The house speciality
Andrew Leech finds that window suppliers are more than happy to offer a bespoke service for extra large and unusual styles - and hard-wearing and low maintenan…
Designer safety
Security and fire protection are key aspects of door manufacture that could be better marketed to home buyers, who are focussed on design. Tim Palmer reports
Sustainability is the key
Andrew Leech finds that for the environmentally aware housebuilder, there is no shortage of high efficiency, environmentally sustainable and nature-assisted he…
The heath is on
Steve Menary takes a trip to Dickens Heath, an 850-home village underway since 1997 near Solihull, where Laing and Redrow are the last on site up against windy…
The Walrus
DIARY DATE March conference 11 The Effectiveness and Future of Regional Policy. One day conference examining objectives, effectiveness and future of regional…
It’s time to talk
Think you can sneak your scheme through without consulting the locals? Think again. Growing public awareness and government pressure are combining to ensure th…
Squat watch
Housebuilder’s legal team from Campbell Hooper - Heather O’Sullivan, Sara Hampson, Stuart Jordan and Bill Bidder - explain how to find out whether a public rig…
Six-figure question
Building for Tomorrow, NHBC’s sell-out seminars on challenges ahead for the housebuilding industry, have been held across the country, and featured technical u…
Stress Buster
It’s make your mind up time over planning gain. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister wants to give developers the option of a single tariff instead of payin…
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