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    Window on the future

    The nature and type of exterior openings are crucial to building performance. Here, Victoria Brocklesby, ...

    The nature and type of exterior openings are crucial to building performance. Here, Victoria Brocklesby, COO and co-founder at Origin, discusses England’s updated energy efficiency regulations and hom ...

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    Split decision

    Efficient cooling for housing must be a consideration as ambient and extreme temperatures increase. Jo La ...

    Efficient cooling for housing must be a consideration as ambient and extreme temperatures increase. Jo Lambert, splits product manager, Mitsubishi Electric, considers the issue. In the summer of 2022, ...

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    Degrees of separation

    Fencing can add more than kerb appeal and security to a property, writes Peter Jackson, managing director ...

    Fencing can add more than kerb appeal and security to a property, writes Peter Jackson, managing director at Jacksons Fencing. The first thing any buyer sees is the front of what might their new home ...

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    Missing the target

    Missing the target Far from delivering  the 300,000 homes per year target, proposed national planning pol ...

    Missing the target Far from delivering  the 300,000 homes per year target, proposed national planning policy changes weaken the link between housing need and housing targets, with significant downside ...

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    Jumping through hoops

    Sophie Horgan, director of Dudley-based Horgan Homes, considers the challenges facing companies like hers ...

    Sophie Horgan, director of Dudley-based Horgan Homes, considers the challenges facing companies like hers. There’s no doubt that times are extremely tough for housebuilders and property developers cur ...

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    The Inside View I Rightmove findings indicate the dining room has been steadily declining in popularity

    Rightmove findings indicate the dining room has been steadily declining in popularity over the past decad ...

    Rightmove findings indicate the dining room has been steadily declining in popularity over the past decade, with mentions in property adverts in the last year decreasing by 28%. While many of us may s ...

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    The Inside View | City living

    Since the start of 2023, apartment living has been enjoying a resurgence. Property experts at Zoopla and ...

    Since the start of 2023, apartment living has been enjoying a resurgence. Property experts at Zoopla and Rightmove indicate a reversal of the pandemic trend to move to rural and coastal locations, wit ...

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    The Inside View | Design for wellbeing

    There’s much research on wellbeing interior design, from connecting with nature to colour psychology, how ...

    There’s much research on wellbeing interior design, from connecting with nature to colour psychology, how we interact and feel within a space affects our mood. So when it comes to new homes, how can s ...

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    Beesley & Fildes | Adapting to change

    Nick Khan, group insulation and drylining manager at independent builders’ merchant, Beesley & Fildes ...

    Nick Khan, group insulation and drylining manager at independent builders’ merchant, Beesley & Fildes, discusses changes to Building Regulations (Part L) for England and how merchants are helping ...

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    Special Report | Keeping pace with Hayfield

    Andy Morris, managing director of Hayfield, calls on industry to keep pace with low carbon technology. As ...

    Andy Morris, managing director of Hayfield, calls on industry to keep pace with low carbon technology. As a business, we are committed to ambitious targets to lessen our impact on the environment, but ...

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