12th April 2010

Come and visit our new Ecohome at the Grand Designs Live 2010

Please come and visit our new lifestyle product: The Ecohome at the Grand Village, Grand Designs Live, London.

6th October 2009

Haulfryn Leisure Group to build an Eco Leisure Development

Eco Leisure Living Ltd are proud to announce the sale of their eco modular homes to one of the UK's leading holiday home specialists, The Haulfryn Group.

The Haulfryn Group are a family owned company, celebrating 75 years next year, offering the best choice of homes set in stunning surroundings in locations one can normally only dream of. The company own 21 holiday locations in some of the most desirable parts of Britain, with 11 in North Wales and 10 in England. Haulfryn also owns and operates a further 30 residential parks in England.

Eco Leisure Living met the Haulfryn Group at the 2009 Caravan Extravaganza Weekend in Yorkshire in September 2009. Eco Leisure Living showcased their new eco modular home built from a recycled structure formally part of a London University building.

The Haulfryn Group want to be ahead of the game in the leisure industry by providing something new to their customers as well as looking at building an eco leisure development at one of their existing sites, Finlake Park in Devon.

Haulfryn Group's, Chief Executive; Rod Tucker said:
"We are very excited about being able to bring Eco Leisure Living's new and unique product to our customers. Haulfryn Group always looks to be at the cutting edge of holiday home design, and for many years have commissioned new designs from a variety of manufacturers.

The exclusive interior of the Eco Modular Lodge has been very well designed with a good mix of modern finishes that blend well with the traditional timber used. The design and flare of the layout maximises available space and captures the vision of holiday home living exceptionally well.

Our green credentials are important to us. In all aspects we look to protect the environment and these distinctive styles of living will undoubtedly enhance Finlake and fit into the beautiful woodland setting at our premier and award winning park perfectly."

Andrew Foreman, Chairman of Eco Leisure Living Ltd said:
"We are very excited to be providing such a prestigious leisure company as the Haulfryn Group our eco modular living homes. We have already visited Finlake in Devon and believe it to be a beautiful setting for our eco modular homes. Eco Leisure Living has been well received in all markets for not only lodges but also permanent homes, hotels and apartments. It is brilliant to think we can provide customers with contemporary living spaces in a variety of configurations for a variety of uses using buildings that would otherwise be decommissioned or sent to landfill."

16th September 2009

Eco Leisure Living to appear at Grand Designs Live

Modular Living; the future of affordable housing

Eco Leisure Living are to unveil their new Low Carbon omission, stylish modular homes for the first time ever, at Grand Designs live, Birmingham this Weekend.

A first of its kind, designed and built entirely from existing modular buildings, and from a mere £60,000, Eco Modular living are revolutionising the future of low cost, low emission, affordable living.

Grand Designs Live offers the UK's first opportunity to see and experience these new builds, with the first full scale Live base model, at Grand Designs Live, Birmingham from Friday 9th – Sunday 11th at the NEC.

Eco Leisure Living form part of the Catfoss Group, which has over 25 years experience in the modular buildings industry. The base model is constructed from recycled steel structures clad with a super insulated shell, a radical approach to reducing the carbon footprint of your self-build project.

This unique ecological approach reinvents the home to create a stylish contemporary living structure that smacks of individuality whilst meeting the government requirements for reducing our global carbon output.

By reusing the basic components of an existing building, carbon omissions and energy use during construction are greatly reduced. The double whammy for the environment is the reduction of construction material waste and the use of waste materials that would normally end up going to landfill.

*Maginnis, Chief Executive of The Modular and Portable Building Association commented:
"It is a well known fact in our industry sector, however not well publicised, that the use of pre-owned modular buildings is the most environmental friendly method of construction and a highly sustainable alternative to new build and disposal of buildings in landfill sites. Pre-owned modular buildings generate less than 10 per cent of the carbon omissions and use less than 3 per cent of the energy during construction compared to a newly manufactured building"

Eco Leisure Living's base model is a single storey, 2 bedroom, recycled, galvanized structure which exceeds current building regulation specifications and can be manufactured to achieve Low and Zero carbon rating where desired.

Any building can be redesigned in 21 days and installed in less than a day. Designs vary from one modular, single storey structures to multi-storey options. Eco Leisure Living's bespoke service allows you to decide your own configuration based on your desired square footage and site requirements. The revolutionary low carbon accommodation comes with a range of guarantees; a minimum 50 years for galvanized structural frames to 30 years maintenance free on our Thermowood cladding option.

Whether specifying their base model or Zero Carbon Home, Eco Leisure Living can integrate and provide site specific renewable energy solutions, wild flower roofing, rainwater harvesting and recycling systems, low energy appliances, smart monitoring and regionally sourced materials to achieve a proven environmentally compliant solution. These sustainable solutions can be tailored for homes, apartments, holiday homes and even hotels.

Eco Leisure Living will be unveiling their first ever modular home in the Grand Village sponsored by first direct at Grand Designs Live Birmingham, from Friday 9th – Sunday 11th October 2009 at the NEC.

Visitors will have the chance to come and take a look at the home, walk around and see why this unique structure is the most sustainable home of the future.

Previously only seen at our London show, the Grand Village sponsored by first direct, explores a series of new build eco dwellings that demonstrate the ways in which architects and designers are pushing the boundaries of design and construction to create and build the most advanced, energy efficient homes.

The Grand Village sponsored by first direct will host some of the most innovative and ground-breaking builds boasting the utilization of healthy and sustainable materials, systems and finishes.

(*) Source: Jackie Maginnis, Chief Executive of The Modular and Portable Building Association, Article: Green Issues and Modular Buildings, Published in Education Business, www.educationbusinessuk.com, Posted: 14th Apr 2009

4th September 2009

Eco Leisure Living launches recycled holiday lodge

Recycling buildings – Revolutionary for the future of Eco Living

Eco Leisure Living Ltd are the first in the industry to recycle existing buildings to create stylish homes, apartments, holiday homes and hotels. Buildings formally used as classrooms or office space are taken by Eco Leisure Living and transformed into sleek, understated living spaces. By reusing the basic components of a building, such as floors, roofs and steel structures, carbon omissions and energy use during construction are reduced.

Eco Leisure Living Ltd showcased their base model, a modular home, at 2009 Caravan Extravaganza Weekend in Cottingham Yorkshire in September 2009. With over 170 holiday-homes, lodges and park home companies on view Eco Leisure Living certainly stood out from the crowd, attracting a frenzy of press as well as leisure park owners and some serious onlookers from neighboring exhibitors!

The base model is constructed from recycled steel structures that were part of a University in a former life. Eco Leisure Living's unique ecological approach reinvents the building to create a stylish contemporary living structure that smacks of individuality. The living structures can be tailored for homes, apartments, holiday homes and even hotels. Eco Leisure Living's radical approach to reducing the carbon footprint is the first of its kind in the building industry.

Our base model is a single storey, 2 bedroom, recycled, galvanized structure which exceeds BS3632 lodge specifications and can be manufactured to comply to full building regulations for permanent dwellings. Any building can be redesigned in 21 days and installed in less than a day. Our designs vary from one modular, single storey structures to multi-storey options. Eco Leisure Living’s bespoke service allows you to decide your own configuration based on your desired square footage. Our low carbon accommodation comes with a range of guarantees; a minimum 50 years for galvanized structural frames to 30 years maintenance free on thermowood cladding option. Environmental extras include, wind energy solutions, ground source heat pumps, green roofs, rain and grey water harvesting, solar hot water and heating systems.

The company form part of the Catfoss Group, which has over 25 years experience in the modular buildings industry.