Building
Below are our 12 articles in the 'building' category:
A porch can be a very useful addition to a house; even a canopy will offer a surprising amount of shelter while you fumble for your keys. A fully enclosed porch will stop all the heat escaping from ...
With house prices the way they are these days it’s no wonder that many householders choose to extend their property rather than sell and move on. An extension can give growing families the extra room ...
Underground conversions are growing in popularity, even through they are often the most expensive conversion of the lot. This is happening more in areas where there is a great deal of pressure on ...
So you bought the ramshackle property, possibly a snap decision at auction, you were full of ideas about how wonderful the renovation was going to be but the survey has just come in and you're ...
Good foundations are absolutely critical to any build. There are a variety of different methods in common use today and which one you use is likely to depend on time, cost and the ground conditions. ...
Climate change has pushed energy efficiency and insulation to the front of the property news and it makes solid sense to insulate well whether you are renovating fro profit or just improving your ...
One of the odd things about the UK property market is arranging the price brackets of houses by the number of bedrooms they have, rather then the overall area of the property, which is the way it’s ...
Interior walls are often considered immovable objects but although the disruption from a building project can be a lot to put up with, the actual work involved isn’t that onerous, as long as the ...
A roof in poor condition lets the elements get at the rest of the building so it’s important to keep it in good condition. But there again, a roof problem will put a lot of buyers off a property, so ...
Stairs and landing areas present a number of tricky problems when renovating. Being able to do all the jobs safely is a big one and unless you have a special mini-scaffolding set, you’ll be trying to ...
Structural repairs can spell doom to the faint-hearted, and there’s no denying the cost involved. But the good news is that they are mostly repairable and new techniques are developing all the time ...
Conservatories first became popular in late Victorian times as wealthy collectors of exotic plants looked for places to grow and display their trophies. Their return to popularity in the Nineties ...
