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Camden Town

Replacement Four Bedroom Eco-House
Design
KIN
Contract Value
Circa Β£600k
Project Description

The clients of this project live in close proximity to our RIBA award-winning Max Fordham House. They followed the progress of the build and were impressed by how clean and tidy we kept the site and how we managed relationships with neighbours. We were the natural choice to build a replacement house for them on an equally challenging site on a one way mews with no outside storage space.

The existing house to be demolished is very cold in winter and hot in summer with a poor layout that does not make the most of the site. The clients approached Bow Tie Construction with planning permission for a house that had not been designed with thermal comfort and energy performance in mind. The construction cost was also outside their budget. We worked with KIN to improve and value-engineer the design, retaining many of the key features of the home while also designing out certain defects and reducing the build price. As part of this enhancement we installed the Tribus 4Walls system as an insulated airtight structure. It’s slim profile makes it ideal for London projects where land values are so high.

As is standard in all our new-build projects, we are designing the entire in house in 3D prior to going on site. This saves considerable time and reduces project risk as many key components and high value items can be sized from the model prior to breaking ground. The M&E design can be checked for any clashes.

“Rafael demonstrated a great knowledge in respect of building work and was able to draw plans and give advice regarding interior design.”

– Carole R

β€œThe house definitely meets expectations and exceeds them in some areas, the heat comfort is very big, the noise is much less than it was, overall very happy with it.”

– Francis M

β€œI was delighted with Bow Tie Construction and have recommended them to several friends and neighbours.”

– Toni M

β€œWe had a lot of people stay over Christmas, some quite elderly, who were concerned about being in a big old house in Winter and being cold and we received a lot of complements on the comfort and easy warmth. There is no higher accolade than complements on your house from your mother-in-law!”

– Toni M

“I have enormous respect for Bow Tie as a contractor: It’s a real pleasure not having constant battles and headaches from a builder trying to do the bare minimum.”

– Justin Bere

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