Elm Avenue, Beeston

Tours begin at 2:30pm, 3:30pm and 5:30pm. Booking essential (see below)

A detached Edwardian home (with a 1950's extension) in a conservation area, with some internally insulated solid walls. The owners have installed a number of both low and high tech measures, including both cheap and more expensive measures: 

solar panels; h

eat-saving measures including double-glazing, internal insulation of outside walls of some rooms and some floors, loft insulation (plus several more minor measures such as blackout blinds and self closing hinges on some doors to keep heat in rooms); and r

ainwater harvesting for flushing toilets and for garden use.