Amity is a modern house, built in 2007 with an extension added in 2014 (the latter with under floor heating). Vicki and Philip moved in three years ago from a draughty and cold Edwardian house with the aim of making Amity as low carbon as possible, in terms of energy use. The priority was to install an air source heat pump and solar panels on the roof and the house no longer needs a gas supply. All light bulbs have been switched to LED. An electric car charging point was put in and is also publicly available (via Zapmap). There are also veg beds, water butts and composting.