Flood risk removed - read all about it!

We’re polishing our fingernails and feeling really chuffed with ourselves. The story about our elevating house, which we recently obtained planning permission for, has hit the headlines in the national papers.

Press stories about the elevating house appeared in The Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and Metro.

The beauty of the elevating house is that it can be jacked up ahead of any flood waters, to avoid the home flooding. This means that the house can be built on land which has up until now been unavailable for development. The additional cost of the elevating system beneath the house can be offset by the relatively low prices for flood-prone land.

Some of the headlines were great – 'Hopping home could be floody brilliant' exclaimed Metro, while the Times said Larkfleet Homes is ‘raising the roof (and the rest of the house with it)'. The Daily Mail said that an 'elevating house is how to give house prices a lift'.

The elevating house is cool because it can just about remove the risk of flood damage to homes. This means that more land across the country can be approved for future home building. This will help to tackle the ‘housing crisis’ that is being caused by the demand for new housing far exceeding the supply.

It’s great to get national recognition for such a fantastic idea. Let’s hope that the tests live up to the hype.