info@positivenav.comAvalon, Macmillan Road, Rowley Regis, B65 8ASCall AboutDomestic Commercial Service Areas Contact07518 498193Request Estimate - Home - Domestic - Future Home Standard (2027) Domestic # Build Homes That Meetthe Future Home StandardFrom March 2027 Electrical, charging, heating control and automation specified at design stage, so your 2027 completions are compliant by design instead of reworked at second fix. Request Estimate07518 498193 Loxone partner · Developer and self-build schemes · No-obligation quotes · West Midlands, London and Manchester March 2027 deadline Specification support ahead of the standard taking effect. Loxone Partner Control and monitoring designed alongside the electrical package. Design-stage input We price and advise before first fix, not after. Domestic and commercial Same team covers the Future Building Standard. ## What the Future Home Standard means for your build The Future Home Standard is the incoming standard for new residential buildings, applying from March 2027. It reflects a straightforward direction of travel: homes are expected to use low-carbon heating, to accommodate electric vehicles, and to control their energy consumption rather than simply consume it. For the electrical package, this changes what a home has to be capable of on the day it is handed over. Heat pump heating and hot water need supply capacity and sensible control. EV charging needs provision that has actually been designed for, not a spare way and hope. Room-level heating control, ventilation control and energy monitoring need cabling and a place in the panel. Almost none of that is expensive when it is decided at design stage. Nearly all of it is expensive when it is discovered at second fix. Our role is to get the specification right before the programme locks, so compliance is something the build already has rather than something it has to be retrofitted to reach. ### Who it is for Housing developers, main contractors, architects and self-builders with schemes completing on or after March 2027. ### When to involve us At design stage. Once the layout, panel position and containment routes are fixed, your options narrow and your costs rise. ### What is covered Supply capacity, distribution design, heat pump and hot water control, EV provision, room-level heating, ventilation, and monitoring. ### Why it matters commercially Homes that meet the standard are easier to sell, cheaper to run, and do not need remedial work when the deadline passes mid-programme. ## The cost of leaving it until 2027 The deadline is fixed. What varies is whether your scheme meets it through design or through rework, and the difference between those two is not a rounding error. ### Specifying to yesterday's minimum A scheme designed to today's baseline and completing after March 2027 is a scheme that either changes late or hands over short. Neither is a good conversation to have with a buyer, a lender or a warranty provider. ### No capacity for heat pump and charging together Distribution designed around gas heating and a car that does not plug in has no headroom for either. Adding both later means board changes, possible supply work, and disruption to a finished property. ### Retrofitting control after plaster Room-level heating control, occupancy sensing and monitoring all need cable to places you can no longer reach. What costs very little in containment before first fix becomes chasing, making good and redecorating afterwards. ### Programme risk mid-scheme A multi-phase development running through the deadline can find later plots subject to different expectations than early ones. Designing to the higher standard from the outset removes that split entirely. ### Handing over homes that are expensive to run A compliant-on-paper home with poor control still costs the occupier more than it should. That reaches you as complaints, warranty calls and reputational damage long after practical completion. ## How we support a compliant scheme - 01 ### Design-stage review We review drawings, intended heating strategy, plot layouts and parking provision, and identify where the electrical and control specification needs to change to meet the standard. - 02 ### Specification and itemised pricing You get a written specification covering distribution, charging provision, heating and hot water control, ventilation and monitoring, priced by plot or by phase with no obligation. - 03 ### Coordination with the project team We work to the programme alongside the M&E design, main contractor and heating installer so containment, panel positions and control cabling are agreed before first fix. - 04 ### First fix Distribution, containment, control cabling, charging circuits and sensor positions installed with capacity left for the specified loads rather than sized to the bare minimum. - 05 ### Second fix, configuration and commissioning Devices fitted, control logic configured, heating zones proven, charging tested under load, and monitoring brought online. - 06 ### Testing, certification and handover pack Full testing and certification, plus documentation the buyer, warranty provider and future contractor can actually use. ## What early specification gets you ### Compliance by design The scheme meets the March 2027 standard because it was drawn that way, not because it was corrected. ### Lower build cost Capacity and containment installed pre-plaster cost a fraction of the same outcome retrofitted. ### No mid-programme split Every plot in a phased development built to one specification instead of two. ### Better running costs Room-level control, shading and tariff-aware charging cut what the occupier actually spends. ### A stronger sales story Charging, low-carbon heating and genuine control are things a buyer can see and value. ### One accountable contractor Electrical and automation delivered together, so nothing falls between packages. ## The technical scope in practice Every scheme differs, but the same areas decide whether a home meets the standard comfortably or scrapes it. These are the ones we work through with your design team. ### Supply capacity and distribution design A home with a heat pump, hot water cylinder, induction cooking and an EV charge point has a very