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Add your Style to a New-Eco Home
Add your Style to a New-Eco Home.
A Horner House eco-home is the perfect place for family life to prosper. By investing in an eco-home, you’re not only doing your part for protecting the environment and creating a sustainable future, you’re getting a fantastically designed space to call home. The best part about a Horner House eco-home is the ability for you to put in your own ideas of design and style. It’s a blank canvas for your creativity and imagination to bloom.
The main ground floor space, incorporating the family area and the kitchen, will be the most used space in your Horner House, especially if it’s going to be a home with children and pets. This is why the open plan layout is perfect. The open plan style allows for plenty of space for everything you need. Fixtures and fittings can be chosen by you, including the colours and finishes.
This flowing family space is the perfect place to escape from the fast-paced everyday life, which can often leave you feeling tired and run-down. A Horner House eco-home is your personal space, and the ability to add furniture and other design touches really makes it feel like a unique space that belongs to you. Whether your Horner House eco-home will be a cosy space for a growing family, or a minimalist haven of high design, it’s the ideal choice for your next home.
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: Horner,House,Design,Environment,Eco Date: 18-08-2011
Stunning Design and Eco Benefits with a Horner Home
When thinking about modern living rooms and kitchens, we think of space and openness. Over the years the way of living has evolved, in the 50s and 60s compartmentalised room became a common theme in many households; it consisted of a hallway with rooms at each side where each room was isolated by walls and doors. It then shifted around the 1980s as rooms... Read More
A Modern Twist to your Lifestyle with an Eco Home
A Luxurious Horner House has been designed open plan to accommodate the new flow of family lifestyles. With busy schedules and longer working hours the large space allows all the family to come together in one area and still carry on with night time tasks. The combined kitchen and living area creates a social hub in the middle of the house, enabling the... Read More
Make your New Eco-Home the Centre of the Social Scene
Your home should be a place where you are not only comfortable having friends over, but to, because of the quality and design of your house. A Horner House eco-home is definitely a home to be proud of, in every aspect. From the environmentally friendly and sustainable build process, to the high specification layout and design, your guests will be... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: horner,house,design,style,prefab,home,eco living Date: 01-08-2011
Extending your Eco Home with Contemporary Decking
The downstairs of a Horner House eco home is open plan, the vast space creates plenty of room to design and decorate as you wish. Large windows and doors in the eco home create a bright inspirational environment where you can cook, entertain, eat and relax. A bright and airy environment makes your home feel fresh and spacious and creates a calmer... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: Lifestyle, Horner House, Home, Eco Home, Kitchen, Open Plan, Living Date: 26-07-2011
An Organic Eco Home: Calming and Inviting
Work orientated attitudes will eventually take a toll on our lives. It is important to be able to spend time with the family and enjoy some down time in the comfort of our own home. The revolution of open plan living is a solution to these issues, as it creates a peaceful retreat where you can relax and reflect in the natural and organic environment of... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: Lifestyle, Horner House, Home, Eco Home, Kitchen, Open Plan, Living Date: 12-07-2011
A Family Home that Doesn’t Compromise on Design
A house can be a thing of beauty when designed and decorated carefully. However, maintaining this level of excellence requires constant cleaning and tidying to keep everything in perfect condition. Place children and pets into this equation and there is simply no way of keeping everything in pristine condition. This is where a Horner House eco-home can... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: open plan,living,lifestyle,eco home,ecological,eco homes,family Date: 29-06-2011
The family community made stronger with open plan living
Open plan living sends out the message of luxury. The large, modern houses look beautiful with the sleek structure and the glass fronts, with the decking lining the outside it gives an image of contemporary, stress-free living. The beauty of the eco homes is that they offer all of this and reduce your carbon footprint. They are an unforgettable feature... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: open plan, living, lifestyle, eco home, ecological, eco homes, family Date: 27-06-2011
Traditional or Modern – There is a Design to Suit Your Taste
Whether you’re a fan of the cutting edge, ultra modern style of house designs or a more traditional, high ceiling style home, Horner House have the design to meet your needs. The two different designs offer a stark contrast, but both use the same high quality, sustainable materials to make your house both environmentally friendly and long lasting.... Read More
An Eco Home Is The Start To Your Social Season
A dinner party is the optimum social occasion. After a stressful working week it provides the perfect relaxation to have fun and unwind with friends. Eating in is the new eating out as nothing can get much better than sitting around a table with your closest friends and family enjoying a home cooked meal. Having the finest place to entertain is a... Read More
Open-Plan Living in an Eco Home
The new age of larger social circles, extended family’s and entertaining is what makes the Horner Home fit perfectly in to the new lifestyle. Open-plan living is a progressive trend that has the optimum benefit of space, this way everyone can get involved. The idea of the open kitchen with the breakfast bar looking out over your living room, dining... Read More
Serve up Style in an Open-plan Kitchen
The kitchen is often at the heart of the action in a home. As a natural gathering place for people, it often becomes central to the creation of a welcoming home, due a production of tantalising aromas and in-built visual appeal. Instead of closing the delights of the kitchen off with partitioned walls, an open-plan kitchen is able to share its charm with... Read More
Horner House – Start a Long-lasting Relationship
A home is a statement of who you are. It is able to reflect your state of mind at any given time. A saying that resonates with nearly everyone is, ‘Home is where the heart is’, because it’s where our roots are laid and where we feel most comfortable. It essentially exists as a stable source of security. Home is a sanctuary where... Read More
Horner House - A Place to Party
The impressive appearance, feel and layout of a Horner House qualify it as the perfect place to host an unforgettable party. As a free-flowing space, guests can mingle without walled boundaries that fragment what should be a united gathering. House parties often become compartmentalised, as different rooms hold on to distinct atmospheres; moving though a... Read More
A premium home with Horner House
