Super-eco home named after Bond Skyfall film on market for over £4m
High-tech eco home named after Bond Skyfall movie and boasting its own air purifying system, solar panels, thermal store, cinema and gym goes on the market for offers over £4million
- Home in Berkshire countryside designed to be carbon free with solar panels, heat pump and air filtering roofs
- The five-bedroom mansion sits just outside the village of Taplow, with Huntswood Golf Course just next door
- Sprawling home listed by Savills has over 7,000 sq ft of living space over two floors and sits in 1.5 acres of land
A super-eco high-tech home that would not look out of place in a Bond film has been put on the market for offers over £4million.
The aptly named Skyfall in the Berkshire countryside is designed to be totally carbon free – equipped with solar panels, an underground heat pump and sedum roofs which filter air particles and convert CO2 into oxygen.
The five-bedroom home is just outside the village of Taplow – with Huntswood Golf Course just next door – and features luxe white interiors, minimalist decor and stunning countryside surroundings which would make it a fitting pad for 007.
But it’s the eco features of the brand new house, listed by Savills, which make it really stand out.
An aerial shot shows the sprawling Skyfall property, situated in the village of Taplow, in Berkshire
The property, being sold at offers above £4million, boasts a sleek and minimal interior. Pictured: Open-plan kitchen, dining and lounge area
The kitchen features a charcoal-coloured wall containing a fridge, freezer, ovens and cupboard space and a white breakfast bar
The open plan area features a kitchen, dining area and lounge, while the ceiling is fitted with speakers to provide surround sound
The bedrooms at Skyfall are extremely spacious, with patio doors giving direct access to its large garden
A study is well lit thanks to two huge glass-panelled sliding doors, which offer stunning views of the Berkshire countryside
The ceilings at Skyfall are almost sky-high, flooding the property with natural light
An enormous bathroom would not look out of place at a luxury 5-star spa, with gold detailing in the several walk in showers and tub
The site was once part of a dairy farm and then owned by Cliveden Stud before some dilapidated farm buildings were knocked down to build Skyfall.
It has solar panels, underfloor heating via an air source heat pump and cutting edge technology with Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System (STES), which is very new within the UK.
Hot water is heated through eight solar panels on the roof and any excess generated is stored within a thermal store for later use.
The state-of-the-art green heating system is also aided by exceptionally high levels of thermal insulation.
It also has sedum roofs to filter particles from the air and convert CO2 into oxygen, contributing to air purification, and a home automation system for lighting and sound throughout and light movement sensors in some rooms.
The stunning home has over 7,000 sq ft of living space over two floors.
On the ground floor is an open plan living area with a reception hall, kitchen, dining area and living area, a separate cantilevered drawing room and an office.
A ‘suspended’ polished concrete staircase leads down to the lower ground floor where there are five bedrooms suites, all with bath or shower rooms, a cinema and a gym.
The house sits in 1.5 acres of grounds with a garage/workshop.
Trevor Kearney from Savills said: ‘The style of the place is really cool and it’s positioned down a long private driveway and next to a golf course so you feel super private, it’s a really cool pad.
Skyfall manages to provide large glass doors and windows to almost every room
Skyfall is designed to be totally carbon free – equipped with solar panels, an underground heat pump and sedum roofs which filter air particles and convert CO2 into oxygen
The site was once part of a dairy farm and then owned by Cliveden Stud before some dilapidated farm buildings were knocked down to build Skyfall
A ‘suspended’ polished concrete staircase leads down to the lower ground floor where there are five bedrooms suites, all with bath or shower rooms, a cinema and a gym
The stunning home has over 7,000 sq ft of living space over two floors. Pictured: One of the five bedrooms
On the ground floor is an open plan living area with a reception hall, kitchen, dining area and living area, a separate cantilevered drawing room and an office
Hot water at Skyfall is heated through eight solar panels on the roof and any excess generated is stored within a thermal store for later use
Skyfall’s state-of-the-art green heating system is also aided by exceptionally high levels of thermal insulation
Floor plans for Skyfall show its super spacious rooms, spread over two floors
‘The bedrooms are on the lower floor to make the most of the views, the layout of the house works really well.
‘It was originally called Hitchambury Farm. The owners changed the name to suit the new house so I think they chose it for the Bond reference because it is super cool.
‘Banks are offering better mortgage rates to houses with green credentials so I think the green element is going to become more important in the future.
‘The Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage System is cutting edge technology and how we will all be running our homes in the future. I think people are looking at that as something that matters to them when they come to look at the house.
‘The house is fully furnished so someone could move in straight away, it’s a turnkey property.’
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