Sustainable flooring is among the features of an environmentally-friendly Warwickshire mansion, which is being raffled off over the next 12 months.
Malcolm and Maxine Cox built the £3.2 million, 10,000 sq ft property on the outskirts of Alcester over a period of seven years and elected to incorporate a number of green fixtures in order to conserve energy, the Daily Mail reports.
These include sustainable floors and ceilings, which contribute to keeping the house so well insulated that gas and heating bills come to £270 a year - less than ten per cent of the annual council tax costs.
A raffle is being held to sell the home, with tickets costing £25. Mr Cox hopes that over the next year the couple will be able to sell 150,000, with £100,000 of the money raised going to charity.
Earlier this week, Jennifer Young of New Energy Works and Pioneer Millworks told Roc Now that it is misconception that reclaimed wood can only be used for rustic buildings, when it can also be utilised as sustainable flooring in modern homes.
