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About us

Habitar was founded by Graham Madigan, a Chartered RIBA Architect with over 30 years of experience.

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Company Background

The company originated from two projects for hospitality clients who wanted to add lodges to their businesses to increase revenue.

 

After exploring various ‘off-the-shelf’ options, both clients chose our custom designs, which later became the Retreat range. We also provided technical development assistance for two additional companies but believed we could produce a superior product ourselves, which lead to the creation of Vista Lodges.

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Superior Comfort and Insulation

The NIPPs system also ensures high standards of insulation, providing a comfortable environment year-round.

 

Guests will appreciate the cooler interiors during summer and the warmth in winter, ensuring the lodge is suitable for use throughout all seasons. The exceptional acoustic performance of our lodges, far superior to the thin-walled static caravans, guarantees peace and quiet, leading to happier guests, better reviews, and higher occupancy rates

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A Worthwhile Investment

While you may find many cheaper alternatives, it’s essential to compare like-for-like. Many lower cost options are BS3632 lodges, not permanent buildings, and are constructed with much thinner walls, floors, and roof panels, leading to obvious drawbacks.

 

Habitar lodges are effectively bespoke constructions, so a direct comparison would be akin to comparing a mass-produced car with a hand-built luxury brand. Investing in a Vista lodge means choosing durability, quality, and superior guest satisfaction, ensuring your investment pays off for years to come and retains its value, rather than depreciating as "traditional" lodges (or static caravans) do.

Welcome to Vista Lodges

Vista Lodges is dedicated to crafting high-quality, timber-framed holiday lodges and homes that blend seamlessly with nature. Committed to sustainable design and exceptional craftsmanship, we serve landowners, hotels, golf courses, holiday parks, hospitality venues, and the residential market, offering beautiful, durable lodges that provide guests with a luxurious and memorable experience.

Customisable and Bespoke Designs

We offer a standard range of units designed to suit most sites, with materials and finishes that can be tailored to meet local site conditions, planning requirements, tastes, and budgets.

 

All our designs are flexible and can be modified as needed but for those seeking something unique, we can also provide bespoke lodges. We are also able to design and build all ancillary buildings such as clubhouses with receptions, cafes, bars, gyms, spas, and more. These would generally be designed to complement the lodges you choose, creating a cohesive and aesthetically pleasing environment.

 

The lodges can also be built to function as dwellings and we would be happy to look at schemes for single or multiple units for both private homeowners and commercial developers. Both the Verde and Vantage can easily be adapted as a two-storey dwelling or we can design something unique fro suit your brief.

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IS Surrey

At each stage Graham has been a pleasure to work with. He talks through the art of the possible then puts it down on paper. Where necessary using his experience to guide and advise around the likely-hood of gaining planning approval. Graham is very reliable and professional and I would strongly recommend him!”  

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CM - Sussex

I have worked with Graham and his team on a number of projects now and I'm always impressed with the efficiency and quality of advice available. Not only keeping the client fully informed and up to date on the schedule of works, but also being there for the contractor whenever questions arise. Their design ability is second to none, with the ability to accommodate the most demanding design challenges. All this coupled with some very in depth technical know-how, it makes every project a pleasure to work on and extremely well organised from start to finish.”  

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AM London

I have found that Graham will go the extra mile to add value to projects that other Architects and Designers will miss. Their ability to explain designs through the use of computer models as well as superb technical drawings makes working with them a pleasure”

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Sustainable &  Efficient Construction

Our lodges, constructed using high quality, engineered timber frames promote a natural, sustainable, and healthy building environment.

 

The engineered timber frames are pre-cut in the factory and shipped in flat sections to the site, ensuring precise, virtually waste-free construction and high build standards.  Additionally, the unassembled kits allow for transportation by smaller vehicles, enabling access to restricted sites.

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