Office Management, Property Design
15/06/2018 design, maintenance, planning
You can tell when your house is beginning to wear out and need that hands on refurbishment if regular maintenance has not been carried out. There are tell tale signs that start quietly but then tend to jump out at…
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18/05/2018 design, maintenance, planning
I volunteer regularly at a local country house – it has been opened to the public for many years but only on group guided tours basis. This has meant it remained a rather hidden gem amid many other louder, more…
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13/04/2018 design, maintenance, planning
I have just come back from a few days in the midlands withh family – three teenage grandchildren and a mad bad puppy. The best description is “a week in the funny farm”. I literally never know what’s going to…
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25/03/2018 design, maintenance, planning
I was watching a popular lifestyle tv programme – one of many repeats currently filling the spare scheduling spaces. The main theme was about the changes in house design and how much easier it is to knock up an estate…
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11/02/2018 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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08/01/2018 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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08/12/2017 design, maintenance, planning
There is one thing about living in this region, clay features heavily in the gardens and all the surrounding countryside. This is very evidident when you take over a garden in say a new build development. Each house has it’s…
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10/11/2017 design, maintenance, planning
I know of two bungalows that are going to be going on the market quite soon. The chances of one coming up for sale is unusual, they were built in the 1920s and still reflect much of that design in…
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15/10/2017 design, maintenance, planning
Getting a home improvement project underway can be a rather frightening prospect if you’re like me. I have these grand ideas about having the kitching ripped out and replaced with modern stramlined loveliness. I’d do that in a trice but…
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08/09/2017 design, maintenance, planning
With so much riding on the business world to put up money for new developments, it can sometimes be a bit of a minefield choosing companies to look at for smaller projects. It is rare now for a small company…
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