Matching homes for parents
25th October 2016

When Etienne Patterson set about building matching dream homes for himself and his parents in rural Hampshire, he chose the Modus system of doors and windows from EUROCELL, manufacturer, distributor and recycler of window, door, conservatory and roofline products for both houses.

Both homes are equipped with 49 triple-glazed Modus Casement windows and nine French doors, residential doors and stable doors, all finished in agate grey externally and white woodgrain internally.

“Everything had to be cost effective to run and maintain – I don’t want to be climbing ladders to paint windows in 10 years’ time – and clearly energy costs have to be low,” he said.

“This type of house is not intended to have PVC-U, but is meant to be fitted with external doors and windows made of more expensive materials, either all timber, composite or metal. Given that we wanted to achieve efficiency both in energy and cost, Modus offered us both, particularly important was the fact Modus doesn’t have the clumsy welds that many PVC-U systems have and has the elegance and simplicity to fit in and enhance the design of the houses.”

The design of Modus casement windows matched the overall aesthetic of the two houses, he added, and the opening windows are indistinguishable from the non-opening ones, so the appearance is uniform.

“The casement design means the window can have a floating mullion, so the first floor windows work like a patio door, all four bedrooms have units in a line arranged so that the left-hand or right-hand pair can be opened together to provide a massive escape route,” For Etienne, an Incident Commander in the Fire & Rescue Service, this was an important point because, he said: “It means the bedroom windows provide excellent means of escape but they don’t look any different to the rest of the house.”

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