Gusto Homes, building AECB A-Rated Homes

Join the Future Homes Hub for an exclusive visit to a Gusto Homes development at Easthorpe Green, led by Steff Wright, Founder of Gusto Homes.

 

Steff started his first company at just 17 and has since built a career driven by innovation and entrepreneurship across multiple sectors. Inspired by the Rio Summit in 1992, he has been a pioneer of sustainability ever since, focusing on delivering energy-efficient homes and enabling communities to live more sustainably.

 

During the visit, Steff will share Gusto Homes’ experience of delivering homes aligned with the AECB CarbonLite standard, alongside a guided site tour and Q&A session. You’ll have the opportunity to explore AECB A-rated homes at various stages of construction. The AECB defines these homes as:

 

  • Energy efficient – A ‘fabric first’ approach ensures excellent performance and a consistent indoor climate all year round
  • Comfortable and healthy – High levels of thermal comfort, minimal draughts and thermal bridging, and superior indoor air quality through advanced ventilation systems
  • Low carbon – Designed to maximise the efficiency of heat pumps through high levels of insulation and increased performance standards
  • Quality assured – Built on robust standards rooted in Passivhaus principles, with trained certifiers ensuring consistency of the AECB standard 

 

At Easthorpe Green, Gusto Homes has adopted this approach offering a distinctive, high-quality product within the market.

 

We hope you can join us as we share our experience, insights, and the challenges we faced along the way.

Details of the Site Visit

Date: Tuesday 7th July 2026

Times: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Location: Green Lane, Manor Road, Easthorpe, NG13 0DU

PPE: No PPE required

Capacity: 20 attendees

Parking arrangements: On site


Agenda

To follow

Join the Site Visit

Michael Brett is Founder of Milestone, a group of businesses that includes Home by Milestone.


Michael has been in the Construction Industry for over 25 years starting on site as a joiner and now running a team of Site Managers. Every year Milestone constructs 5-6 high end custom homes on behalf of clients across the Midlands and beyond. One of the most recent projects has been the construction of a Passivhaus opening his eyes to a new standard of homebuilding and inspiring him to launch Home by Milestone in an effort to accelerate the UK’s shift to smarter, greener homes and communities.

Henry Franklin is Home by Milestone's Centre Manager.



For 15 years Henry has worked in Engineering and Operations Management roles in the Nuclear, Energy and Construction Industries delivering innovative R&D projects. In October 2025 he joined the Milestone Team where he is responsible for Operations and Sales. He's overseeing works to prepare the Centre's Exhibition and Collaborative workspaces in preparation for opening doors in April 2026. 

Mike Webb is the managing director of a small property development company that specialises in Certified Passivhaus builds since 2015.


Prior to this Mike had an MCS accredited Solar panel installation company & his company has installed over 350 schemes making “Electricity from the Sun”. In 2015 he realised we just need to build better to waste less energy & concluded the answer was Passivhaus. Having met Tomas Gaertner who simplifies the Passivhaus system, Mike retrained to become a Certified Passivhaus consultant & then borrowed c £3 million to build the award-winning Seaton Beach apartments building, the first multiblock in the UK to be certified as Passivhaus Plus. http://www.seatonbeach.co.uk