New Zero-Carbon rental homes will be factory-made

A joint venture has been announced to deliver 1,000 sustainable zero-carbon homes - and they will be factory-made.

Legal & General Modular Homes (LGMH) and VIVID have announced a five-year joint venture partnership to deliver over 1000 highly sustainable, affordable modular homes; some of these will be Build To Rent.

The partnership will see Legal & General Modular Homes and VIVID - a provider of affordable homes in the south of England, with around 72,000 customers and 33,000 homes - deliver up to 300 zero carbon homes per year, starting in 2023.

The announcement of this new partnership follows closely on the news that LGMH has been selected by the City of Wolverhampton as preferred partner for the development of around 400 homes in the city.

LGMH says modular construction is crucial in delivering government targets for housing and net zero. 

This new venture is part of LGMH’s programme to deliver several thousand homes a year as part of the industry drive to deliver 75,000 modular homes a year by creating new skilled jobs and improving industry productivity in factories across the country.

LGMH claims to be a sector leader in the delivery of high quality affordable and sustainable homes with each future development targeted to be certified as Net Zero Regulated Carbon. 

The combination of thermally efficient materials, air source heat pumps, and solar panels results in homes that are highly energy efficient with a greatly reduced carbon footprint both during construction and across the lifetime of each home. 

The firm claims it also means significantly reduced heating bills for residents at a time when household costs are rapidly rising due to their low cost in use. 

It says a Legal & General Modular home is 60 per cent more efficient to run for the homeowner than a Building Regulation compliant new build home and the apartments are up to 30 per cent cheaper to heat and run than the average apartment. 

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