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The top 8 eco-friendly homes available for purchase

The top 8 eco-friendly homes available for purchase
From a modern home in Maidenhead with a sedum green roof and 52 solar panels to a refurbished Welsh longhouse in Shropshire, these are the best eco-friendly properties for sale

Sharps Farm, Bathealton, Somerset is one of two eco-friendly properties.

Wood-burning stoves, a dining kitchen with an Aga, and a three-bedroom annexe are features of this farmhouse. It has photovoltaic solar panels and is powered by a wind turbine. There are four bedrooms, four bathrooms, two reception areas, a dining kitchen, an indoor pool, outbuildings, a lake, and 119 acres.

2.95m Strutt & Parker 01392-215631 is the price.

Eco-friendly properties: Bathealton, Somerset's Sharps Farm.

A dining kitchen with an Aga, wood-burning stoves, and a three-bedroom annexe are features of this farmhouse. A wind turbine and photovoltaic solar panels provide the electricity. There are four bedrooms, four bathrooms, two reception areas, a dining kitchen, an indoor pool, outbuildings, a lake, and 119 acres.

Cost: Strutt & Parker 01392-215631, 2.95m.

The Roundhouse in Old Knebworth, Hertfordshire, is the first of three eco-friendly properties.

This house is nearly completely off-grid and was constructed using reclaimed local materials. It features a biomass boiler, solar panels, rainwater collection, and battery storage. There are five bedrooms, three bathrooms, an open-concept kitchen and living area, a gym, a balcony, and gardens.

Cost: The Modern House 020-3795 5920, 2.5m.

The Roundhouse, located in Old Knebworth, Hertfordshire, is an environmentally friendly property.

This house is nearly completely off the grid and was constructed using reclaimed local materials. It features a biomass boiler, solar panels, rainwater collection, and battery storage. Five bedrooms, three bathrooms, a balcony, gardens, a gym, and an open-concept kitchen and living area.

2.5m The Modern House 020-3795 5920 is the price.

Eco-friendly establishments: Old Knebworth, Hertfordshire's The Roundhouse.

This nearly completely off-grid home was constructed using reclaimed local materials. It has a biomass boiler, solar panels, rainwater collection, and battery storage. There are five bedrooms, three bathrooms, an open-concept kitchen and living area, a gym, a balcony, and gardens.

Cost: 020-3795 5920, 2.5m The Modern House.

Tan y Coed II, Oswestry, Shropshire Tan y Coed II, Oswestry, Shropshire is the first of three environmentally friendly properties.

An 1800-era Welsh longhouse that has been updated with contemporary features. The kitchen leads to a vaulted garden room with floor-to-ceiling windows, and it features wood-block floors. A geodesic-dome greenhouse, a pond, a stream, and a folly are all part of the garden. There are four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two reception areas, a kitchen, a garden store, a double garage with an office above, and a greenhouse.

Cost: 1.1m Inigo 020-3687 3071.

Tan y Coed II, Oswestry, Shropshire is an eco-friendly property.

An 1800s Welsh longhouse that has been updated with contemporary features. It features floor-to-ceiling windows, a vaulted garden room, and wood-block floors in the kitchen. A geodesic-dome greenhouse, a pond, a stream, and a folly are all part of the garden. There are four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two reception areas, a kitchen, a garden store, a double garage with an office above, and a greenhouse.

1.1m Inigo 020-3687 3071 is the price.

Tan y Coed II, Oswestry, Shropshire is a property that is environmentally conscious.

An 1800s Welsh longhouse that has been updated with contemporary features. It features wood-block floors and a kitchen that opens into a vaulted garden room with windows that reach the ceiling. The garden features a pond, a stream, a folly, and a geodesic-dome greenhouse. There are four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two reception areas, a kitchen, a one-bedroom annex, a garden store, a double garage with an office above, and a greenhouse.

1.1m Inigo 020-3687 3071 is the price.

Skyfall, Hitcham Lane, Taplow, Maidenhead, Berkshire is one of two environmentally friendly properties.

A modern home with expansive views of the open countryside. The home features a seasonal thermal energy storage system that connects three Tesla storage batteries to 52 photovoltaic solar panels and a sedum green roof. Reception, dining kitchen/living area, office, gym, movie theater, laundry, triple garage, landscaped gardens, grounds, 1.5 acres, and five bedrooms and five bathrooms.