Horner House design incorporates a premium lifestyle with family values, and this detail can be seen in all aspects of our buildings. There is a mixture of elegance and modern living in our designs which revolve around open plan living areas, and an abundance of natural light. A home that flows seamlessly throughout, has exceptional space and light, and... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: Pre-fabricated housing, Environmental design, Eco-friendly Date: 01-02-2011
Modern family living with Horner House
In modern times with busy schedules and work life, we sometimes don’t get to communicate with our family as much as we like and a closed of living area can contribute to that in the home. Here at Horner House we integrate family values into our designs, and open plan living which encourages conversation is central to that. All aspects of the design... Read More
An Emotional Response to Architecture
The scale and appearance of a structure can be enough to trigger a deep emotional response, one that deepens over time as an attachment grows, even though the other party is inanimate. Witnessing a home rise and take on character and shape is an exhilarating sight, especially when you are moving in and can envision a new life that is centred in an... Read More
A Liberating Lifestyle
A Horner House is unrestricted in terms of its distinctive modern style and functionality. Oceans of space give the occupiers plenty of opportunity to fully express and give life to their own interior vision. A plot of land is adorned with the structure of a Horner House, as nature is set off beautifully, with clean cut lines and a flourish of... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: Home, lifestyle, modern Date: 21-01-2011
Horner House – Elegant design
The Horner House designs, whether modern or traditional integrate family values, incredible attention to detail and elegant design. As well as a great finish, contemporary styling and creating a sensational living space, our designs also incorporate environmental materials and construction methods. We manage to maintain the eco friendly aspect of our... Read More
Furnished to Perfection
A new, untouched space almost begs to be splashed with decoration in order to be moulded into a home. A Horner House provides an impressive foundation on which to build a personal haven. Having and living amongst a style you love provides a territory of comfort that instantly expresses who you are. A Horner House provides ample space, to adorn art and... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: furniture,design, interior Date: 12-11-2010
An environmental, traditional family home
Environmental and sustainable design is being integrated into most new builds, and here at Horner House we believe that the style, feel and atmosphere of the home shouldn’t be affected. This is why family living is central to our Traditional and Modern designs and the improvement of communication and setting a high living standard is important.... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: Traditional Modern Family Environmental Date: 09-11-2010
What makes a building green?
Eco-friendly buildings and environmental design are becoming increasingly popular, boasting the latest energy saving materials and resources. What makes a building green, and which is most important? Is it the core materials used to construct the building? Is it the energy resources used whilst in residence? Or is it how economically you use the... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: Pre-fabricated housing, Environmental design, Eco-friendly Date: 03-11-2010
Unconventional Unity-The Composition of a Horner House
Owning a home that breaks with convention to stand as an enduring statement of individuality and forward thinking is enviable. A new mode of living can be adopted in a Horner House, which impacts an overall perspective. A home which welcomes change and provides a break from the norm can actually help to rejuvenate energy levels. The home should be a... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: Design, construction, light Date: 28-10-2010
Horner House: Perfection designed around you
Horner House’s designs are developed around social interaction; an open plan layout may save space and be energy efficient but the main advantage is the positive effects it has on communication. With a free flowing living area, conversation can be shared from the kitchen to the living space without needing to shout. A high level of communication is... Read More
A Perfect Fit- Beautifully Crafted Homes
The Horner House build process is guaranteed to run efficiently and smoothly, as the obstacles normally associated with a build are eliminated. Each Horner House carefully incorporates eco-friendly solutions into its construction, so that its very frame supports environmental rehabilitation; as a Thermo Shell and Green Shell Composite closed panel system... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: House, home, construction, Date: 19-10-2010
Moulding Modernity- Horner House’s Modern Design
The sleek, cleanly carved lines that make up the modern design are a striking feature of the home. The finesse that touches each dimension and surface is clear to see and feel. The design is uncomplicated yet charmingly interlocked, as each element fits perfectly with the next, as a sense of flow integral to the entire structure is maintained. Each... Read More
Eco-friendly living is closer than you think
A Horner House building is modern, stylish and economical, incorporating all aspects of sustainable architecture. It’s hard to imagine living in a stylish and elegant building that wasn’t damaging the environment and didn’t break the bank, but now you can. For many a self build home is something only to aspire to, certainly not a dream... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: eco, self-build, environmental, prefab Date: 27-09-2010
A New Tradition
Horner House provides both modern and traditionally inspired homes. The traditional layout selects the finest elements of classic design and reforms it into a distinct package. The upper landing boasts cut out squares that in turn create a raised walkway, connecting the upper rooms, so that both floors remain visible to each other, opening the... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: Prefbricated homes, tradition Date: 23-09-2010
Why an Eco-House?
Designing and building your own eco-friendly build should not sound daunting, bland or boring but instead should spark the imagination of the possibilities made available when being heavily involved in the creation of your new home. 20,000 people decide to take the plunge in constructing their dream home every year, a number that’s increasing by... Read More
The benefits of self-build homes
Affordable new build houses on offer through the traditional house-builders are routinely small, impractical and positioned impossibly close to one another. Functional fundamentals such as storage and durability are overlooked in favour of space-saving, resulting in a living space with ever-present compromises. Despite the issues, these types of houses... Read More
- Category: Lifestyle Tags: selfbuild, self build, prefab, prefabricated Date: 21-09-2010
A Sea of Space-The Appeal of Open-Plan Living
Horner House offers both traditional and modern designed buildings that provide stunning swathes of space, a wealth of daylight and a welcoming atmosphere that is warmly inclusive. Open-plan living sees the disappearance of traditional walls, which are replaced by the assembly of liberty within the home, as space is freed up and its potential for... Read More
