September 2024
This month we talk to Ben and Richard about how they have improved their listed cottage after experiencing a very cold house during their first winter there.
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Reducing High Heating Costs in a Cold Listed Cottage
This month we talked to Ben and Richard about how they have improved their listed cottage after experiencing a very cold house during their first winter there. Ben and Richard live in Mill Cottage in Littlebury, a cottage formed from two original 18th Century dwellings with a 20thCentury kitchen extension and a 21st Century second extension. The
Home Improvements to an all-Electric House
This month we look at an example of improvement options for a house with existing storage heating. Cliff and Fiona Snow have lived in Rookery Lane, Wendens Ambo since 1998. The cottage was built around 1840, and has several extensions. Heating is via electric storage heaters, with LPG gas fire back-up. The cottage has never
Listed Building with Retrofitted Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP)
Charlie Wittich lives with his wife and two children in a Grade 2 Listed (applies to whole house), 4 bed house in the Littlebury Conservation Area. The house is in 3 sections – an original 1560 part fronting the high street and mid-1800’s and mid-1900’s extensions. The house had a very old oil boiler when