Welcome to Wychwood

15/03/05

09/12/08

We are in the process of redeveloping the bungalow above into a new house and garage on a 1/4 acre plot in Herts, UK.

We’ve put this site together to chronicle the build from start to end.  This is so our family in many far-flung parts of the globe can easily keep abreast of developments and also allow other potential self-builders to share in our dream.

Please explore our site.  The latest pictures are found in ‘Progress Pictures’.

What’s New?? 13Jan2012 - Downstairs hall finished, upstairs loo complete, stair balustrade complete, upstairs hall floor & second fix underway...

The small red square indicates the total surface area that would be required,  utilizing solar thermal energy technology, to provide all of the electric power needs for the entire European Union. The larger square would sustain the entire world. (Source:- ‘EVWorld’)

Tesla’s ‘Model S’ - On sale in the UK next year (2012).

(www.teslamotors.com)

Due to high photographic content of this site a broadband connection is recommended.

See the latest pics by clicking Progress Pictures, above.

Please email us at m.winlow@btopenworld.com if you wish with comments, suggestions, abuse etc (not too much abuse, please).

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An Interesting Fact

The Electric Vehicle Conversion

Not content with spending all our spare time and money building a house we’ve also decide to investigate greening things up a bit by converting our wee van to electric drive! Check out the latest info and pictures on the conversion of the HiJet to electric power on the ‘EV Conversion’ button top left..

  08Aug11 - Last Update:-  13733 miles done and £1662 saved.

(average UK petrol price is now £1.33/l).

I will be stripping all the electric drive bits off the shell - all of which survived unscathed - and will be re-installing them in one of these... a replica of an Austin Healey 3000, starting around Spring 2012.  Watch this space.

Unhappily my van was written off in a collision on the 8th August and is no more.

Want a 7 minute primer on “Why EVs?”.  Then watch this video presented by Robert Llewellyn (yes, him of Red Dwarf fame)...

And if you now want a longer, more US-biased take on it all, try this video (this first part is 10 minutes long but the whole series of 10 runs to 92 minutes!)...