Moonrise · Wimborne
Completion March 2027
SIPS panels · Ecologic
CGI render · Original concept
4,500 sqft of airtight, ultra-low energy luxury living — currently under construction in Wimborne, Dorset. The future of premium homebuilding, delivered by Whitebarn.
Michael sourced this land himself — a former stable block in Wimborne with planning potential others had overlooked. He produced a CGI of what it could become, presented it to the Dutton family on their first viewing, and they committed on the spot. Three separate planning applications later, construction is underway on a 4,500 sqft luxury Passive House SIPS build — designed for multigenerational living, with manicured landscaping and smallholding provisions. One of the most ambitious residential projects currently being built in Dorset.
Michael identified a former stable block in Wimborne — derelict, overlooked, and full of potential. He acquired the site before approaching the market, understanding the planning opportunity before anyone else had seen it.
A CGI render of the proposed home was produced — showing what could be built, not what existed. The Dutton family, searching for a multigenerational living solution, saw it on their first viewing and committed immediately.
Three separate planning applications were submitted and all granted. The complexity of the brief demanded careful navigation — Passive House standard, multi-gen layout, manicured landscaping and smallholding provisions.
Construction is now in progress using Ecologic SIPS panels. The structural shell — pre-manufactured at Ecologic's New Forest workshop — is being erected on site. Completion scheduled for March 2027.
Moonrise · Wimborne
Completion March 2027
SIPS panels · Ecologic
CGI render · Original concept
Structural Insulated Panels are the most advanced way to build a luxury home. Pre-manufactured to exact tolerances in a controlled workshop environment, erected on site in weeks rather than months, and engineered from the ground up to achieve airtight thermal performance that traditional masonry simply cannot match.
At Moonrise, Whitebarn is working with Ecologic SIPs — a New Forest-based manufacturer with over 20 years of experience and winner of the SIPs Project of the Year award at the 2024 Structural Timber Awards. Every panel is designed specifically for this project, manufactured in-house at their Dorset workshop, and installed by Ecologic's own team.
The result is a home that costs a fraction of what a conventional build costs to heat, maintains a constant internal temperature year-round, and will outlast anything built to standard Building Regulations by a generation.
A vapour control layer and precision panel joints eliminate draughts and heat loss entirely. The building envelope performs at a level impossible to achieve with masonry.
SIPS panels deliver U-values that exceed Passive House requirements — meaning the building requires minimal mechanical heating, even through a Dorset winter.
Pre-manufactured off-site, the structural shell is erected in 3–4 weeks. Less time on site means lower costs and a faster path to completion without sacrificing quality.
SIPS panels are bespoke to each project — complex rooflines, large glazing spans, open-plan layouts and contemporary forms are all achievable without compromise.
Sustainably sourced timber, minimal waste through factory precision, and a home that consumes a fraction of the energy of a conventional build across its entire lifetime.
Every number below represents a deliberate decision — a standard held to, a specification met, a detail that will still matter in fifty years.
This is not a home designed to meet minimum requirements. It is designed to exceed them — in thermal performance, in build quality, and in the quality of life it will deliver to the Dutton family for generations to come.
"We saw the CGI and knew immediately. We weren't looking for a house — we were looking for somewhere our whole family could live, properly, under one roof. Michael understood that from the very first conversation."
Moonrise is the first of what Michael intends to be several Passive House SIPS projects. If you have a plot — or the ambition to find one — and want to build to this standard, start here.