Solid choices
Andrew Leech finds “the stuff of building” - concrete, cement, mortar and stone - is undergoing a period of adaptation and innovation, leading to improved desi…
Style gurus
Have traditional brick and block manufacturers entered the brave new world of prefabrication? Tim Palmer finds out and reports on how new block styles are help…
Rock stars
In May Chris Johnson’s Propan Homes bought Honeygrove and assumed its name. Steve Menary visits the firm’s Rock House development in Maidstone to talk to him a…
Appeal limit
I have heard that the loss of sub-sale relief from stamp duty in the new Finance Act won’t affect part exchange acquisitions by housebuilders. Is this correct?
In agreement
Ever changing regulations and the drive for new building techniques mean that manufacturers increasingly need new BBA certificates, making life ever busier for…
hot seat
[MMC-IMG=272-A=Left]Jacky Banyard, sales and marketing director of Cala Homes (Yorkshire), made the career move from bringing up two strapping boys to selling …
A window of opportunity...
A recent “peculiar” legal decision has set a precedent that may produce a tricky way around the issue of losing your planning permission through expiry. But yo…
The Walrus
Dustbin-lid dance troupes, Victor Meldrew and Alan Partridge may have no role in Lord Rogers’ urban renaissance, but they’re central to Walrus’ interpretation.…
Walking the walk
What’s it like building a leading example of a PPG3 friendly site? James Sunley and Andy Wibling of Sunley Holdings tell Ben Roskrow the story of Lacuna, a fin…
Culture clash
Just when developers think they have created a super PPG3-friendly development with winding roads and exciting streetscapes, highways engineers scupper the sch…
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