Lodge Specification

Your holiday property in Cornwall is built to a robust specification to guarantee long years of service and let you have the freedom to enjoy it throughout your lifetime. You will be buying peace of mind.

The lodges meet current Building Regulations, with NHBC certification. The timber is C.L.S. kiln dried and vacuum treated, from sustainable sources. External walls are of cavity construction with an approved vapour barrier internally and fibreglass insulation. Internal walls are finished with plasterboard, or clad both sides with tongued and grooved ‘V' jointed match board fitted vertically. There is fibreglass insulation in the walls between bathrooms and habitable rooms.

The ground floor has a concrete sub-floor with insulation. The first floor has a suspended timber floor.

The roof has double Roman or similar concrete tiles laid on battens and reinforced roofing felt. Roof trusses are of the attic type, conforming to BS 5268. First floor ceilings are sloping, and the remaining rooms having flat ceilings, tongued and grooved, with 150mm fibreglass insulation above the line of the ceiling. Fascia and bargeboards are softwood.

All joinery is from a high quality range with dry glazed Windows and sealed double glazing units. Architraves and skirting boards are of softwood.

Internal supply pipes, fittings and wastes are of polybutylene and are connected to the mains services adjacent to the building. There is septic tank foul drainage.

Electrical circuiting and goods is all installed to I.E.E. regulations from a consumer unit to provide lighting and power to sockets. 12v downlighters will be installed with additional pendant lighting.

External wood surfaces are treated with two coats of Blackfriar or equivalent. Plasterboard is skimmed and finished with two coats of emulsion. Internal wood surfaces are treated with intumescent clear finish.

Your holiday property has been carefully positioned in this delightful location to be sustainable, affordable and attractive in the natural surroundings of the Cornwall countryside.