Construction National

House buyers create their own “grand designs” with Hertfordshire developer

Savvy house buyers are creating their own “grand designs” by snapping up quality homes from a leading Hertfordshire developer and having them built to their own bespoke requirements.

Home seekers are queuing up to buy homes from Taylor French Developments, based in Tring.

Demand is such that the award-winning firm has had to draw up a waiting list to notify disappointed house hunters, who previously missed out on buying one of its homes, about future schemes.

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New £1.4Million affordable homes scheme completes in Carlisle

Two Castles Housing Association is welcoming residents into their new homes after work completed on a £1.4million affordable homes scheme in Harraby, Carlisle.

Located at the former St Elizabeth’s Church Hall site on Mayfield Avenue, the development has delivered 11 high quality affordable homes for local people to rent.

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Heat pump brings major savings for refurbished home

A homeowner in Northern Ireland has reported a 60 per cent saving on this energy bills after having a Danfoss heat pump fitted to replace an oil fired boiler.

Simon Bamford, who lives just outside Lisburn in Northern Ireland, approached Danfoss two years ago, as he was carrying out a major refurbishment of his dormer bungalow, including adding a one bedroom extension. This would mean the house had a lower carbon footprint and he hoped would make it more affordable to run.

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Sika Construction's flooring finds the ideal home

Sika – a global leader in technologically advanced products for the construction industry – has supplied its ComfortFloor system for the innovative and high-end refurbishment of a Victorian house in Surbiton, Greater London.

Combining noise suppression and durability with a flawless finish, Sika ComfortFloor proved to be the ideal solution – meeting the client’s aesthetic requirements, whilst delivering a hard-wearing system that guarantees outstanding long term performance. With this excellent technical and aesthetic solution, Sika helped to create a flooring system that also blended seamlessly between the building’s kitchen and outdoor patio space.

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New appointment as Bullock grows business development function

As Bullock continues to build its dedicated care services team they have appointed Nikki Waud as Care Business Development Manager.

Nikki Brings to the post 15 years of business development experience having worked on specialist fit-outs and refurbishment projects in the non-housing sector.

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£2.2 Million refurbishment to modernise homes in Whickham

Residents at a sheltered housing scheme near Gateshead will soon be able to enjoy living in a contemporary new home, as part of a £2.2million refurbishment programme led by Two Castles Housing Association and Esh Property Services.

After successfully upgrading facilities at its nearby Castle Close sheltered housing scheme, work is now underway to transform Two Castles’ Tindale Drive scheme in Whickham for residents who are aged 60 years and over.

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McCauls making 'the point' at New Islington

McCaul Developments has made its first move into the Manchester City Centre market with the unveiling of a prestigious housing development – ‘The Point’ - at the New Islington regeneration scheme.

The family-owned business, based in Astley, has revealed that Phase One of the development, which includes 23 apartments and twelve canal houses, will be ready for release in September 2013. McCauls have recently received planning permission for Phase Two of the £16m scheme involving a further 81 units, and have further development plans for in and around Manchester and the North West.

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Britdoors Group launches new range of low cost doors

There is over 20 years of door industry experience in Britdoors Group, which means the business knows a thing or two about making the perfect entrance door and today it announces the launch of its new Isla range of value-engineered, solid timber-core composite doors.

The stunning new Isla door range has been developed in response to market demand for a more cost-effective way to achieve the high standards of style, quality, security and energy efficiency associated with composite doors. 

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Site manager Paul takes Pride in the Job for Linden Homes at Oakham

Linden Homes site manager Paul Mott has seen off fierce competition to clinch an industry quality award for the second year running.

Paul has been presented with an NHBC Pride in the Job quality award for his continuing strive towards perfection at the company’s Orchid development in Oakham.

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Yuill Homes to deliver a new £1.7Million affordable homes scheme

Work is underway to build a £1.7million affordable homes scheme in Blaydon, thanks to a partnership between Yuill Homes and Isos Housing.

Leading North East housebuilder Yuill Homes will deliver 15 affordable homes at its successful High View housing development off Shibdon Bank. The scheme for Isos Housing will include six new two bedroom and nine three bedroom homes for rent which will be allocated to people in the greatest housing need.

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