4.95m Savills 01753-834600 is the price.

The following properties are environmentally friendly: Skyfall, Hitcham Lane, Taplow, Maidenhead, Berkshire.

A modern home with expansive views of the vast countryside. In addition to a seasonal thermal energy storage system that connects 52 photovoltaic solar panels to three Tesla storage batteries, the house features a sedum green roof. Reception, dining kitchen/living area, office, gym, movie theater, laundry, triple garage, landscaped gardens, grounds, 1.5 acres, five bedrooms, and five bathrooms.

Cost: 01753-834600 Savills 4.95m.

Reservoir House, Gnaton, Yealmpton, Devon is one of the eco-friendly properties shown in Image 1 of 1.

A contemporary home equipped with solar panels, battery storage, an electric car charging station, and a backup generator. It features a wood-burning stove and windows that reach the ceiling. 0.78 acres, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a reception area, and an outbuilding with a gym.

Luscombe Maye 01752-880044, 950,000.

Eco-friendly properties: Shotesham St., Low Farm, Image 1 of 1. Mary, Shotesham St., Norfolk Low Farm. Norfolk, Mary.

An 18th-century barn that has been renovated with solar panels, rainwater collection, a private water supply, and a fruitful kitchen garden. It features a sizable sitting area with a mezzanine library, as well as exposed wall and ceiling timbers. There are four bedrooms, four bathrooms, an open-concept kitchen, dining area, and living room, a wine cellar, a greenhouse, garden stores, a garage with a one-bedroom apartment above, and gardens. 0.8 miles.

1.195m Sowerbys 01603-761441 is the price.

North Cassingray House, Largoward, Leven, Fife is the first of two eco-friendly properties shown in this image.

A contemporary home facing the Firth of Forth. The home features French windows and doors, as well as a spacious dining area with an Aga. It includes double glazing, a wind turbine, an air-source heating system, and a garage with solar panels on the roof. Five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a breakfast kitchen, three reception areas, outbuildings, and one point thirty-eight acres.

Cost: 0131-247 3738 Savills 1.1m+.

North Cassingray House, Largoward, Leven, Fife is an eco-friendly property.

The Firth of Forth is visible from this contemporary home. The home features a spacious dining kitchen with an Aga, as well as French doors and windows. It includes a double-glazed garage with solar panels on the roof, a wind turbine, and an air-source heater. There are five bedrooms, four bathrooms, three reception areas, a breakfast kitchen, outbuildings, and 1.38 acres.

Cost: 0131-247 3738 Savills 1.1m+.

Smeeds Farm, Monks Horton, Kent Smeeds Farm, Monks Horton, Kent is the first of three environmentally friendly properties.

A 15th-century farmhouse that has been restored, added to later, and has a barn that has been turned into an annex is listed as Grade II. It features inglenook fireplaces, exposed wall and ceiling timbers, and a 112-panel ground-mounted solar array that can power about five houses. There are four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two reception areas, a dining kitchen, a two-bedroom annex, stables, a gym, two barns, a pond, and four and a half acres.

Cost: 01227-473742 Strutt & Parker 1.75m.

Smeeds Farm, Monks Horton, Kent is an eco-friendly property.

A 15th-century farmhouse that has been restored, added to later, and has a barn that has been turned into an annex is listed as Grade II. It features inglenook fireplaces, exposed wall and ceiling wood, and a ground-mounted solar array with 112 panels that can power about five houses. There are four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two reception areas, a dining kitchen, a two-bedroom annex, stables, a gym, two barns, a pond, and four and a half acres.

Strutt & Parker 01227-473742, 1.75m.

Monks Horton, Kent's Smeeds Farm is an environmentally friendly property.

A 15th-century farmhouse that has been restored, added to later, and has a barn that has been turned into an annex is listed as Grade II. It features inglenook fireplaces, exposed wall and ceiling wood, and a ground-mounted solar array with 112 panels that can power about five houses. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms, two reception areas, a dining kitchen, a two-bedroom annex, stables, a gym, two barns, a pond, and four and a half acres.

Cost: 1.75m Strutt & Parker 01227-473742.