The client’s brief for this residential project in Kent was to design a new contemporary family house of up to 400sqm to replace an existing bungalow. The construction was to utilise prefabrication to minimise on-site la- bour, to integrate green technology in a quiet and under- stated way and to optimise the environmental benefits of the building’s orientation seasonally. With support from the Maidstone Planners, the scheme was granted plan- ning consent within seven weeks of the application. Designed to be built over a five month period on an eleven acre meadow in Kent, this family house utilises a kit of prefabricated components developed by Eldridge London that whilst being simple to construct results in a sophisticated piece of architecture for a modest budget. The house comprises a series of rectangular volumes on two levels around a screened courtyard and includes an indoor swimming pool and a double garage. The main volumes are formed from cross laminated solid timber panels erected on simple concrete footings which are finished with panels of slatted timber and glazed with units that incorporate trace heating to boost their ther- mal performance. Internally the structural timber panels have a waxed finish and are generally left exposed. The ground floor is polished concrete whilst the upper floors are timber. Internal spaces are formed from a combination of structural timber panel bracing walls and joinery units made off-site. The two levels of the house are linked by an open spiral staircase of plywood slats that also provides storage and forms a study area. Construction of the house was followed by Channel 4’s Grand Designs. All work was organised by the clients themselves, neither of whom had a construction industry background. The combination of the short on-site programme and high quality of the components enabled them to create a home of high quality tailored specifically to their needs for the price of a speculatively built house.