Luxury Living
new breed of eco-friendly super
£3.75 million
homes have been unveiled by
Huntsmere, a locally based
property development company in
Prestbury. With 8,000 square feet of luxury
‘gre
living space packed with eco-friendly systems,
Ravenswood on Heybridge Lane is sure to
provide a new ‘green’ benchmark for luxury
homes in the affluent golden triangle that is house
en’
Prestbury, Alderley Edge and Wilmslow.
for sale in
Priced at £3.75 million, the property boasts five
reception rooms and five bedroom suites, a
Prestbury
2,300 square foot leisure floor complete with a
12 metre swimming pool, gymnasium,
changing room, wine cellar and fitted cinema. It
is Ravenswood’s energy saving and
environmentally friendly features of which
Hunstmere Developer, Chris Oakes is most
proud.
T_he ‘green’ specification of this home is truly
impressive. T_he property will be heated by an
underfloor heating system with hot water from
a large scale ground source heat pump which last up to ten times longer than conventional
uses heat exchange technology to capture the halogen bulbs.
heat contained in the ground to heat the house. At Ravenswood recycling has been made easier
T_his will lead to a reduction in the use of fossil by a dedicated area in the garage. T_his includes
fuel by up to 75%. integrated bins allowing for uncluttered and
Ravenswood is also fitted with a trouble-free storage of card, paper, bottles and
state-of-the-art ventilation and heat recovery tins. T_here is also an integrated waste compactor
system operated by drawing heat and moisture that allows household waste to be crushed to
from wet or warm spaces within the property around a third of its original volume.
(for example south facing rooms, kitchens and T_here is even a composter for garden and
bathrooms), and using heat exchangers to domestic waste and all electrical appliances in
the property have been selected so that their
energy efficiency rating is ‘A’ or higher.
Chris Oakes is very aware of his responsibilities
absorb the heat from the air and combine that
as a developer.
heat energy with fresh drawn air before
“I think developers should deliver homes that are
distributing the warmed fresh air around the
not only well designed and planned, but that are
property. T_his system dramatically improves the
at the cutting-edge in terms of their specification
efficiency of the heating system and ensures that
and this is exactly what we have done at
the property has high quality fresh air at all
Ravenswood. T_his is a property that will stand
times.
proud, not only because of its stunning design
Hot water is provided via an impressive solar
and luxury accommodation, but because of its
tube system, which will be used in conjunction
super efficient systems which will set new
with a high efficiency condensing boiler,
standards for sustainable building.”
reducing the fossil fed hot water requirement by
For information on Ravenswood, contact Tim
50 – 75%.
Jackson at Gascoigne Halman in Alderley
Water consumption will be reduced by the
Edge on 01625 590373, or Michael Kyte in
property’s sophisticated rainwater harvesting
Prestbury on 01625 827467 or visit the
system. T_his allows rainwater to be collected,
Ravenswood web site at
filtered and re-distributed to all toilet cisterns
www.Ravenswood-Prestbury.co.uk.
and the garden irrigation system so the now
out-of-date (but still very much in use) habit of
flushing toilets and watering the garden with
drinking quality water will be a thing of the past.
Dual flush cisterns enhance this efficiency yet
further.
Even the lighting in the property is
super-efficient with low-energy light bulbs used
as part of a sophisticated lighting system that
uses up to 80% less electricity and bulbs that can
42 waterfrontmagazines.co.uk
Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68