Office Management, Property Design
Thee are many jobs around the home, inside and out, that need constant checking. The chance of something just falling off the house without another thing or person helping it to do so is slightly remote; but for a length…
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18/12/2023 maintenance, planning
In these days of shaper belt tightening, then many families are opting to extend or alter their existing property rather than sell up and try to find a suitably spacious house to buy. There were some very large family developments…
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03/04/2023 maintenance, planning
There are a lot of rules and regulations surrounding our building industry. Some people, usually corner cutters and sharks try to get around these – you often read in the local news about someone who’s built something bigger than they…
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03/01/2023 design, maintenance, planning
You just cannot imagine how much work goes into a complete refurishment or total renovation until one is happening in your very own house. The mess and disruption cannot be underestimated and the feeling that your home is never going…
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05/11/2022 design, maintenance, planning
There are aspects of living solo that can be very frustrating and cause more than a night or two of sleeplessness. The thought that in very windy weather the gutter might detach itself from the front gable again is one…
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06/05/2022 design, maintenance, planning
There is a small pub in a village near me – they had a yard which was used as a car park but still had the stables and a small barn. These have been used for a all sorts of…
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15/03/2022 design, maintenance, planning
There can be nothing more soul destroying than to come home after a hard day’s work truding through town, onto a comuter train or driving in comuter traffic, and then discovering you have a problem with a leaking gutter or…
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22/01/2022 design, maintenance, planning
There is something rather grim about dealing with winter weather. Take this week for example, it started off with almost balmy sunshine and rediculously mild temperatures but the weather forecasters were urging us to take great care by the end…
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20/11/2021 design, maintenance, planning
In my latest e-newlsetter from one of the three heritage memberships I enjoy, there came news of an very important acquisition for them. A very run down but architecturally significant stately home had been won with help from the government…
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11/09/2021 design, maintenance, planning
When you can’t decide whether to try and move to a larger house or just have y our current one expanded up or out, or both, there are so many questions to be given very careful thought to. Financial matters…
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