Well it’s started.

A chunk of time on-line, house building magazines, interior design magazines are getting my attention as I slowly start thinking about ideas, possibilities for what the property can become.

Not only the visual style, the house and living components but the technical aspects.

OK, it’s obvious when you think about it, but the opportunity to consider and link all elements from the foundations to the material for kitchen tops (there are some fab tops made from recycled material !) so that it’s not a house with a few eco add ons but a full eco house is massive.

Which items, value for £ spend have the most eco impact is interesting. Design for insulation and thermal mass is a LOT more important than the likes of double or even triple glazing.

On-line I was quick to find that St Agnes (the next village down the coast) has what looks like a fab eco house building company. One of their current Cornwall developments looks very much along the lines I’d like (there is of course the issue of getting planning etc.).

• Check out their Portloe in progress project. It starts with the line “With a great plot secured and planning in place for a contemporary home to replace an ageing bungalow on the site”. Sound familiar ?