Stop Press:  We have created a new comprehensive enquiry form which we hope will help us to help you.

Please fill it in to let us know what kind of self build support you are looking for. Thank you!

Helping to make sustainable homes more affordable

Ecomotive is a social enterprise working to create more sustainable communities through supporting and enabling self-build and self-finish projects that have environmental, social and economic sustainability at their core.

Our work follows on from the success of the Ashley Vale self-build project in Bristol. We are using the knowledge, skills and experience we gained through our involvement in this scheme to help support many more community self-build projects get off the ground.

We aim to: Present an exciting and more affordable alternative to mainstream housing developments Help create more sustainable communities through engaging future residents throughout the design and construction process Explore ways of making home ownership more affordable to people on lower incomes Provide inspiration, advice, training and mentoring to people who want to develop their own community-led housing projects Help make homes more energy-efficient by offering a range of consultancy services including Code for Sustainable Homes assessment and SAP assessment.

 On this website you can:

• Sign up to our self-build training courses 

• Find out more about our specialist consultancy services

• Check out details of Ecomotive's self-build and self-finish projects  

If you are interested in setting up your own community self-build project or would like to join in with an existing group to search for land, check out our exciting NEW website www.communitybuild.org.uk! 

For more information on the technicalities of different types of self build project, visit the National Self Build Portal - which we helped to set up - at www.selfbuildportal.org.uk.

Thanks to Unltd and Business West for their support in creating this resource.

The Ecomotive Team