Irota EcoLodge Middle House

About Lennard de Klerk & Jeroen van Drunen

After having moved to Hungary in 2007, we first set foot in Irota in 2010. We had been regular visitors to the region for a while already, so it was time for the next step: finding ourselves a place to settle and to put our ideas of a luxurious, eco-friendly holiday resort into practice. What brought us to Irota was a mysterious piece of real estate, a dilapidated and deserted mansion or, in dreadful shape but oozing with charm. As so many others in similar circumstances, we fell for it, and spent the next three years turning it into a home. By this time, we had become well-acquainted with the village and its inhabitants. Our first impressions had been correct: Irota is a wonderful place to live. This encouraged us to take things to the next level. We started three holiday villas with a joint swimming pool on what we considered to be one of the prettiest spots in the village. Construction started in the spring of 2015 and was completed a year later.

Lennard de Klerk & Jeroen van Drunen purchased this villa in 2016

Why Lennard de Klerk & Jeroen van Drunen chose Irota

Irota EcoLodge is not just ecological by name. We did our utmost to minimize the environmental impact of our holiday resort. Here are the main features: - The walls are made of wooden-frames in which cellulose, made of used newspaper, has been blown as insulation material. On the outside, wooden soft board plates have been used to increase thermal insulation - The thick and damp-open insulation, combined with triple glazing, ensures a pleasant inside climate, both in winter and summer. Air condition not needed! - In winter, the villas are heated by a stove using locally grown firewood - Rainwater is collected from the roof and used to flush the toilets and to operate the washing machine. On top of that, we use rainwater in the central utility building to wash your bed linen - Each villa is equipped with a biological wastewater treatment unit that uses bacteria to clean the water - Hot water is generated by sun collectors, electricity by solar panels - The swimming pool has a separate reservoir in which reed cleans the water. No chemicals are used! Not only do we hope that you will have a nice time, but we also want to prove that luxury and ecology go well together! We are happy to provide you with more detailed information on how we have minimized the environmental impact of the resort.