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Why Hangar Homes?The concept of living next to one’s hobby is not new. Houses on golf courses have been available in the USA for years, and the concept is now being introduced in the UK.

Conversely, marina homes have become popular in coastal areas of the UK, where owners can board their boat outside their home without first having to drive to a marina. In the USA, and to a lesser extent in France, homes on non-commercial airfields have become popular amongst the aviation community for the same reasons as with golf and boats. However, there are no airfield homes yet in the UK, which is a concept that Hangar Homes has been set up to address.

For many General Aviation (GA) airfields, it is a struggle for the airfield owner to make the airfield viable for aviation. One way of achieving this is to attract a number of based aircraft by having a number of Hangar Homes on the airfield. 2 HANGAR HOMES

FOR THE OWNER OF THE AIRFIELD

the additional aircraft brings in valuable landing fees, and also helps to make businesses viable on the airfield, such as for fuel, maintenance and avionics, which in turn brings in rental income for the airfield owner. Also, having Hangar Homes on the airfield brings a certain amount of kudos to the airfield and will bring in visiting aircraft, with additional landing fees.

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not only does it save them the cost of parking their aircraft and renting hangar space elsewhere, with the possibility of ‘hangar rash’ caused by other aircraft in a large hangar, but they don’t need to drive to or from the airfield after flying off somewhere.

They can get up in the morning, and if the weather is suitable for flying, pull their aircraft from out of their hangar underneath their home and fly off, before returning and putting their plane away and retiring to the balcony to watch the sunset or the outside TV from the hot tub. HANGAR HOMES 3

EXTERIOR ELEVATIONFRONT & SIDE

REGISTERED DESIGN NO. 4041472 HANGAR HOMES’ REGISTERED DESIGN

The above Hangar Home design, with the home and balconies above the hangar and garage with access from the ground-floor hallway, is registered with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), formerly known as The Patent Office, and cannot be used without 4 HANGAR HOMES

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the express permission of Hangar Homes Ltd. This design is also protected throughout the European Union (EU) under the Community Registered Design (CRD) system.

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What is a Hangar Home made of?

Most hangars are made of steel to cope with the long spans required. Whilst steel hangars can be insulated on the inside and clad on the outside, steel is still costly and not particularly eco-friendly and the result still looks more like a hangar than a home. The Hangar Home is designed to look more like a home than a hangar, and uses Cross-Laminated Timber panels to make up the walls, upper floor, roof and balconies, with only a couple of steel stanchions and beams to support the main balcony and hangar entrance.

Because the panels are manufactured off-site with all the doors and windows already cut out, the building can be put up in only a few days on a steel-reinforced concrete slab, minimising disruption on the airfield, and then fitted out with underfloor heating, electrics, roof tiles, kitchen and bathrooms in a few weeks, making the overall build time a fraction of a conventional home. Insulation is added to the outside walls and covered with timber cladding, and with its overhanging eaves and balconies, the Hangar Home looks more like a Swiss chalet than a regular house.8 HANGAR HOMES

How Eco-friendly is a Hangar Home?The short answer is very eco-friendly. Not only because wood is a natural product, and therefore Carbon neutral, but because the Hangar Home has been designed to be as energy efficient as possible thereby reducing its utility bills to a minimum. The following eco-friendly features are standard:

• 100mm insulation on all the wall and roof panels

• Underfloor heating throughout with thermostats in each room

• Rainwater capture for toilets

• Air source heat pump for heating and cooling

• Triple-glazing for heat/cold retention and sound-proofing

• Solar panels on south-facing roofs HANGAR HOMES 9

How much does a Hangar Home cost?

This would largely depend upon the cost of the land, which would vary depending on where the airfield is situated. The cost of the building would be some 30% less than a conventional new 2000 square foot two storey detached house with integral double garage in the area, but would have a huge 1200 square foot heated hangar, which, with or without a plane, would make the ultimate ‘Man-Cave’ or workshop, and the ideal place to build a kit aircraft or helicopter.

The aim is to provide a Hangar Home at the same price as a 3-bed semi-detached house in the area, but with much more room, character and value for money, and minimal running costs. Whilst Hangar Homes are designed to be built on non-commercial GA airfields as multiple units, they could be built singularly on private airstrips, without the land cost, as a primary residence or guest quarters. Because Hangar Homes are built using traditional materials, there is no reason why owners could not get a conventional mortgage on them as a primary residence or holiday home.

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Why buy a Hangar Home?

Living on an airfield is not to everyone’s taste, but to some who are into aviation or have their own light aircraft; it’s a great place to live. Waking up on a sunny weekend morning, having breakfast on the balcony overlooking the airfield and then going flying, is for some as good as it gets.

We’re not talking about a busy commercial airport with noisy jets flying in and out all day and night, but small GA airfields with flying during daylight hours. The sort of airfield where aviation enthusiasts would want to sit outside watching the little planes come and go, and where the evening brings an eerie silence and serene beauty.

Living in a Hangar Home is almost unique, as there would only be space for a certain number of them with both airside and roadside access. Therefore, a Hangar Home could be a good investment as there would be a limited supply on any given airfield with a much greater demand from other buyers, depending on the location.

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What you get with a Hangar Home?

• Detached home with 190 sm (2000 sq ft) living space

• 15m (W) x 9m (D) parking area for your plane adjacent to taxiway

• 12m (W) x 9m (D) x 2.9m (H) hangar underneath your home

• 6m (W) x 7.5m (D) x 2.9m (H) double garage

• Underfloor heating for all floors including the hangar and garage

• Fitted kitchen with built-in appliances

• 12m (W) x 3m (D) balcony for outdoor living overlooking airfield

• 12m (W) x 1.5m (D) balcony for rear bedrooms and kitchen

• Driveway and garden in front of the hangar home12 HANGAR HOMES

Which airfields are suitable for Hangar Homes?

For the concept of Hangar Homes to work, the following are needed:

• A non-commercial airfield primarily used for General Aviation

• A taxiway for plane access to a runway and the Hangar Homes

• A roadway for car and pedestrian access to the Hangar Homes

• A hard runway and preferably hard taxiway to Hangar Homes

• Sufficient space for multiple Hangar Homes

• Reasonable proximity to major conurbation or holiday location

• Affordable land available for Hangar Homes

• Support from airfield owner with planning permission HANGAR HOMES 13

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The Hangar Homes ‘community’

Unlike the USA and France, there are no residential ‘Air Parks’ in the UK as all GA airfields are mixed-use for leisure and business aviation, training, maintenance, hangarage and parking. Hangar Homes have been specifically designed for use on such airfields in the UK and Europe with a small ‘footprint’ taking up less space on the airfield than hangar homes elsewhere.

However, owners of Hangar Homes will inevitably create a ‘community’ as pilots tend to gather with other pilots, just as boating people or golfers congregate. Where there are a sufficient number of Hangar Homes on an airfield, a clubhouse with a gym, pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, restaurant and bar, looking like the other Hangar Homes but twice the size, may be built for use by the residents and visiting pilots.

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The freedom that comes from flying a light aircraft is like no other; a bit like riding a motorbike or driving a sports car but in three dimensions.

Being able to fly to and from your home is even better, and owning a Hangar Home makes that possible whilst opening up a new horizon in lifestyle living for pilots.

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