Wirral firm unveils 'zero bills' house on Liverpool Waterfront

The zero-bills home is part of Starship’s wider partnership with Octopus Energy and described as the first of its kind in the North of England.

The three-bedroomed modular family house is displayed outside the ACC Liverpool. It served as a focal point for the Housing Community Summit on Monday (September 9) and will stay in situ through to the three-day Labour Party Conference, taking place from September 22.

Work on Starship's low-energy, zero-carbon modular house underway outside the ACC Liverpool (Image: Starship) Built using 'innovative' offsite construction methods in just one week at Starship’s Wirral based factory and assembled onsite in just two days. The purpose-built house aims to show how the Liverpool City Region aims to be the UK's centre of excellence for offsite construction of new homes, helping tackle the housing crisis, provide skilled jobs and represent a significant leap forward in sustainable housing.

After the Labour Party Conference, the house will be disassembled and relocated to Starship’s Wirral Waters campus. There, it will function as a prototype for promoting modern methods of construction and for training purposes.

Work on Starship's low-energy, zero-carbon modular house underway outside the ACC Liverpool (Image: Starship) Dave Dargan, co-founder and chief executive of Starship and founding member of Future Homes Liverpool City Region, said: "These are exciting and challenging times, where combining innovative construction methods with new technologies, allows us to deliver next generation housing today.

"Low-carbon living has always been part of Starship’s DNA. As one of the key partners of Future Homes Liverpool City Region, we can now showcase the region as a centre of excellence in delivering low-energy and zero bills' homes.

"Building at scale and pace we can provide housing that transforms people’s lives while making a major contribution to tackling the national housing crisis"

At work on Starship's low-energy, zero-carbon modular house outside the ACC Liverpool (Image: Starship)

Nigel Banks, Zero Bills technical director at Octopus Energy said: "Homes without energy bills aren’t a distant dream - they're a reality.

"Octopus Zero Bills’ is turbo-charging the green housing revolution, unlocking the power of technology and cheap renewables to deliver no energy bills.

“Our work with Liverpool City Region and Starship demonstrates that zero-bills homes are available now and aren't just helping customers eliminate the cost of energy, but making the grid greener and cheaper at the same time.”

As part of its ongoing partnership with Octopus Energy, Starship will build six carbon zero homes on its Maple Grove site in Bromborough, using what it described as a 'fabric-first approach', prioritising energy efficiency from the start of the design and development process.

These properties will be some of the first zero bills homes in the North, enabling homeowners to live energy bill free for 10 years, guaranteed.