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How timber technology can transform challenging brownfield sites

|Date: 17 Oct 2025

How timber technology can transform challenging brownfield sites

The New Kingsland development in Henbury, Bristol, demonstrates how thoughtful design innovation and timb ...

The New Kingsland development in Henbury, Bristol, demonstrates how thoughtful design innovation and timber technology can transform challenging brownfield sites into exemplary social housing that mee ...

17 Oct 2025
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Knightsbridge offers a few pointers to enhance buyer appeal

|Date: 15 Oct 2025

Knightsbridge offers a few pointers to enhance buyer appeal

In a competitive market, differentiation is everything. While bathrooms have long been recognised as crit ...

In a competitive market, differentiation is everything. While bathrooms have long been recognised as critical selling points, the finer details – particularly electrical accessories – are often overlo ...

15 Oct 2025
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Why smart controls should be on every housebuilder’s radar

|Date: 10 Oct 2025

Why smart controls should be on every housebuilder’s radar

Will Heinzelmann, Product Director at Passiv UK, explains why smart controls should be on every housebuil ...

Will Heinzelmann, Product Director at Passiv UK, explains why smart controls should be on every housebuilder’s radar. The Future Homes Standard, due to be announced this autumn, will set a new baselin ...

10 Oct 2025
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Owl Homes new developments

|Date: 02 Oct 2025

Owl Homes new developments

Housebuilder, Owl Homes has announced it has commenced construction on a trio of new developments, bringi ...

Housebuilder, Owl Homes has announced it has commenced construction on a trio of new developments, bringing 169 new homes across Leicestershire and Gloucestershire. In three, sought-after village loca ...

02 Oct 2025
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Discussing ground investigation

|Date: 18 Sep 2025

Discussing ground investigation

Ground investigation is a crucial part of any development. It will establish the site setting, identify p ...

Ground investigation is a crucial part of any development. It will establish the site setting, identify potential hazards, support pre-planning appraisals and inform detailed site design and any remed ...

18 Sep 2025
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Keepmoat is set to invest £102 million

|Date: 12 Sep 2025

Keepmoat is set to invest £102 million

Keepmoat is investing more than £102 million into a 604 property housing regeneration scheme at the forme ...

Keepmoat is investing more than £102 million into a 604 property housing regeneration scheme at the former Boots site in Nottingham, now named Beeston Canalside, following a partnership with Platform ...

12 Sep 2025
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The Brick Development Association discusses clay brick construction

|Date: 01 Jul 2025

The Brick Development Association discusses clay brick construction

The Brick Development Association discusses the timeless beauty and kerb appeal of clay brick constructio ...

The Brick Development Association discusses the timeless beauty and kerb appeal of clay brick construction. Never out of fashion, clay brick is still very much in vogue as a tried, trusted, durable bu ...

01 Jul 2025
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Miller Homes and Rent to Buy

|Date: 30 Jun 2025

Miller Homes and Rent to Buy

Rent to Buy is a government scheme that allows individuals the chance to rent a home at a reduced rate wh ...

Rent to Buy is a government scheme that allows individuals the chance to rent a home at a reduced rate while saving for a deposit over a period of up to five years. Platform Home Ownership has partner ...

30 Jun 2025
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Bargate Homes launches ‘Ready2Go’ incentive

|Date: 19 Jun 2025

Bargate Homes launches ‘Ready2Go’ incentive

The Hampshire-based housebuilder has launched a new buying incentive, making it easier than ever for home ...

The Hampshire-based housebuilder has launched a new buying incentive, making it easier than ever for homebuyers to move straight into a fully furnished home at no additional cost. Available on ‘The Re ...

19 Jun 2025
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VELUX discusses the road to getting Britain building again

|Date: 12 Jun 2025

VELUX discusses the road to getting Britain building again

Trevor Smith, VELUX National Housing Manager for Great Britain and Ireland, discusses the road to getting ...

Trevor Smith, VELUX National Housing Manager for Great Britain and Ireland, discusses the road to getting Britain building again. With the government’s ambitious but admirable target of building 1.5 m ...

12 Jun 2025
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