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Environmentally sustainable, high quality homes for a construction cost of just £60k.

The Design for Manufacture competition aims to help slow rising construction costs and to contribute to the housebuilding industry’s response to climate change.

The competition is creating 10 communities across England, with the results – effectively research and development by the housebuilding industry – having a major impact across the sector.

Designs now a reality

The competition concept is now being made a reality, with new homes completed on six of the winning sites. All of the homes are meeting the base cost of £785 per square metre – or £60,000 – and will achieve an EcoHomes ‘Very Good’ rating, or higher.

On this website you can follow the progress of the development of the sites as well as viewing the winning designs.