I’ve had my eye on some new houses being built near one of the huge out of town retail parks. I’m not sure I’d like to be quite that near to the thrills and spills of a shopper’s dream, but hey. These properties are really big. Definitely not the cheaper end of the market – the first time buyer would […]
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There are a great number of lifestyle programmes on tv currently – a lot of new ones were imported from the US and Canada during the recent pandemic lockdowns. It’s fascinating watching how the n.american renovations take place – their homes look to be much flimsier builds to start with – they look more plasterboard and flatpack. This was apparent […]
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There have been quite a few changes to the housing market in the area I live. Big developers are still building the family estates but in smaller numbers with more emphasis on setting out their wares in more attractive little ‘village’ settings. I have seen a few very attractive new enclaves of houses with every facilities you could wish for, […]
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Where I live in my lovely comfortable family home, I am constantly grateful for the space, the warmth and convenience of having a home constructed to the latest building methods available in the early 2000s! So long ago my first rented home was an attic flat in a rather run down victorian semi detached villa – the landlord lived on […]
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Many new houses these days are built with solar panel systems installed on the roof. This is especially the case with major developments of more affordable housing. It make perfect sense to install the most up to date systems at the outset – this is always going to be less expensive than going back later to do so. Any new […]
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There has never been as much building and refurbishment work carried out in this area since we moved in some years ago. It was a top end development of executive style 4 and 5 bedroomed detached, and assumed we would find satisfaction in every aspect of our chosen property. Our family home has always felt spacious and perfectly adequate. The […]
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When we moved into this house nearly twenty years ago, it was brand new and we’d had to wait for the developers to finish this phase of 4 houses. We were rookies at the ‘buying new’ game and thoroughly enjoyed the process. Each stage was exciting, from the surprise visit to the sales office and show house right the way […]
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When you live in an area for many years, you don’t always notice the changes folk make to their houses unless you take the same walks every week. I had this recently when caring for a family dog. It gave me the opportunity to walk around parts of the estate to get to the neighbouring country pathways. I was fascinated […]
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We have had a really strange year so far. The pandemic has of course altered all the normal ways we would operate and many changes in construction have had to take place. The housing market in general had to come to a complete halt for a period until the government allowed the resumption of building of new houses. Now that […]
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There had been quite a boom in the construction and housing market over the last five years or so. The country was beginning to get on its feet quite substantially and the need for more housing brought forward help to buy schemes from the government. But this suddenly and dramatically stalled when the virus pandemic hit the UK shores and […]
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