Office Management, Property Design
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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07/05/2020 design, maintenance, planning
There are so many different means of property construction these days. Unlike when man first started coming out of his cave. To ensure that modern homes are built speedily and with a nod to energy and cost effectiveness, many new…
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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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