Compliance can no longer be ignored

Yvonne Orgill of the Bathroom Manufacturers Association (BMA) says attitudes to compliance are changing, and housebuilders and developers cannot ignore their responsibilities to protect consumers when specifying bathroom products. Last year, the tragedy of Grenfell Tower highlighted the potential worst-case... View Article

Building a community

While only a relatively modestly- scaled development with 27 homes, Marklake Court is being seen as an exemplar of a community-led social housing project. Jack Wooler spoke to Hari Phillips, director at project architects Bell Phillips, about how the south... View Article

Luxury apartments in Cambridgeshire

Ahousebuilder in Hauxton, Cambridgeshire has responded to local demand with its first luxury apartments. Redrow Homes South Midlands has unveiled 16 two-bed luxury apartments, named ‘The Turner,’ at its existing Sanderson Manor development on Church Road. The first of their... View Article

£13m Croydon scheme begins on fire-damaged site

Work has started onsite for a £13m residential scheme in Croydon, set to bring 65 new homes to the London borough. The new development will consist of 44 private homes, a mixture of one, two and three-bed units, along with... View Article

Green light for timber homes in Newham

Planning has been granted by Newham Borough Council in east London for an 800m² residential scheme for Cliveden Land. Edward Williams Architects has designed four new buildings to be inserted into the car parking area of an existing development of... View Article

The fight to combat homelessness

Patrick Mooney, housing consultant and news editor of Housing, Management & Maintenance, explains why he believes Whitehall politicians need to up their game in the fight to combat homelessness and cut unnecessary deaths. It was a sad indictment of the... View Article

2010s to record poorest figures on housebuilding

The 2010s will see the lowest number of new houses built in England since the Second World War, according to analysis from think tank CPS. This is reportedly part of a 50-year pattern, in which each decade has seen fewer... View Article

From the Editor

TV architect George Clarke spoke at a recent event on the urgent need to innovate in housebuilding to deliver good quality at the same time as the numbers. At the Mitsubishi Electric-staged event Clarke provocatively said “there’s no point building... View Article

Zero energy bills for the UK’s greenest Victorian homes

Victorian townhouses in Manchester become the first homes in Europe to achieve the world’s toughest performance standards set by the renowned German Passivhaus Institute. Featuring Nobel prize winning super material graphene and a host of world first technologies, these 125... View Article

Unlocking the drive to quality

James Parker reports on a call from TV architect George Clarke for a change in the way we build homes. TV architect George Clarke spoke at a recent event staged by Mitsubishi Electric looking at the urgent need to innovate... View Article

Housebuilder reveals plans to invest £25m in Cheddington

A leading housebuilder has revealed a £25million plan to build much-needed new homes in Cheddington after successfully finalising a land deal. Charles Church Midlands says it wants to build 100 new homes at the 12-acre site located at Mentmore Road,... View Article

Repton appoints Lovell to deliver 400 new Norfolk homes

Norfolk County Council-owned property company Repton has appointed Norwich-based partnership homes developer Lovell to build more than 400 homes in Norfolk. The proposals will bring new homes to Acle, between Norwich and Great Yarmouth; Hopton, just north of Lowestoft and... View Article

New homes being released at Great Blakenham

The first new homes at an eagerly-awaiting development in Great Blakenham will be released for sale next month. More than 150 people have already registered their interest in the collection of two, three and four bedroom homes being created by... View Article

The shape of our future high street

Are our town centres destined to become predominantly residential zones? James Parker investigates this growing trend. Last week we experienced, depending on your point of view, what was either an exciting Christmas present-buying opportunity, or the blatant retailer-driven frenzy that... View Article

From the Editor

You have to admire ‘Dancing Queen’ Theresa May’s strength. While navigating a seemingly impossible course between shark-infested waters of extreme Brexiteers and the EU, she also managed to announce something universally welcomed in her conference speech. Finally, they have scrapped... View Article