Office Management, Property Design
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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17/07/2021 design, maintenance, planning
I have recently visited some truly gorgeous villages in this area – dripping with chocolate box cottages and pretty pubs and the odd even prettier shop. When you look up at the frontages, near the thatched roof and down the…
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13/05/2021 design, maintenance, planning
This has been an odd year for weather related matters. The very cold spurts we’ve had lasted a longer than anticipated but strangely we’ve not seen the forecast snow and ice as much, so that is a bonus. Snow itself…
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There is no doubt that a well looked after and maintained house will pay its owners back big time. Eventually. Every property needs some amount of maintenance throughout its life and after a long hard winter, spring is the time…
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15/01/2021 design, maintenance, planning
Organising a new build or extension of an existing one requires planning. This doesn’t just mean a well organised and tidy working arangement. Planning is the lynchpin of the operation in many ways. The first thing that needs to happen,…
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11/11/2020 design, maintenance, planning
It’s been a most interesting, if noisy, few months here. My immediate neighbours have been having a house extension built. It was described as a little extra to make the kitchen and utility bigger and extend out the dining room. …
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21/09/2020 design, maintenance, planning
Most days we probably don’t think a great deal about how our houses are constructed. As far as most of us are concerned, we just get up, shower in the nice comfortable bathroom or ensuite and get on with our…
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11/07/2020 design, maintenance, planning
House buying these days has changed dramatically. You go on the agent websites where there will be all the latest properties listed in distinct categories. Everything is there to see online with photos aplety of places. Very often there will…
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