Home by Milestone
Masson Mills seen across its courtyard gardens

About Home

A place
for better
homes.

Home is a physical place at Masson Mills where people, products and ideas come together to help create healthier, more efficient and more sustainable homes.

The four foundations of Home

  1. 01

    Real products

    See, touch and compare at scale.

  2. 02

    Expert people

    Manufacturers, architects and specialists.

  3. 03

    Practical knowledge

    Talks, CPD and hands-on learning.

  4. 04

    A connected community

    Working together for better homes.

Why Home exists

Better decisions need better information.

Building or renovating a good home involves many connected choices. Yet products, technical information and advice often live in different places.

Architects, manufacturers, builders, specialists and homeowners each hold part of the picture. Home exists to bring more of that knowledge together — physically, practically and around real projects.

You can research forever.
Or you can come
and experience it.

A wide view across the Masson Mills complex and surrounding landscape

Our Home

A remarkable place with a brighter purpose.

Home is inside Masson Mills in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. This historic industrial building has been reimagined as a place for better building, sustainable living, learning, products, ideas and collaboration.

Building performance

Performance
you can understand.

Home is the Passivhaus Centre of Excellence. It brings high-performance building principles into a physical environment where people can explore the products, systems and decisions involved.

The focus includes fabric-first thinking, thermal performance, airtightness, ventilation, energy efficiency and comfort.

What makes Home different

More than
a showroom.

Home is a place to explore, learn, connect and make decisions with confidence. It brings together the people, products and ideas involved in creating a better home — all under one roof.

The long brick façade of Masson Mills beside the River Derwent
Masson Mills seen across its courtyard gardens

A better way to build

We believe homes can be healthier, more efficient and more sustainable — without compromising on design or quality.

The glazed entrance to Masson Mills

A community of expertise

Home connects manufacturers, architects, builders, specialists and homeowners so knowledge can move between the people making decisions.

Durable natural building materials shown in detail

A more sustainable future

Better homes come from better decisions about fabric, energy, materials, systems, comfort and longevity.

The Home ecosystem

Better homes need more than one expert.

Home creates the place where the people shaping a project can see the wider picture and have better conversations.

Home

The shared place where products, practical knowledge and project conversations come together.

  1. 01

    Homeowners

    Bring projects, priorities and questions.

  2. 02

    Architects

    Bring design thinking and project relationships.

  3. 03

    Members

    Bring products and specialist expertise.

  4. 04

    Builders + specialists

    Bring practical delivery knowledge.

Who Home brings together

Homeowners

Somewhere to make sense of the options.

Experience products, ask better questions, compare systems and plan what comes next.

Architects

A place to make design decisions tangible.

Bring clients, meet specialists, attend CPD and explore specification options in person.

Members

A physical place for products and expertise.

Share products and knowledge with architects, specialists and homeowners working on real projects.

People exchanging practical knowledge around plans and materials

Knowledge at Home

Knowledge should be shared.

Home isn't simply products on display. Knowledge moves through CPD, talks, demonstrations, roundtables, articles, guides, project stories and conversations.

Our approach

See it.
Understand it.
Make a better decision.

  1. 01

    Experience

    See products and materials in person.

  2. 02

    Understand

    Learn how they perform and how they fit into the wider home.

  3. 03

    Connect

    Talk to the people who understand them.

  4. 04

    Decide

    Make better-informed choices for your project.

Our vision

Better homes
for people
and the planet.

We're here to help make better building more understandable, more connected and more accessible — bringing together the people, products and knowledge needed to create homes that perform better and feel better to live in.

What's next

What's next

We're only
getting started.

Home is a growing ecosystem: more useful products, expertise, learning, events and connections between people with projects and the people who can help.

Warmly lit windows in the brick façade of Masson Mills at dusk

Come and see it for yourself

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The best way to understand Home is to experience it.

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