By Rick Dewsbury
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An ambitious developer has spent more than £1million turning his unassuming 1960s home into a futuristic eco-friendly pad fit for James Bond.
Visionary Nick Sandy, 59, spent 18 months transforming his large detached property into an environmentalist's dream.
His luxury home features motion sensors which flick on the lights when guests walk into rooms and fans that pump fresh air round the house every two hours.
Green: Nick Sandy shows off his futuristic £1m eco-home which features solar panels on the roof and even a rain harvester under the lawn
It also boasts a heat recovery system, solar panels on the roof and even a rain water harvester underneath the back garden.
When Mr Sandy first bought the property it cost him £3,500-a-year to run in gas and electricity - but now his bills come to just £1,000.
He said: 'I want to show people how easily this can be done. We now have a great, comfortable home to live in which meets all our needs for both work and family life.
Unassuming: How the property looked in 2008 before Mr Sandy began the spending spree which turned it into an environmentalist's dream
Drab: The front of the 1960s home in Bath, Somerset before it had the eco make-over which now sees it valued at £2.5m
Modern: The home had more than a lick of cream paint - energy-saving features have cut the monthly bill from £3,500 to £1,000
'I would say I am a green with a small ''g''. The modifications we have made are saving us a fortune - I would encourage anyone to give it a go.'
Mr Sandy has spent more than £1million transforming the two single and two double bedroom Chelsfield house, in Bath, Somerset, into a five double-bedroom home.
The father-of-one paid £10,000 for solar panels that generate electricity and manage the water supply. He then installed motion sensors in each of the rooms.
The sensors turn up the heating and flick on the lights when guests walk into rooms and even reduce the temperature when windows are opened.
Cool: Mr Sandy stands in the living room of the home, which despite the traditional look has fresh air pumped into it every two hours
Complex: The computer system which manages the heating levels throughout the home and makes the necessary adjustments
Efficient: The digital thermostat displays the times, the outside temperature and the temperature inside the property
Mr Sandy insulated all the walls of his home and installed a rain water harvester underneath his lawn - which he uses to supply his toilets and washing machine.
A heat recovery system takes in stale air from the property's bathrooms and turns it into fresh air - pumping it around the house every two hours.
Mr Sandy's dream home, where he lives with wife Sue and landscape architect son Will has even caught the eye of Government inspectors, who visited the property last week.
Mr Sandy in the modern kitchen of his home. Right, the solar thermal system in the eco house
Clean and chrome: The stylish kitchen in the eco-home - complete with motion sensor lights which activate when somebody enters the room
The 1960s home now cuts an impressive looking out to the sprawling hills in Bath, Somerset
Fiona Gruber, from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), said: 'The point of the visit was to see the work that had been carried out.
'We wanted to spread the word within DECC about the energy-saving features of the house.
'It is nice to see what he has done and it shows that it can be achieved. This house is fantastic and I am really impressed.'
Mr Sandy, who runs Bath-based housing development company ST8, has now put his eco-home on the market for £2.5 million.
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So his message is that it can easily be done for a mere million pounds. Well thank you, we surely were unaware money makes many things easier...
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very insightful old jake. thats why its on the market for £2.5m you idiot.
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I wonder what the carbon foot print was for the production of all the electronics that he has had put in his eco friendly house.......
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All this high tech built into a house will be out of date in a few years.
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I think i will order this tomorrow, anyone got a spare £1mill I could have by the way :-)
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Only a thousand a month gosh thats cheap!!!!!! Not my type of garden. Well done though for the renovations.
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Good for him. I'd love something like that in our house.
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Very nice if you can afford it. All this eco stuff ect. is not for paupers. If you can't afford it, you don't deserve it, it seems.
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He says 'I want to show people how easily this can be done"...Very easy if you have a spare £1million in the bank!!
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Everything is hi-tech but he still has windows xp! haha
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