Unique Show Home And Customer Lounge At Oxfordshire Site

Ahead of its launch, Pye Homes is creating a unique show home and customer lounge for its new Church Farm community, to reflect the development’s commitment to sustainability.

The new community will promote a ‘greener way of living’ and is being built in line with Pye’s ‘legacy principles’, which are based on the belief landowners have a social, economic and moral responsibility to deliver quality housing solutions of which its local community can be proud. In all, Church Farm will eventually include 240 properties and is on land previously owned by Radley College. The site will include 84 affordable homes; 21 of which will be Shared Ownership and the remaining 63 will form part of an affordable rent scheme, with 156 properties available to buy on the open market.

Both show home and customer lounge are due to open in the winter and will feature upcycled and recycled furniture, as well as handmade and locally sourced furnishings and upholstery. The Kidlington-based developer, which is part of Blenheim Estate, has commissioned Rachel Nacer, from Rasalo Interiors, and Sarah Mather, of Interiors by Casa, to design and furnish them.

“We like to work with local artisans and creatives to provide interiors that have a natural edge,” said Rachel Nacer. “We're looking forward to creating something that demonstrates Pye's ethos of highly desirable, well-designed homes with every attention to detail covered.

“First and foremost, it will be home that's inviting. Some of the furniture will be upcycled and recycled. We will also be working with local artisans and using products from the surrounding area. The emphasis will be on sustainability.”

For Sarah Mather’s, their approach is summed up as ‘eco-lifestyle’: “The aim is to make something that seamlessly fits into our lives, but also allows us to showcase how small changes to our day-to day-habits will help the environment. The interiors will also reflect the wider biodiversity of the site and will incorporate a lot of greenery and plant life. We're putting in loads of amazing eco-centric features but at the heart of it all is just showcasing what a really great place to live Church Farm will be.”

The homes will be constructed utilising a mix of traditional, local materials including brick, stone and wood each with unique features. All will be wheelchair accessible and built to accommodate future accessibility needs.

The site will have a higher-than-average biodiversity net gain and incorporate natural landscaping to encourage and protect local wildlife, including the introduction of badger corridors.

Reflecting Pye’s commitment to sustainability, the homes will not use fossil fuel boilers, instead moving to more environmentally friendly heating solutions with solar panels and air source heat pumps. All the houses will have an EPC rating of A, giving every homeowner a greater level of comfort, with the potential to reduce heating costs.

A new cycle link between Radley and Oxford via Kennington will also be part of the development along with additional public open spaces, public transport infrastructure and pedestrian crossing areas – all aimed at encouraging greener lifestyle choices.

In addition to providing much-needed accommodation in an area with a housing shortage, the new development will also help the Radley Foundation, a charity set up to establish an endowment fund to enable talented boys to come to Radley and to financially support families unable to afford the fees.

Find out more at pyehomes.co.uk.

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