PVC-U beats timber for £1m homes
30th May 2017

Heritage colours and kerb-side appeal were said to be among the factors that persuaded the planning authorities of Bath that Modus PVC-U windows from EUROCELL were the appropriate alternative to timber on a prime, exposed location near the UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Consisting of 136 homes selling at up to £1 million apiece, the Ensleigh estate is on a former MoD site dating from WW2 that overlooks the city and is near to its race and golf course.

Paul Baker, Regional Managing Director for Bloor Homes South West explained: “The planners originally wanted timber windows but that wouldn’t work for our designs because we wanted to install matching fascias and soffits that fitted beneath considerable eaves. This is on an exposed site at the top of a steep hill so they wouldn’t look great for very long.

“Timber windows, fascias and soffits would require expensive maintenance because of the scaffolding required to paint them. These PVC-U alternatives not only have kerb-appeal but are maintenance-free”.

Bloor Homes South West had also had experience of the product at other developments throughout the region and had found it answered planning department concerns.

Once the Bath and North East Somerset planning department was happy with Bloor’s proposal to use Modus windows in Hazy Grey, it gave the go-ahead for the same product range, but in Agate Grey, to be used at an adjacent development from the other housebuilder.

Plans are now going ahead for each housebuilder to construct a further 40 homes on an extension to the original site, with Modus also specified for this development. Paul Baker says that planners have been visiting the development as Bloor Homes hopes to use Modus in future schemes throughout the South West.

Bloor was supplied by A & B Glass (South West) of Tewkesbury while the neighbouring builder dealt with Leicester-based Unique Windows.

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