Dulwich Huf Haus for sale: the eco-friendly property is one of the most centrally located of its kind in London

The house is one of nine in a cul-de-sac in the heart of Dulwich Village. 
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Beloved by aspiring Grand Designers and eco-warriors alike, the Huf Haus’s distinctive glazed walls and slanted roofs signify a certain modern luxury, particularly in the UK where these handsome homes are still a rarity.

The German family firm has been building homes for just over a century, yet there are only about 280 of them in the country, with the first British Huf Haus built in Leamington Spa in 1997.

Usually detached and with a reliance on outside space and harnessing natural light, they are rarer still in central London.

Christopher Burton of Knight Frank is currently selling a five-bedroom Huf Haus in Dulwich Village. One of nine tucked away in a cul-de-sac, Burton reckons these are among the most centrally located homes of their kind in London.

“There are some in Putney and some in Richmond but we’re closer to central London, only 13 minutes to London Bridge station,” he says. “If you want a Huf Haus and you want to be close to central London, then this is your best opportunity.”

The homes are prefabricated in the Huf Haus factory in Germany and the company limits the number it produces each year to about 150, saying it gives these properties an “exclusive edge”.

The Dulwich Huf Haus enclave was built 18 years ago on the site of an old wood yard, now renamed Woodyard Lane.

The houses sit within the Dulwich Village conservation area and offer a strikingly stylistic departure from the prevailing local Victorian and Edwardian architecture.

Built using post and beam construction, the Huf Haus has a far more flexible layout than the neighbouring period properties, which are riven with load-bearing walls.

When they bought the house 10 years ago, the current owners completely reconfigured the downstairs layout, moving the galley kitchen to make it the eye-catching centrepiece of the entire property.

And whereas Burton says in a more conventional home, this would have been the work of several weeks or even months, in the Huf Haus the entire project took just two weeks, since the majority of the work was done off-site in the Huf Haus factory.

He likens owning a Huf Haus to owning a Porsche and getting it serviced at a Porsche garage – maintenance and updates are usually carried out by the brand and there’s even a Huf Haus owners’ club.

Of course, the brand is best known for its emphasis on sustainability – no tokenistic carbon offsetting here.

The house for sale has an EPC rating of C, underfloor heating and floor-to-ceiling windows in many rooms. There is a reception area leading out on to the back garden and an office alongside the kitchen and dining area on the ground floor.

The first floor has four bedrooms, one with a balcony, while the basement has an en suite guest bedroom, family room and a utility room.

The property is for sale for £2.8 million through Knight Frank.