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area of 76 square metres. All of the homes have two double bedrooms for the occupant and their carer, with the master bedroom featuring an accessible shower ‘wet room’. Internal living spaces rise to one-and-a-half storeys with a glazed outlook to the open countryside beyond, whilst the quiet bedrooms are located towards the interior of the site. Each unit has also incorporated two car parking


earlier high-quality developments in our parish, in company with our superb Youth and Community Centre and arguably the best-designed village development in Ville Du Bocage and the adjacent La Grande Piece.”


The homes are arranged in seven pairs of semidetached units and each of the homes is an attractive modern construction with a total floor


spaces and 50 square metres of private amenity space to the rear, whilst the warden unit is located at first floor level over Units 13 and 14 and comprises two bedrooms totalling 78 square metres. In order to create a contemporary and sustainable development, the units feature a traditional pitched pantile roof that has been constructed from glulam timber beams, columns and structural roof decking. External Bre-Soleil and highly insulated glass with integral vertical blinds help to control solar heat gain and loss whilst creating a light, open space. The homes have been designed to comply with the current regulations for sustainable development. As a result, the materials selected – including the glulam timber structure/roof decking, roof pantiles, glazed walls, aluminium windows, doors and fascias– have been chosen in order to meet the latest environmental regulatory requirements for new homes based on BRE’s Ecohomes. Sustainable features include energy efficient


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