different demand profile to one built around a gas boiler. Distribution needs to be designed against realistic simultaneous demand, with the board sized for the circuits the standard implies plus reasonable spare capacity. Getting this right at design stage also avoids the worst outcome: discovering during commissioning that the incoming supply itself is the constraint, at the point in the programme where a supply upgrade is most damaging to the schedule. ### EV charging provision Provision means a designed circuit to a sensible position for where the vehicle will actually park, with the protection and earthing arrangement appropriate to outdoor equipment already resolved, and containment in place even where the unit itself is fitted later. On multi-plot developments, load management across charge points is often what makes the numbers work, allowing meaningful charge rates without oversizing every supply on the site. ### Heat pump and hot water control Low-carbon heating rewards control that understands slow-response systems. Underfloor heating in screed behaves nothing like a radiator, and control logic that cycles it as though it does produces overshoot, discomfort and wasted energy. Room-level sensing and actuator control lets each space run its own target and schedule, and hot water can be scheduled against tariff and occupancy rather than reheating on a fixed timer regardless of use. ### Ventilation, humidity and air quality Better-sealed homes depend on ventilation working correctly rather than on incidental draughts. Extract driven by measured humidity instead of a timer is what actually keeps bathrooms and utility spaces dry. Where mechanical ventilation with heat recovery is specified, integrating it with the control system means it responds to occupancy and conditions rather than running a single fixed rate all day. ### Monitoring and energy visibility Metering at circuit level turns running cost from a monthly surprise into something the occupier can see and act on. It also gives the developer evidence that the systems installed are performing as designed. On a Loxone system, monitoring feeds the same logic that controls the loads, so consumption data can actually change behaviour, holding charging back to off-peak, or flagging a hot water circuit running longer than it should. ### Residential versus commercial standards The Future Home Standard covers new residential buildings; the Future Building Standard covers non-domestic buildings and arrives in the same month. Developers with mixed-use schemes are dealing with both at once. The underlying disciplines are the same, capacity, low-carbon heating, charging and control, but the commercial side adds plant control, tariff strategy and reporting. We deliver both, which keeps a mixed scheme under one specification rather than two. ## Frequently asked questions What is the Future Home Standard?It is the incoming standard for new residential buildings, taking effect from March 2027, that raises the bar on how homes use and control energy. In practical electrical terms it pushes new homes towards low-carbon heating, EV charging provision, better control of energy use and infrastructure that supports all three from day one. When exactly does it apply?March 2027. That is the point at which specifying to the old expectations stops being an option. Because design, procurement and first fix all sit months ahead of completion, schemes finishing in 2027 need the decisions made well before then. What does it change about the electrical specification?Provision for EV charging, capacity and control for heat pump heating and hot water, room-level heating control rather than a single thermostat, ventilation control, and the panel and cable capacity to support those loads without a later upgrade. We are building now for 2027 completion. What should we do?Specify to the standard at design stage rather than building to today's minimum and retrofitting. Cable routes, panel space and control infrastructure cost very little before plaster and a great deal afterwards, and a scheme that has to be reworked late is the expensive outcome. Does this apply to renovations and extensions?The standard targets new residential buildings, but the same direction of travel affects existing homes through capacity, charging and heating changes. If you are renovating substantially, building to the new expectations now avoids doing the work twice. How does automation help with compliance?Control is where much of the practical benefit sits. Per-room heating, occupancy-driven lighting and ventilation, shading that manages solar gain, and charging scheduled against tariff all reduce actual consumption rather than reducing it only on paper. Can you work as part of our existing project team?Yes. We work with developers, main contractors, architects and self-builders, and can input at design stage, price against a specification, or deliver the electrical and automation packages as part of the wider programme. How much does it add to a build?The uplift depends entirely on how early it is specified. Designed in from the start, much of it is capacity and containment rather than expensive equipment. Retrofitted after first fix, the same outcome costs multiples of that. We quote per scheme, itemised and with no obligation. Do you cover commercial developments too?Yes, the commercial equivalent is the Future Building Standard, which lands in the same month, and we support developers on both residential and commercial schemes. Which areas do you cover for new-build work?Birmingham, Solihull, Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon and the wider West Midlands, with project work undertaken in London and Manchester. ## Related services - Domestic electrical contracting - Smart home automation - EV charger installation - Future Building Standard (2027) - Positive & Nav Electrical home - Contact us for a no-obligation quote ## Where we work - Birmingham - Solihull - Warwick - Stratford-upon-Avon - London - Manchester ## Get the 2027 specification right at design stage. Send us your drawings and programme, and we will review the electrical and control scope and quote it with no obligation. 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