I was really interested to read about affordable ecohousing for first time buyers in the west of Scotland in this week’s Sunday Herald.  I suppose it does depend on your idea of affordable, I know this is one of the few decent housing schemes my boyfriend and I could buy into, but we’re not too far under the average national wage.  I was sad to read about a couple buying some up to use as holiday lets, if they are supposed to be affordable first time homes, then they should be just that.
Anyway, these house look great and I’m really glad to see some good ecohousing being built.  The company responsible, Living Space 21, are based in Oxford (and were set up by the founder of the Green Party, Michael Benfield) and anyone can buy their studio kits to live in.  You can choose to build it yourself (cheaper) or have all the construction done for you.  And for every tree used to build the homes, two are planted.

I’d like to see some more detailed plans but they look reasonably spacious, and definitely worth thinking about if you want an affordable ecohouse