A new housing development in Chorlton Fold, in Monton, Eccles, is being built using Stewart Milne Homes’ innovative timber systems.
The development will consist of 13 brand new townhouses and detached family homes constructed using sustainable timber frames.
After setting up a new £10m timber systems production facility at Witney, near Oxford, Stewart Milne says it wants to "drastically increase" the number of timber-framed homes in the UK over the next few years – by building more of its own and continuing to supply timber frame systems to other developers.
Rachel MacCutchan, sales manager for Stewart Milne Homes’ north west division, said: “Timber systems is an innovative, economic and ‘greener’ way of building home compared to some of the more conventional methods and at Stewart Milne we believe they represent the future of modern housebuilding.
“With timber systems there is a high level of off-site factory based construction, which reduces the on-site build time. We predict the popularity of timber-framed homes is set to rise rapidly in England over the coming year, particularly as housebuilders set their sights on future Government targets under the Code for Sustainable Homes."
