House Building policy, regulation, planning, technology, product features

Fashion follows function

Feb. 1, 2007 Feature

Providing a contemporary kitchen can clinch a sale. Andrew Leech finds out how suppliers are keeping up with new trends

Out of the woods

Feb. 1, 2007 Feature

New Forest-based Pennyfarthing Developments had a touchy situation on its hands when its site was swallowed up by a national park designation. But careful design won out, reports Steve Menary

Past dense

Feb. 1, 2007 Feature

Applications for houses surgeg during 2006 as the apartments oversupply debate gained currency. Steve Menary highlights the trends revealed by our exclusive annual house types survey.

Neutral neighbours

Feb. 1, 2007 Feature

Housebuilders should examine the latest government policies aimed at making new homes carbon neutral… and start planning now, advises Craig Wallace of Campbell Hooper Solicitors

Sites for sore eyes

Feb. 1, 2007 Feature

The nation’s top site managers basked in some well-earned glory at the NHBC’s glitzy Pride in the Job awards in London. Satvinder Sahota considers what makes the annual event so special

Postcard from Hammarby

Feb. 1, 2007 Feature

Design for Homes chief executive David Birkbeck offers his recent snapshots of Hammarby Sjostad in Stockholm, where low carbon living embraces the consumer

Eco value

Feb. 1, 2007 Feature

Consumers are not yet prepared to pay more for eco friendly homes. So developers need to look at creative ways of recouping the costs, suggest Savills research director Yolande Barnes

A big, fat zero

Feb. 1, 2007 Feature

Is zero carbon housing a pipedream? Chris Windle looks into the questions hanging over renewable technologies and the challenges ahead as the clock ticks down to 2016

As the April introduction of the code for sustainable homes looms, the industry is gripped by concerns about new eco homes policies. Mark Smulian weighs up the business implications, in the first of our green feature special

Mixed agenda

Feb. 1, 2007 Feature

I am delighted to be writing my inaugural column in Housebuilder. For those who have attended any recent HBF events, this will come as a welcome confirmation that the environment is not the only issue on my agenda

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