BRITAIN’S best loved consumer home event, the Ideal Home Show sponsored by Anglian Home Improvements, is set to build three full scale model homes within Earls Court London, showcasing a variety of sustainable building technologies, green home improvements and new concepts in self-build to be on show to the public for 17 days at this year’s event, running from the 11th – 27th March 2011, at London’s Earls Court.
The Ideal Show Homes will take centre stage at this year’s event showcasing a trio of full scale model homes that will offer a perfect fusion of renovated and new build property concepts.
These three model homes will offer a variety of solutions to suit every homeowner, from a series of easy home improvement ideas to improve existing homes, to an alternative and greener Georgian styled family home, as well as a new concept in affordable and sustainable new build homes. The homes have been brought together as part of the show’s initiative to help consumers understand how to make their homes more energy efficient, and build for a sustainable future.
The first of the three properties will be the ultimate, ‘Ideal Home Refit’ sponsored by B&Q. A real-life home transformation based on one of the UK’s most iconic British Homes; No1 Coronation Street, this property will form part of a before and after model, that will showcase how, with a little imagination and flair, a traditional two-up two-down semi can be transformed into a modern, contemporary and cost efficient home.
Re-designed by Architect George Clarke, the Ideal Refit will offer inspiration to consumers on how to improve your home and utilise your existing space more efficiently, as well as showcasing a series of practical solutions to help make your home more energy efficient on any budget, helping save money on domestic energy bills.
The second property is the ‘The Prince’s House’. Supported by The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment, this traditional Georgian family home showcases the very best traditional build and eco principles, creating an alternative low carbon home for volume house builders.
Based on a research showing a clear preference by consumers for traditionally designed homes, the house provides low-carbon compliance in a vernacular idiom, using natural materials and traditional building methods, offering a more liveable home than many of the alternative airtight, complex and high-tech solutions currently being trialed in the UK and internationally.
The third house in our village is the ‘Trend’ range of Log kit and Log Panel homes by Jorntrahus and offers a modern day alternative to Contemporary Living with our ‘Open plan Living House sponsored by Dulux’. Our ‘Trend series’ Log kits for supply only start at 50k for a two bedroom up to 125k for a four bedroom. This is an affordable solution to self-building and comes complete ready for self assembly excluding fixtures and fittings.
Trend panel homes start at 340k complete with fixtures, fittings, delivery and erection for the non self builders amongst us and built on site in a fraction of the time.
Organisers of the Ideal Home Show commented: “We are actively encouraging homeowners and potential purchasers to come and visit this year’s show homes, to see these fabulous build concepts in situ. These are some of our most spectacular properties to date, and will give visitors the chance to see and experience a variety of different styles, layouts and technologies, for the first time ever, right here at the show."
Set against the backdrop of the Ideal Show Homes model street, each house will offer a spectacular experience for visitors through a detailed tour of its layout, use of space, interior décor and design, whilst offering an education in the very latest in green technologies, building products and materials used to get a feel for what they can do in their own homes.
There will also be the addition of a special sustainable home from Eco Floating Homes. A brand new sustainable floating Home, designed with the environment in mind and made from natural sustainable Timber. This highly efficient, smart Eco alternative to a traditional home offers a unique smart design that maximises the efficiency of space. This property does not need all of the usual infrastructure and onsite works, and has minimal impact on the local environment.
In addition, this year’s show will also see the launch of a unique holiday property with the new Beach House Leisure home by Tingene. This is one of the most exciting new leisure homes to be exhibited in the last decade and offers a new concept in design for holiday homes in the UK. With a spacious open plan living area two bedrooms and two luxury bathrooms, with the very latest in fittings and furniture as standard the Beach House will be a must see at this year’s event.
The three Ideal Show Homes will be opened officially to visitors on Friday 11th March, at 10am, at London Earls Court, and will remain open every day throughout the 17-day event.
The Ideal Home Show, now a multi- award winner and voted best Consumer Show of the Year in 2010, is returning to London following the phenomenal success of the revitalised London show at Earls Court last year, and this year is set to be the biggest show yet!
Over 600 exciting exhibitors and six fabulous celebrity ambassadors will host their own dedicated sections offering the widest variety of home improvement ideas, inspiration, and style as well as demonstrations and expert advice across a staggering EIGHT different areas which include; Ideal Show Homes, Ideal Home Improvements (George Clarke), Ideal Interiors (Linda Barker), Ideal Gardens (Diarmuid Gavin), Ideal Food (Gregg Wallace) & Housewares, Ideal Shopping, Ideal Woman (Fiona Phillips), Ideal Gadgets (Suzi Perry)and plenty of Ideal shopping for all of those home and gift needs all combined into one event to make the Ideal Home Show the UK’s ultimate home event.
The Ideal Home Show will also be supporting the ABF Soldiers’ Charity for the second year, following an incredible campaign in 2010 which saw a total of £102,000 raised for the ‘Ideal Homes for Heroes’ campaign, launched at the show in 2010, in aid of soldiers, former soldiers and their families in need of support and grants for home improvements and mobility issues.
The Ideal Home Show, London will open its doors for 17 days from 11th – 27th March 2011, at London’s Earls Court. Tickets can be either booked online or by calling the Ticket Hotline on 0844 415 4144. Group bookings can be made by calling the Groups Hotline on 0844 412 4650, or for further information about the show visit the website www.idealhomeshow.co.uk. 50p per ticket sold goes to the Ideal Homes For Heroes appeal supporting ABF The Soldiers’ Charity – see website for details or to donate to the ‘Ideal Homes for Heroes’ Appeal, please logon to; www.idealhomeshow.co.uk<http://www.idealhomeshow.co.uk.
Ideal Home Show: The Ideal Home Show, the UK’s biggest and longest running consumer event, was acquired by award-winning events and publishing company Media 10 in 2009 from DMG World Media, the first time the show has changed hands in just over 100 years.
The 2010 Ideal Home Show was a landmark event, attracting over 250,00 visitors across the 17-day event, an increase of 100,000 on last year’s numbers, making it the most successful Ideal Home Show for the past decade, thanks to new owners; Media 10.
Source: Ideal Home Show
