How much thought have you given to the way you power your home? Probably not much – and that’s OK! Most people don’t. But did you know that the average home in the UK uses around 3700 kWh of electricity per year, on top of the energy used to power gas and oil systems. All [...]

Extending is a very popular way to add space to your home without having to move. In Britain, 46% of people will extend one of their homes at some point, with many extensions being about delivering ‘wow’ factor as much as adding extra space. But every extension is different, and there are a lot of [...]

You might not think that right now is a good time to think about solar panels. Not only are times a little uncertain, but because we’re now firmly in autumn weather, moving very quickly towards the winter, meaning dark evenings and overcast days. All in all, it’s safe to say no one in the UK [...]

We love building extensions. There’s something wonderful about helping people create their forever home from the house they bought, and watch their family and life expand to fill it. But we’re not going to lie – it’s not a simple thing. There are a lot of rules around building extensions, what you are and aren’t [...]

Building a house is not a small task. And if you thought buying a house was complicated, be prepared for a whole new level of stress when building your own. But it’s worth it all – because as soon as you step through the front doors of a house you designed, that no one else [...]

For the last few months, most of us have been introduced (a bit roughly), into the world of home working. For some of us, working at home has been the norm for a while, but for most people it’s been a shock to the system. Desks have been thrown together out of dining room tables, [...]

Yes. Really, that’s not a question. Electric cars solve a lot of problems for our planet and our economy. We’re now at a stage where almost every major car manufacturer out there has at least one full electric, or at least hybrid vehicle on the market, and lots of them have more than one to [...]

The last few months have been challenging for a lot of industries and businesses. Including the construction sector, which took a bit of a hit at first when absolute zero contact came into play. Building work is, by nature, close proximity, particularly when we’re working on things like extensions to someone’s home. But the virus [...]