I was walking around the town nearest where I live – it’s very much set in the victorian / edwardian style when it comes to housing stock.  There are some Continue reading

When you run any kind of business, be it supplying goods from a warehouse, to services by you and your staff, there comes a time when a building has to Continue reading

There are few things that keep me awake at night – I enjoy the sleep of the just.  Head hits pillow and I’m off with the fairies until dawn.   Oe Continue reading

When I was a very humble civil servant, one of the tasks I looked after briefly was that of Buildings Officer.   I couldn’t get to grips with this at all Continue reading

You just cannot imagine the difference in the houses between our little country and the estates in Texas.  I have relatives who live there and their small family house is Continue reading

When we were growing up we had no notion of what was a good design for a house and what might not be – our own family home was always Continue reading

I have been volunteering for some weeks now at a small and imperfectly formed country house.  It had got into a bit of disrepair over the last few years of Continue reading

This has been a particularly long and very hard winter – for little ole britain that is.  I appreciate that in relation to many other parts of the globe, this Continue reading

Ah the absolute joy of having one of those offices with panoramic views across England’s great hills and valleys.  Throw in a few trees for texture, a lake or two Continue reading

There are certain tasks we need to really look carefully at our property and what has to be regularly checked, repaired, spruced up and maintained all the time.   We are Continue reading