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Non-compliance

Oct. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1069-A=Left] Design consultant Richard Williams of WMH argues that housebuilders should understand that they serve an information hungry consumer who …

Contracting expanding

Oct. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1068-A=Left] The contracting path: Totty is building this apartment block in Leeds for Barratt, subcontracting concrete work to David Ashley Construc…

Andrew White - Silver Homes

Oct. 1, 2004

Silver Homes md, Andrew White, recently spent a great night out at the Eminem concert with his teenage kids and 60,000 cannabis-smoking fans. But in quieter ti…

Mark up for the over 65s

Oct. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1063-A=Left] Flats and houses combine to hit density requirements on the Wyke Mark site English Courtyard’s retirement development on the edge of Win…

The wow factor

Oct. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1060-A=Left] Best Development by a Volume Housebuilder: Berkeley Homes’ Brewery Square in London EC1. Designed by Hamilton Associates The annual Hous…

Diary Dates

Oct. 1, 2004

The Walrus

Oct. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1059-A=Left] This month the Walrus comes over all poetic as he considers the challenges of propagating growth in the Garden of England

Banking on growth

Oct. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1058-A=Left] Wolsey chairman, Mike Ratcliffe Sourcing finance will often be a major challenge for fledgling, and even experienced, small to medium si…

Hooking up

Oct. 1, 2004

Joint ventures with finance companies are an increasingly attractive way for small to medium-sized housebuilders to fund their schemes. Steve Menary looks at t…

Prince of obstruction

Oct. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1057-A=Left] The Campaign to Protect Rural England is shouting about developers “concreting over the countryside.” But it’s distorting the true pictur…