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How to manage your home renovation
Whether you are planning to renovate your home to make it more comfortable and stylish, increase its property value, reduce maintenance and utility costs or add outdoor living spaces, it is important to have a plan in place. Home improvements are exciting, but they...
Is the cost of moving home keeping Britain’s homeowners still?
In 1980s Britain, the average house changed hands once every ten years. Fast forward to 2015 and houses had the same occupants for an average of 21 years. There are a number of reasons why this figure more than doubled in this time, but all of them are rooted in the...
4 House-Selling Myths, and the Tips You Actually Need
When it comes to selling our homes, we all want a good price and smooth sale. Achieving these two things can be much easier said than done – at least if you believe everything you read. A quick online search will return over 33 million webpages, all claiming to have...
How to protect your home when you’re away on holiday
Holidays are usually time to relax and have fun, yet many memorable experiences are ruined by burglary. In the UK there are few things we love more than taking a holiday. In 2016, we collectively spent £43 billion on holidaying abroad. Unfortunately, when many people...
11 Tricks to Transform your Tiny Kitchen
Apartment living has many perks, but surplus space is seldom one of them. Our kitchens particularly seem to suffer when square footage is at a premium, and typically seem to be tucked in the most awkward corner of the building. Luckily, a carefully planned revamp can...
Safe Construction Practice: How to Manage Contractors
Managing contractors on a construction site can be a difficult process, especially where workplace health and safety is concerned. While they are still not technically your employees, you will still have a responsibility for these people, so you will need to brush up...
Ultimate Guide to Designing a Perfect Vaping Smoking Room
Every possible care should be taken when you design your house parts and different rooms. When it comes to special structures like vaping room, smoking room or such other areas- you need to consider all the possible factors. It seems easy but the technicalities...
How to get the bespoke kitchen of your dreams
Bespoke kitchens are designed and handmade from scratch to suit your room space, your lifestyle and your taste. It’s like commissioning a tailor made suit, created to fit your exact body shape and specifications. While you may need to make compromises if you go for...
How to Choose the Best Garage Doors for Your Home
Choosing the right garage door is an important decision that will affect both the appearance and the security of your home, so it’s important to spend a bit of time researching all the options. There are four main kinds of materials used in the manufacture of garage...
Considerations When Choosing a Party Wall surveyor
If you do not consent when notified of works falling within the scope of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (‘The Act’) you will need to appoint a surveyor to act for you. As with choosing any professional it pays to do some research in advance but that’s especially true...
The Technical Tips you MUST know when Installing Bathroom Lighting
Most of us have a very clear vision of their dream bathroom, so renovating or designing a new one from scratch can be very exciting. Whether you dream of Edwardian splendour or crisp minimalism, there are hundreds of inspiration ideas to get you started. From quirky...
How to Bring Your Home into the 21st Century
Things feeling a little drab at home? Need some interior inspiration? No matter the size, age or style of your home, it can be difficult to take on a full house redesign without feeling overwhelmed or uninspired. Luckily, we’ve got just the thing, so take a look at a...
Creative Ways to Transform Your Loft Conversion
For many homes, the loft area is a space that is often neglected and used for storing miscellaneous items such as Christmas decorations, old clothes and toys that you don’t need, but can’t bring yourself to throw away. Whilst this may be a good temporary solution,...
How A Bridging Loan Differs From A Mortgage
In many ways, bridging loans are bracketed in the same category as mortgages. Given the way in which both loans are more often than not used for property purchase and development purposes, they are frequently thought of as one and the same. But while there are...
5 garden hacks to get your garden Spring ready
5 garden hacks to get your garden Spring ready The weather getting warmer and the days getting longer can only mean one thing; Spring has finally arrived! Making sure your garden is prepared and raring to go to take on what the season has to offer should be a priority...
How to Decorate your Dining Room in Style
The dining room is the one room in the home that can be used in a number of different ways. From creating a place for your family to come together and spend quality time at the end of each day, to a space for entertaining groups of friends and enjoying some great food...
How to Add Value to Your Home Before You Sell It
If you’re thinking about putting your property up for sale, you’ll probably be wondering how you can add the most value to it before the “for sale” sign goes up. And there are plenty of ways you can do this, from extensions to new kitchens and double glazing to...
The Top 3 Advances in Green, Commercial Construction
While there are numerous growth markets in the world, few are evolving as rapidly as the green construction sector. This is a trend that is continue over the coming years, particularly as technology continues to advance and become more accessible within society. In...
Why Should You Renovate Your Bathroom?
If there is one thing that we can agree on, it is that renovating an existing home or living space is extremely challenging. Not only is the physical process of transforming your property draining, for example, but deploying your budget effectively can also provide a...
Do you know what’s draining your household energy?
In recent years, the public has shown much more of an interest in saving energy, with sales of energy-saving bulbs, insulated lofts and solar panels increasing year after year. It’s absolutely fantastic that there’s currently a real interest in saving our planet, and...
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