build package using a timber frame kit home can help de-stress the whole process and infer real advantages over a conventional brick and block construction.
1. Continuity
By undertaking a design and build contract such as our offering, you can be sure the architect is designing a building that will work in a practical context and has a strong motivation to keep costs down. Furthermore by engaging an architect such as SDC on a design and build contract you can avoid paying VAT on your design fees. We will be with you every step of the way to ensure your project is successful.
2. Speed
By choosing offsite manufacture and timber frame you can save huge amounts of time. Our timber frame system and Passive Slab foundation can be manufactured simultaneously. This way a kit home can be manufactured in a fraction of the time of a conventional build and is not subject to the same weather constraints. Once our kit home flat packs arrive on site, they are assembled in a matter of days. This speed also reduces the prelim costs of maintaining the site.
3. Sustainability
Timber frame construction is naturally more suited to reducing a buildings energy use. More insulation can be incorporated into a thinner wall and our unique twin-wall design eliminates thermal bridges. The result is one of the most energy efficient building envelopes on the UK market currently. We provide airtightness services to gaurantee passivhaus performance or below. Another advantage is that our timber frame system has significantly lower embodied CO2 emissions than a block work construction. By using a lightweight timber frame, you can massively reduce the amount of expensive and high carbon concrete in the foundations.
4. Ease
By using one port of call for your project you can massively simplify the process. This enables you to get a much clearer handle on build costs from an early stage, as we offer both slab foundation and timber frame services, you have to deal with fewer subcontractors and can ensure a quality assurance process from the ground up. Our system also allows easy integration of MVHR systems through metal webbing joists, and provides a service void for easy installation or mechanical and electrical services. Our system also allows for precise installation of dry lining and second fix elements with tolerances of 2mm or less.
5. Cost
All the above reasons show clearly how building kit home using offsite timber frame methods can save you thousands on your build project. With lower fees and associated costs combined with up to a 90% reduction in energy bills from building using our passive build package, and much easier follow on for finishing work, it’s no wonder this type of build is the fastest growing market in the UK.
