Testimonials

Malcolm Clarke MCIOB, Managing Director, Baxall Construction:

“The visit to TALO’s offsite manufacturing centre in Finland was really useful and insightful. I have been involved in MMC for around 15 years and in that time have visited multiple factories. TALO’s set up was very impressive and it was interesting to see each process including the timber milling.

Sustainability is the biggest driver for MMC – reducing transport to site and material waste and helping us to deliver healthier buildings with significant improvements to energy efficiency and whole life carbon. Timber systems also have less impact on the environment.

I believe there is a really good fit between TALO’s offer and Baxall’s approach as a solutions provider to the built environment. We are keen to expand into the housing sector and are now positively looking at collaborations with TALO and our clients.”

James Everest, Director, The Balma Group:

“We estimate that the overall programme saving from using this advanced offsite housing system will be around six months. This will give us a faster return on investment and greater certainty of programme for the fit-out phase. It will also enable us to bring these new family homes to market much sooner, to the benefit of the community of Edenbridge.

The TALO approach has already generated significant cost savings in structural engineering and groundworks from its standardised design and foundations.

We also found it very useful to visit TALO’s offsite factory in Finland and to see a number of homes there under construction. The pace of work on site despite freezing temperatures was incredible.”

Philip Quinn, Director of Surveying Services, ICW: 
 
“TALO’s commitment to quality is clear, as attested by their comprehensive technical design and robust manufacturing processes. Working with TALO has been refreshing and their approach to sustainability is impressive.

We found TALO’s team to be responsive, technically minded and engaging professionals. We are thrilled to be working in partnership together as we look ahead to future MMC projects.”

Paul Senior, Senior Business Analyst, Mitsubishi HC Capital UK PLC:

“I had the incredible privilege of working alongside Bengt Magnussen and TALO on the partnership, define, and design stages of the 360 housing development in Chesterfield for Strata Homes, and I cannot overstate the impact Bengt had and how much knowledge he was able to share.
 
TALO’s vision and expertise are truly transforming how we approach housing design and delivery to meet our communities' needs.
 
If you are passionate about the future of construction and housing, I highly recommend connecting with Bengt and the TALO team. Their insights are invaluable, and their dedication to sustainable solutions is inspiring.
 
Let's all support visionaries like TALO who are building a greener, more sustainable future for us all. Reach out, follow their journey, and join the conversation on revolutionising housing!”

Ian Blake, Director, iB Architects:

“Our experience of working with the TALO system is very positive. Having looked at other factory-built systems, we have been unable to find another that is comparable.

The TALO ethos of sustainable forest to factory in a single day and then just a week on site, whilst mitigating against the ingress of moisture during construction, and delivering a high performance zero snag product is admirable and hugely aspirational.

This is a completely flexible and bespoke product that enables a wide variety of architectural designs to be delivered, with few of the compromises that other offsite manufactured housebuilding systems are challenged by. This makes TALO’s solutions an incredibly attractive proposition.”

Oliver Morse, Director, Frankham Developments:

“We have seen many offsite and MMC solutions at Frankham and have found this to be the best in terms of quality of build.”

“The biggest benefit of the TALO approach for us is programme certainty and how this system can minimise the impact of the British weather. Rain and low winter temperatures cause quality issues, delays on site and make it very difficult to schedule the internal fitout phases, which adds to programme delays and costs.”

“Another major benefit is that we can replicate the design of the structure and roll it out on to other sites with cost certainty and reduced design fees. We also anticipate that the much lower energy costs for each home will be an important selling point in a competitive housing market.” 

Alex Taylor, Director, Supervene Architects:

“We were fortunate to be invited to visit a fantastic new housing development, under construction using the TALO offsite superstructure system. We were seriously impressed by the speed of construction, the attention to detail in their processes and importantly, the significantly improved levels of energy performance that this advanced timber system is able to deliver.

Not targeting Building Regulations as a standard, but pointedly better. This isn’t because they can, but because they choose to and is part of their company ethos – ‘we want to make a difference’.

Currently having delivered circa 70 homes in the UK, the timber superstructure system was delivered on a Monday complete with glazing, insulation and plasterboarding pre-installed in the factory. This means new homes are water and weather tight just three days later. We hope to see this solution more frequently installed throughout the UK.”

Doug Johnson, Director, Mesh Energy:
 
“TALO’s timber superstructure solutions for low rise housing are the very best we have seen in the UK in terms of energy efficiency, cost and quality. Their latest projects are achieving a 30 per cent improvement on Passivhaus energy standards and at no cost premium. We don’t believe there is anything like this on the market today and yet it is very needed.

The biggest issues facing housebuilders and developers are managing risk and addressing skills shortages. TALO’s system addresses both of these challenges extremely well.

New regulation is coming which will make it increasingly difficult for developers to balance the rising cost of building new homes to the required energy and air tightness standards and the risk of non-compliance.
 
New homes simply need to perform better. And yet the risk for developers is in the fabric and performance of each home.

TALO’s system is an extremely efficient way of building new homes to reduce risk for residential property developers. Their approach gives housebuilders the benefit of much greater certainty of delivery to the required quality and energy and air tightness standards from the inception of a project.”

David Watkins, Director, Pack Developments:

“What a great experience to visit TALO. With our drive to deliver net zero homes in the UK, it was important to understand what is behind the company. Seeing the efficiency in the production factory from start to finish, gave us a great insight into the level of detail that is required to make these homes.

Building in the UK using MMC will be easier now we have a good team behind us. We are looking forward to starting our first project.”

Joss Eynon, Director, MJE Properties:

“TALO is helping us to create ultra-heat efficient housing, which will match or exceed Passivhaus energy standards.”

It will have Scandinavian-standard insulation and triple glazing to reduce heat loss and achieve ultimate air tightness. Energy bills are predicted to be negative and house assembly will be rapid, allowing us to take our time focusing on high specification internal and external finishing.

This is all helping us to look beyond the status quo of UK housebuilding.”