It’s a funny old thing thinking about our houses  When I was growing up, in a very pretty village, I only ever imagined having to live in a similar place to our family home. ...

I’ve been watching developments next door with great interest.  The family moved in nearly 30 months ago,  having rented a family house in a tiny village placed conveniently near the best state school in...

I’ve been watching with interest the activity at one or two houses near me.  We have comfortable executive style detached houses and although the gardens could be bigger, there were certainly no complaints about...

There are now many new houses in this area.  It was once a sedate midlands town with many victorian terraces, built from the mid 1800s to house the boom in the local shoe, boot...

In these challenging times it is essential that companies are flexible and able to offer more than just one or two services.  Take the building, construction and interior design trades.  When times are hard,...

I was chatting to a really good chum of mine – she has lived in the house she & her husband built.    I can well remember the days when they first talked of...

It must have been quite wonderful in days gone by to be able to have your own house designed and built to your own specification without having to worry about planning permissions and all...

We live in a buy cheap and throw away society – due to much less expensive manufacture of almost everything we buy and our lack of sentimentality when it comes to retaining anything.   Well...

The winter time is very often depressing for some people.  They don’t like the cold and many feel frightened in damp weather that they’re going to slip on wet leaves etc. etc.    Of course...

There is often a problem with extending onto an existing property – although it’s great to have all that extra space – light and airy, it very often comes at a cost in terms...