On site with Ecohouse

Ecohouse is the brainchild of former civil engineer Robin van der Bij. Robin moved to Cornwall from Holland in 1998 after meeting Nicky, now his wife, while travelling in Australia. With several years of managing multi-million pound engineering works behind him, when the opportunity to build his own home arose in 2004, he seized it. It was this that led to the launch of the design and build company Ecohouse. Here he explains some of the company's principles and ideologies.