by Paul
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posted in Good stuff
| tagged as eco homes, eco house, eco houses, george wimpey, milton keynes, oxley park, oxley woods, oxley woods living, repairs, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, RSHP, taylor wimpey, wood newton
Many of you reading this blog will be aware of the open letter sent to Taylor Wimpey, Wood Newton and RSHP last month. Over 30 properties responded with a “Support Slip 1″, which meant that the occupant(s) of those properties supported the open letter, and also they had at least one outstanding issue with their [...]
by Paul
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posted in Eco living, Good stuff, Problems, architecture
| tagged as eco home, eco homes, eco house, eco houses, george wimpey, milton keynes, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, RSHP, wood newton
Well, it’s a full year now since we completed on our Oxley Woods eco house, and it’s been nothing if not eventful! It was 10 days into our ownership, before we moved in, that leaks were first discovered on walls scattered about the house, and I’m writing this from an office with tide marks above [...]
by Paul
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posted in Problems, architecture
| tagged as architecture, eco friendly homes, eco friendly houses, eco hat, eco home, eco homes, eco house, eco houses, george wimpey, leako home, meeting, milton keynes, nuaire, oxley park, oxley woods, oxley woods living, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, taylor wimpey, tyvek, water, water ingress, wood newton
So it seems things are being taken ever more seriously by those involved in the design and construction of our Oxley Woods eco house, and finally the meetings that never happened are due, again, to happen tomorrow. Confirmed today, just to be sure, tomorrow we can expect to be visited by management and staff from [...]