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Your Luxury Lodge
"Charteroak Estates' ethos is based upon economic development that respects and enhances their own staff, their business associates and the communities in which they operate. They do this while ensuring that they minimise their impact on the environment and do all that is possible to safeguard it for future generations. The latest location in Cornwall will have lodges available for purchase in 2010. Approximately 5 miles equidistant from Fowey, Looe and Polperro, the position of this new lakeside development is incredibly peaceful, situated in an outstanding 28 acre valley setting, the lodges enjoy beautiful plots at the watersedge, alongside streams or around four landscaped lakes."
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Glamour Magazine
Glamour Road Trip In association with Timberland.
"Situated near Dartmoor National Park, these contemporary, eco-friendly lodges make for the perfect romantic break."
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Holiday Home Living
"The homes have been positioned to provide a sense of privacy. The decks are shaped to compliment the water's edge and where there are trees, the deck is constructed around them."
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Dorset Society
"Charteroak is a company that builds sustainable 'green' homes in an attempt to save energy and reduce waste. The lodges are hard to spot and blend into the surroundings. Instead of climbing onto a plane to be subjected to a mass of screaming children, imagine driving into the country, after a hard week at work, relaxing on your decking listening to birdsong."
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Holiday Home Living
"Sensitively designed by award winning developers Charteroak Estates, Saxon Maybank is a fascinating selection of boutique holiday homes in a glorious, secluded, location 3 miles from the Dorset town of Sherborne."
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Financial Times
"The interest in purchasing a second home where you can make money as well as use it for your own holidays is proving incredibly attractive. Cash buyers are being spurred by the need to find a safe place for their money that provides a better return than bank savings accounts. "
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The Sunday Times
"These ecolodges, built by Charteroak Estates on the site of a derelict factory in Portmile, Devon, recently received a David Bellamy Conservation Award. The lodges also prevent people buying up existing housing stock and squeezing out locals."
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The Independent
"The standard items on the lodges include rainwater harvesting systems, sheep's wool insulation and dual-flush toilets that save water. These are all ideas that have long been espoused by specialist builders like Charteroak Estates."
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The Daily Telegraph
"Contemporary two and three bedroom lodges dotted on the edge of a serene lake in very mature grounds."
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The Sunday Times
"It may be eco, but it is super luxurious too."
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The Daily Telegraph
"Somewhere that may appeal to those in search of a holiday home with investment potential is Indio Lake, in the village of Bovey Tracey, which sits between Dartmoor and the coast with 12 contemporary and eco-friendly lodges overlooking the fishing lake of an eighth century monastery."
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The Sunday Telegraph
"The nature of the planning consent which restricts homes to holidaymakers means there is no council tax to pay, and no dreaded Stamp Duty."
"In a way, they are helping to solve the problem of second homes because the buyers aren't taking cottages which could otherwise go to locals. They are also ecological in every aspect of building, using natural materials and avoiding the removal of mature trees."
"No one should be making a profit now without making every effort to preserve the planet at the same time." said a Charteroak spokesperson.
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Knight Frank – Second Home Revival
"In spite of a sluggish housing market at the time of their launch in the autumn of 2008, the lodges all sold within 18 months at prices between £165,000 and £210,000".
"Part of the success of the scheme has been its appeal to buyers put off by the terms and conditions on other lodge developments"
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Daily Express
"The setting is truly idyllic and Charteroak Estates has built these homes with a true environmental conscience……lakeside lodges with an eco conscience…………a tranquil and serene getaway from busy city life".
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Estates Gazette
"It is possible to have high environmental content in relatively low cost homes."
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Daily Express
"Charteroak Estate has built these homes with a true environmental conscience. Dotted around the edge of the lake within an area of significant amenity value, each eco-friendly home has been designed to blend in completely with the woodland environment."
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The Mirror
"Jessica was attracted by the eco-friendly philosophy of developer Charteroak Estates and felt that by buying a purpose built holiday home she was not pricing the locals out of the housing market. She said; "The running costs are low and there is a relaxed and quiet atmosphere there that appealed to me."
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Daily Express
"The stunning, high spec lodges blend well into their tranquil surroundings….and developer Charteroak Estates has built them with an environmental conscience."
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Daily Express
"Located around a lake in peaceful and secluded countryside on the edge of Dartmoor, eco lodges at Indio Lake make great weekend boltholes. They are 'top to bottom' eco."
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Kevin McCloud
"Kevin McCloud in a "Grand Design:" – a Charteroak office."
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