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Non-compliance

[MMC-IMG=1069-A=Left] Design consultant Richard Williams of WMH argues that housebuilders should understand that they serve an information hungry consumer who wants to get to the bottom of what makes your business or development different. Branding can do

Contracting expanding

<MMC-CAPTION 250 align=right> [MMC-IMG=1068-A=Left] The contracting path: Totty is building this apartment block in Leeds for Barratt, subcontracting concrete work to David Ashley Construction which in turn uses SGB formwork </MMC-CAPTION>I don’t like bei

Andrew White - Silver Homes

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 times he can’t live without his trusty, lumpy pillow

Mark up for the over 65s

<MMC-CAPTION 250 align=right> [MMC-IMG=1063-A=Left] Flats and houses combine to hit density requirements on the Wyke Mark site </MMC-CAPTION>English Courtyard’s retirement development on the edge of Winchester had to be carefully devised to satisfy local

The wow factor

<MMC-CAPTION 250 align=right> [MMC-IMG=1060-A=Left] Best Development by a Volume Housebuilder: Berkeley Homes’ Brewery Square in London EC1. Designed by Hamilton Associates </MMC-CAPTION>The annual Housing Design Awards were presented in London last month

Diary Dates

The Walrus

[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

<MMC-CAPTION 174 align=right> [MMC-IMG=1058-A=Left] Wolsey chairman, Mike Ratcliffe </MMC-CAPTION>Sourcing finance will often be a major challenge for fledgling, and even experienced, small to medium sized housebuilders. But for those that shine, finance

Hooking up

Joint ventures with finance companies are an increasingly attractive way for small to medium-sized housebuilders to fund their schemes. Steve Menary looks at the market for such deals, and on page 35 the md of finance company, Wolsey, explains what they l

Prince of obstruction

[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 picture. And developers better keep an eye on the Princes’ Foundation, warns Will Howie: it’s having a