Planning Your Garden Renovation
Planning a garden renovation can be a daunting task. Read our great guide to help get you on the right track. Read more
Assessing Material Costs
Accurately assessing material costs is vital to ensuring that you don’t waste money, either having expensive tradesmen waiting around or having to throw surplus materials away. Read more
Demolition And Rebuilding
Renovation is all very well but if your property is in a very bad condition throughout, then it might be easier and more economically viable to knock it all down and start again from scratch. Read more
How to Utilise Water Saving Systems
The idea of using water as a precious resource is beginning to become natural to people these days but only a few decades ago it was completely alien. The new focus on ecology has delivered systems to help make the best use of our water. Read more
Transforming Our North Facing Garden: A Case Study
A north-facing garden need not to be dark and dull. We speak to one couple who brought out the potential in a space without sun. Read more
Obtaining Planning Permission
Obtaining planning permission has a reputation for being tricky and frustrating, but if you take the time to understand the process and find out what the planners are looking for, it should be a breeze. Read more
Structural Repair
Structural repairs can spell doom to the faint-hearted, and there’s no denying the cost involved. But the good news is that they are mostly repairable and new techniques are developing all the time to treat them. Read more
Creating an Outdoor Swimming Pool
Creating an outdoor swimming pool is a project with a luxurious, if costly, aim. We’ll walk you through the considerations of taking on such a project for your home. Read more
Space Visualisation of Your Renovation Project
Trying to visualise any renovation project can be difficult but architects and designer can help out, and now computer software can too. Read more
Damp Proofing
Damp is a perennial problems for buildings in the UK but with a few no-nonsense precautions and some regular maintenance, it can be kept at bay. Read more
Budgeting And Cost Control
Your renovation project can cost you a lot more than you think if you don’t put time into constructing an accurate budget in the first place then keep on top of as the project progresses. Read more
Cost Of Planning Permission
The cost of obtaining planning permission is itself not a great deal, it’s the add-on expenses and the cost of getting it wrong that can really hurt. Read more
Allowing For Contractor’s Costs When Renovating
One sure way of blowing the budget on a renovation project is to lose control of contractor’s charges but a keen eye on the budget can prevent that from happening. Read more
Renovating a Pond
Pond renovation, from basic maintenance, to total overhaul, is a great opportunity to improve your garden pond. Our guide will help you to get started. Read more
Allowing For Insurance Costs When Renovating
Property renovation can carry a number of risks, some financial and some physical. The good news is that insurance can help cover most of those risks. Read more
Designing a Carbon Neutral Home
Aiming for a carbon neutral home when undertaking a renovation project makes sense on two levels, firstly you will save money on energy bills and secondly you will be contributing far less to the problems we are creating for our planet. Read more
How To Avoid Surprises When Renovating
Surprises are likely to happen in every renovation, but they are in direct proportion to the amount of effort you put into preparing the project. Read more
Building a Two Storey Extension
If you’re considering building and extension onto a property as part of a renovation project you’ll get more bang for your buck if you can stretch to a two-storey one. Read more
Getting Our House Ready to Rent: A Case Study
Getting your property ready to rent means erasing all traces of past tenants. Our case study shows how it can be easily done. Read more
Insulating Roofs And Walls
Climate change has pushed energy efficiency and insulation to the front of the property news and it makes solid sense to insulate well whether you are renovating fro profit or just improving your home. Read more
Creating an Indoor Swimming Pool
Creating an indoor swimming pool can add value to your home and luxury to your life. Read our guide to getting started on a pool of your very own. Read more
Eco Friendly Decorating
Green concerns are now more mainstream and property renovators who want to take a responsible stanch on damaging chemicals now have plenty of options to explore. Read more
Using Eco Friendly Building Materials
As the evidence of climate change becomes too obvious for anyone to argue against the case for building sustainable, energy efficient homes makes itself clearer. Read more
Building An Extension
Extending a house is becoming more popular as house prices soar out of control, and with stamp duty and moving costs taken into account it can often be cheaper than upgrading. Read more
Providing Energy For The Home
Climate change is a growing concern and one of the ways that individuals can be sure they are not adding to the problem is to generate the power they require cleanly at home. Read more
Cellars And Basements
If you’re in a location where living space is in short supply, then the space underneath your house may present an opportunity for you to relieve the problems without having to move. Read more
Conforming To Building Regulations
Building regulations are a necessary evil, but it is up to you, as the property owner to make sure that you know what regulations should apply to your renovation. Read more
Can Our Electrician Refuse to Finish The Job?
Has your electrician pulled the plug on your project? Take a look at our guide to putting the spark back into your project. Read more
Deciding Whether to Hire an Architect
This article looks at the benefits of having an architect involved in the renovation of your existing property or building of an extension onto it; it also discusses the uses of an architect when seeking planning permission Read more
Avoiding Major Costs when Renovating
Keeping to the budget is critical on any renovation project and here we show you how to avoid the big costs. Read more