Design driven
More thought than ever is going into driveways and landscaping, in response to consumers’ growing awareness of design possibilities. Suppliers are responding with a growing range of innovative products, Allison Heller reports
Solid choices
Andrew Leech finds “the stuff of building” - concrete, cement, mortar and stone - is undergoing a period of adaptation and innovation, leading to improved design choices and speed of construction
Style gurus
Have traditional brick and block manufacturers entered the brave new world of prefabrication? Tim Palmer finds out and reports on how new block styles are helping housebuilders with regulation compliance and thermal efficiency
Rock stars
In May Chris Johnson’s Propan Homes bought Honeygrove and assumed its name. Steve Menary visits the firm’s Rock House development in Maidstone to talk to him about the scheme and plans for the ever growing business
Appeal limit
<b>I have heard that the loss of sub-sale relief from stamp duty in the new Finance Act won’t affect part exchange acquisitions by housebuilders. Is this correct?</b>
In agreement
Ever changing regulations and the drive for new building techniques mean that manufacturers increasingly need new BBA certificates, making life ever busier for the British Board of Agrément. BBA sales and marketing director Alan Thomas looks at the change
hot seat
[MMC-IMG=272-A=Left]Jacky Banyard, sales and marketing director of Cala Homes (Yorkshire), made the career move from bringing up two strapping boys to selling strapping homes to Scots, and hasn’t looked back
A window of opportunity...
A recent “peculiar” legal decision has set a precedent that may produce a tricky way around the issue of losing your planning permission through expiry. But you’d better be quick, says Susan Hawker, a planning lawyer at legal firm Lovells, because the ano
The Walrus
Dustbin-lid dance troupes, Victor Meldrew and Alan Partridge may have no role in Lord Rogers’ urban renaissance, but they’re central to Walrus’ interpretation... Ah-ha
Walking the walk
What’s it like building a leading example of a PPG3 friendly site? James Sunley and Andy Wibling of Sunley Holdings tell Ben Roskrow the story of Lacuna, a fine example of today’s development style but one which has provided more than one challenge
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