Office Management, Property Design
11/03/2020 design, maintenance, planning
The world of designing, planing, bilding and maintenance of buildings is absolutely paralysed by the need to complty with building regulations. There are so many different aspects of ‘buildings’ that it takes a few hours working through massive lists of…
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13/01/2020 design, maintenance, planning
With so much pressure on familie it’s not suprising that many folk start to think about moving to biger premises but discover they can’t find anything suitable wihin their locality. The houses around my area are a good example –…
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29/12/2019 design, maintenance, planning
There are many aspects of building one’s dream home to be taken into account before any work can commence. Firstly there has to be a plot of land in pocession. This could perhaps be the side or end of a…
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08/11/2019 design, maintenance, planning
There have been some changes to the building regulations and planning laws in the last couple of years. The government of the day wanted to free up many folk in the pipeline and remove much of the delay and red…
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11/10/2019 design, maintenance, planning
There is a nice little cottage near me that has suddenly come on the market. I was really surprised because the neighbouring one has had a lot of work done and we all assumed that it would be the next…
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11/09/2019 design, maintenance, planning
When we can’t afford to have our own houses extended upwards or outwards – or don’t even need to have this extra room, but do need more space . . . . there is one surefire way to get this…
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16/08/2019 design, maintenance, planning
There are a couple of property renovation programmes on tv that really do inspire the amateur ‘developer’ to start what they hope is going to bring them their millionnaaire lifestyle. The chance to buy up an older unloved property, do…
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09/07/2019 design, maintenance, planning
Houses do need a lot of maintenance if they’re to stay upright and keep us safe and warm for many years. There are the usual things like checking the guttering, soffits and fascias – these which of course are at…
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10/06/2019 design, maintenance, planning
There’s a house up the way from me that is constantly being worked on. I don’t know if the family own a building contractor company or what, but the house is already large. It started off life as a five…
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15/05/2019 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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