Zero-carbon house built within a week could slash bills

The home was built and assembled within a week

A two-storey house that can be built within a week and promises to slash energy bills has been unveiled.

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram showcased the two-storey, zero-carbon eco-friendly house built in a Wirral factory but erected on Liverpool's waterfront as part of the city region's Future Homes plan.

Mr Rotheram, who was joined outside ACC Liverpool by party colleague Miatta Fahnbulleh, parliamentary under secretary of state for energy and security and net zero, said "this is something the rest of the country could be looking enviously at".

The house will stay outside ACC until after the Labour Party conference ends later this month.

Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram said the project could be envied all over the country

Mr Rotheram, who used to work in the building trade, said the steel-frame modular home had been built to a "top specification".

The house was built by Wirral-based modular homes specialist Starship and will be reassembled as a prototype back at its Wirral Waters campus.

Company founder and chief executive Dave Dargan said the homes were "much more robust than you would think" and the company hoped it would become the "new norm in housing" and available to "as many families as possible".

The company claims such houses could have an estimated heating, hot water, and lighting bills of £124 a year - or even zero.

Starship is building similar family homes in Wirral including 13 in Wallasey.