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Products

Feb. 1, 2004

Kitchen design Neos concept

Photo-realistic imagery

Feb. 1, 2004

A new Windows-based real time visualisation programme, developed specifically for the property industry, is attracting the interest of housebuilders.

Wish list

Feb. 1, 2004

Choosing the right kitchen furniture to maximise a compact space is a prime consideration in PPG3-style homes. Fiona McWilliam looks at the latest designs and …

Hi-spec savers

Feb. 1, 2004

Andrew Leech finds that the latest trend on the boil in the kitchen appliances sector is Sarah Jessica Parker-style space and time saving devices, with energy …

A haven within

Feb. 1, 2004

Bathrooms are closely behind kitchens when it comes to influencing homebuyers, and today they’re not just bathrooms, but relaxation havens with the luxury acc…

They showed me the money

Feb. 1, 2004

Andrew Leech finds that despite the complexities of acquiring brownfield sites, plenty of advice and financial offers are available from leading funders who un…

The banned wagon rolls

Feb. 1, 2004

John Prescott has always relished a challenge, as anyone throwing a question - or an egg - at the combative deputy prime minister knows all too well.

Ground control

Feb. 1, 2004

Housebuilder’s legal team from Campbell Hooper - Heather O’Sullivan, Sara Hampson, Stuart Jordan and Bill Bidder - explains how you go about getting a sewer co…

Changing focus

Feb. 1, 2004

Steve Menary meets Antler Homes chief executive Geoff Potton at the firm’s Pavilion Square scheme in south London, a development which heralds the start of a c…

Gateway to a promised land?

Feb. 1, 2004

The government sees the Thames Gateway as the answer to the south east’s housing shortage. But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Mark Smulian looks at the oppor…