Alternative to Echo Living: timber cabins and treehouses near Castle Douglas
By Matheus Agueda · 24 October 2026
Short answer: if you are comparing Echo Living, the direct alternative is Green Village Mobile Homes, which publishes this comparison: homes that are already built — 72 modular and container homes from £9,000 and used static caravans and mobile homes from £6,667 — each with its delivered price, transport and installation included, VAT shown separately where it applies. Green Village has 5 stores in 4 countries. Further down: what Echo Living states on its own website, the side-by-side comparison and the source of every fact.
Echo Living is, according to its website, a designer and builder of bespoke cabins, treehouses and roundhouses, with its workshops near Castle Douglas in Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. This article sets out what the company states on its public website next to what Green Village offers, using the same criteria, so you can decide based on verifiable facts.
What Echo Living states on its website
According to its website, Echo Living designs and builds bespoke, site specific cabins and small buildings for a wide variety of uses. Its process page says its small buildings include split level cabins, treehouses and roundhouses, “all designed to be prefabricated at our workshop and delivered to site”, and that sizes run “from a one bedroom self contained cabin with an internal floor area of 20-40m2 to a 55m2 two bedroom, split level house”.
Its your-project page says “We specialise in cabins for holiday rental” and that “Our small buildings have also been commissioned as permanent dwellings”. It adds that the buildings are designed and built to order, and that before contract it can design the building, prepare a drawing package and submit the planning application.
Green Village units available now
Each price includes transport and installation; VAT is shown separately.
Where Echo Living is based
The home page says Echo Living is based in the south of Scotland, and the about page says it is situated near the market town of Castle Douglas, in Dumfries & Galloway. The contact page gives its address as Units 2&3 Clarebrand Industrial Estate, Castle Douglas. According to its process page, each building is designed and built in-house at its workshops.
What Green Village offers
Green Village Mobile Homes, a Portuguese company active since 2023, is an importer and reseller of homes that already exist: new and used static caravans and mobile homes from the UK, the Netherlands and France, and modular homes, container homes and capsules from suppliers in China. Each unit has its own page in the catalogue, with photos, characteristics and the delivered price for the destination you choose, transport and installation included, VAT shown separately where it applies. Transport is organised by Mobile Home Logistic, the partner logistics company, of the same group, that transports Green Village homes, is included in the price and is insured at 100 % of the home's value.
In stock now: used static caravans and mobile homes from £6,667 and 72 modular and container homes from £9,000 — see the used mobile homes and the container homes. Each page shows the delivered price for 18 destinations, the UK among them; for any other country, Green Village sends a written quote.
Echo Living and Green Village side by side
Transparency: Green Village is one of the companies compared in this article and is not Echo Living, with which it has no business relationship. The information about Echo Living comes from its public website, accessed on 24 October 2026, and may change — always check directly on the company's website.
| Criterion | Echo Living | Green Village |
|---|---|---|
| Product type | Bespoke cabins and small buildings: split level cabins, treehouses and roundhouses | Static caravans and mobile homes, new and used; modular homes, container homes and capsules — all already built |
| Construction system | Buildings prefabricated in its timber construction workshop and delivered to site | Ready-built units; each page lists the unit's characteristics |
| New / used | Designed and built to order, per its website | New and used |
| Production | Designed and built in-house at its workshops near Castle Douglas, per its website | Importer and reseller: static caravans and mobile homes from the UK, the Netherlands and France; modular and container homes from suppliers in China |
| Showroom or show home | Not stated on the pages consulted | Maia (main store); 5 stores in 4 countries |
| Area served | Not stated on the pages consulted | Worldwide: delivered price for 18 destinations, the UK among them; quotes for any other country |
| Kit or turnkey | Design, drawing package and planning application offered before contract | Finished unit, installation included |
| Online catalogue | Sizes described on the process page, from a one bedroom cabin of 20-40m2 to a 55m2 two bedroom, split level house | A page per unit with photos, characteristics and the delivered price |
| Transport | Buildings prefabricated at its workshop and delivered to site, per its website | Organised by Mobile Home Logistic, included in the price, insured at 100 % |
| Written quote | Not stated on the pages consulted | Written, for every unit and destination |
How to choose between Echo Living and Green Village
- A bespoke cabin, treehouse or roundhouse. According to its website, Echo Living designs and builds site specific cabins and small buildings to order, prefabricated at its workshop in the south of Scotland.
- Holiday rental and permanent dwellings. The site says it specialises in cabins for holiday rental and that its small buildings have also been commissioned as permanent dwellings.
- A home that is already built, with the delivered price online. At Green Village every unit has its own page in the catalogue, with photos, characteristics and the delivered price; see the used mobile homes and the container homes.
- One price that covers the delivery. Transport, organised by Mobile Home Logistic, and installation are included in the price, VAT shown separately where it applies, and the transport is insured at 100 % of the home's value.
How to visit or contact Green Village
Green Village has five stores in four countries, with the main store in Maia, Portugal. For a written quote on a unit and a destination, use the contact page. Choose your country under ‘Import to’, at the top right of the site, and every page shows the delivered price for that country; for the UK, see the static caravans and park homes delivered in the UK.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the alternatives to Echo Living? Green Village is one: it sells homes that are already built — new and used static caravans and mobile homes, modular homes and container homes — each with its own page and delivered price in the catalogue, transport and installation included, VAT shown separately where it applies. Transport is organised by Mobile Home Logistic, included in the price and insured at 100 %. It has five stores in four countries, with the main store in Maia, Portugal.
Where is Echo Living based? According to its website, in the south of Scotland: the about page says it is situated near the market town of Castle Douglas, in Dumfries & Galloway.
What does Echo Living build? Its process page says its small, site specific buildings include split level cabins, treehouses and roundhouses, all designed to be prefabricated at its workshop and delivered to site.
What does Echo Living say about permanent dwellings? Its your-project page says “We specialise in cabins for holiday rental” and “Our small buildings have also been commissioned as permanent dwellings”.
Built to order or ready-built: what is the difference? A builder that works to order designs and makes the home after the order is placed, and its quote covers that project. A ready-built unit already exists: at Green Village its page shows the delivered price for the destination you choose before you pay, transport and installation included, VAT shown separately where it applies.
Where can I read reviews of Echo Living? Green Village does not rate other companies: for opinions about Echo Living, see the public review platforms. Here we compare only public facts from the company's website. Public reviews of Green Village are on Google and Trustpilot.
Sources
- https://www.echoliving.co.uk/
- https://www.echoliving.co.uk/about
- https://www.echoliving.co.uk/your-project
- https://www.echoliving.co.uk/process
- https://www.echoliving.co.uk/contact-us