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Duelling designs

Ben Roskrow visits a joint Linden/Laing scheme which is the scene of contrasting new home designs. But this contrast has prompted a growing debate between the …

Design darlings

It was a year of successes for private sector housebuilders at the fifth annual Housing Design Awards. Stephen Mullin reports on the completed schemes and proj…

Housing sticks its oar in euro

Will Howie looks at the housing issues influencing the euro debate and suggests that the much maligned “predict and provide” may have been the best way forward…

appointments

[MMC-IMG=90-A=Right] persimmon (thames valley) Persimmon Homes (Thames Valley) has two new recruits with the appointment of Andrew Hammond as md (right) and Ph…

in the pipeline

Planning permission has been obtained for the development of 63 apartments in Milngavie by Bett Homes and has been passed by East Dumbarton council subject to …

Flat construction outstrips houses

For the first time ever more flats than detached houses are now being built every year in England as government policies make their mark on the industry. As a …

Bovis boom sparks recruitment drive

County Gate sale

Gleeson Homes has bought County Gate Properties (London) in a move that has strengthened the company’s share of the London market and furthered its ongoing exp…

Top agencies unite to guarantee success of renewal initiatives

A seven point action agenda designed to ensure the success of pathfinder and Housing Market Renewal initiatives has been drawn up by five national agencies.

Lacuna wins special Housebuilder award

[MMC-IMG=88-A=Right] Sunley and Environ Country Homes’ Lacuna development in West Malling, Kent has won the Housebuilder special award at this year’s Housing D…