Renovation finance unlocked

Thomas McSherry at BuildStore explains how Light Renovation mortgages are helping buyers finance uninhabitable homes and unlock the potential of renovation and retrofit. Buying a home that’s currently uninhabitable can be an opportunity, but it’s also where many purchases fall... View Article

Embodied Carbon – The Risk to Achieving Net Zero

With the Future Homes and Buildings Standards coming into force next year, Donaldson Timber Systems technical director, John Smith, explains why using current standards, there’s still a risk that new buildings may never achieve true zero carbon. At the end... View Article

The ‘unfinished’ house

Simon Gittings and Lauren Jorgensen gave their 1950s home an extraordinary industrial-inspired makeover and extension, exposing original materials and embracing the principles of reuse and salvage. TEXT Alexandra Pratt IMAGES Agnese Sanvito/OEB A 1950s semi-detached, three-bedroom home is a common sight... View Article

FCBStudios appointed to lead £1bn Eastgate Quarter, Leeds

FCBStudios has been appointed as lead architect and masterplanner for the £1bn Eastgate Quarter regeneration in Leeds city centre. The landmark mixed-use scheme, led by a joint venture between Khalbros and Torsion Group, will transform the final major regeneration site... View Article

Thornbury Homes scheme nears completion 

Construction work is drawing to a close on the final properties at a new homes scheme in Gloucestershire. Miller Homes is adding the final touches to its 250-home Cleve Wood development, located off Morton Way in Thornbury, which forms part of a wider residential scheme in the village. The housebuilder, whose West Midlands region is delivering... View Article

Newland Homes marks a greener carbon footprint

In just four years, Newland Homes has more than halved its operational carbon emissions and cut carbon intensity by almost two thirds, underlining its commitment to being the UK’s most climate considerate housebuilder. This puts the Gloucestershire-based company at the... View Article