Tracy and Peter live in a 3-bedroomed semi-detached 1930's ex-council house in Surrey with their 10-year old son Ayrton, and 2-year old daughter, Piper.
Peter is an architect and Tracy is a stay-at-home-mother, writer and gardener.
They are refitting their house and garden to increase energy efficiency and self-sufficiency.
"Our house is a very, very, very fine house,
With two cats in the yard,
Life used to be so hard,
Now everything is easy 'cause of you."
Crosby, Stills and Nash - Our House
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Forward Thinking
- Insure car with CIS eco-insurance.
Plant a living willow dome in the garden.- Install a passive irrigation system from our water butts.
- Pay off credit-card debt.
- Fit a Water Two valve to our bath/shower and basin waste water downpipe.
- Put up lined curtains in main bedroom & Ayrton's bedroom before winter for insulation.
Done & Doing
- Replaced old carpets in the house with British Wool carpets.
- Built deck from FSC decking.
- Joined ETA roadside rescue & offset our CO2 from driving
- Installed Water King electronic water softener to extend life of appliances.
- Vermi-composting kitchen waste.
- Composting garden & allotment waste.
- Harvesting rainwater with water butts.
- Recycling as much as we can.
- Using low-energy bulbs in 80% of light fittings.
- Buying recycled where possible.
- Using eco-friendly cleaning products.
- Using eco-friendly toiletries.
- Buying renewable electricity.
- Growing our own fruit & vegetables.
- Encouraging wildlife in the garden.
- Cooking from scratch.
- Cavity walls insulated.
- All new appliances bought are energy efficient.
- Energy efficient condensing combi-boiler fitted.
- Unplugging all chargers when they're not being used.
- Replaced remaining single glazing with double glazing.
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