This OX Place development of eight council bungalows on three sites in Wood Farm and Marston was completed in November 2022.
The bungalows were designed and adapted for people with specific mobility and social needs, with new tenants matched directly from the housing register.
Affordable
The new homes are four one-bed and four two-bed bungalows and have been let at social rent to people on the housing register.
Sustainable
The bungalows are very nearly zero carbon for regulated energy use – that is, space and hot water heating, lighting and ventilation – as this is 96% lower carbon than in a standard home.
The new homes have triple glazed windows to reduce heat loss and minimise drafts. They also all have air source heat pumps and solar PV panels on the roof, as well as a charging point for electric vehicles.
The bungalows achieve an average of 100 A energy efficiency rating in their energy performance certificates (EPCs).
Watch OX Place videos
Debbie Haynes is carbon reduction and sustainability manager for OX Place. In this video she talks about the bungalows' energy efficiency measures and their significance in OX Place's journey to zero carbon by 2030.
Watch ' 3. Debbie Haynes OX Place' on YouTube (1 minute, 52 seconds)
Debbie Haynes' colleague and development manager James Graham explains how offsite construction, enhanced insulation and making best use of natural light helped deliver such energy efficient homes.
Watch ' 4. James Graham OX Place part 1 ' on YouTube (1 minute, 44 seconds)
Partners
The bungalows were designed by Ridge and Partners LLP and built by our direct services company, ODS. Their development was supported with £440,000 from the Oxfordshire Housing and Growth Deal.
