Category: Building

I live on a comfortable family housing estate – spacious homes that were built in the period of great optimism and prosperity for some .  . .  .  between 1995 and 2002.  My house...

It can be baffling to drive through parts of the UK and see so many different styles of town and city.  Some are beautiful – somehow or other they’ve not been entirely butchered in...

I saw the most amazing house/garden transformation the other week.  I have dealings with a family up in the north east of the country;  they moved up there some forty odd years ago when...

We do tend to take for granted our being able to have built houses with plots of garden.  I can’t think of many neighbours and friends now who relish their gardens.  I did have...

The new wave of housing developments are reshaping how families use their leisure time.    It’s not entirely clear though whether the developers are taking thelead or the families leading the devleopers.  I see there...

On a short trip out driving down a rather narrow and winding C road, my eye was caught by a large wire fenced off area on the side of the road.  A recently cleared...

I have often wondered about how I might manage when my mobility becomes more challenging.  I have had dealings with a very ancient relative in recent months.  She does very well, but of course...

We all need somewhere to live.  That is one of life’s most basic requirements and in this country, for the most part, we are all pretty well able to claim a stake somewhere, as...

At this time of year, nearing Christmas, when the weather is so grim and cold, it can be quite a challenge to try and remember what the warm spring months will bring.   It’s so...

I was sat watching a programme about building methods from way back.  It was jolly interesting – in the days before damp proof courses were thought of and chimneys withor without fireplaces below, being...