I was watching a programme about the need to house families after the end of world war two.  For those of us born well outside the rigours of war time, Continue reading

There is a really wide variety of modern design methods where construction is concerned.  Processes ad techniques  are being developed all the time and currently they have altered the way Continue reading

It’s an interesting thing that we are used to our properties of all shapes and sizes are constructed these days in generally the same fashion.  There still appears to be Continue reading

Just how this bungalow is maintained is not something I spend too many hours thinking about  – it is a nicely proportioned detached in a qiet country lane.  I have Continue reading

When you look at the design of older houses, through generations, it’s interesting to note how the designers and architects of their day gave priority to certain areas over what Continue reading

I was volunteering out at a heritage property the other week.  I do a few hours a month acting as room guide and general helper. One small group had finished Continue reading

One of the most dispiriting things I’ve done is to let someone talk me into visiting the swanky new and gorgeous show house on a local devleopment.    It’s nye on Continue reading

One of the joys of going to stay with relatives overseas is the tv – they always have one and it doesn’t matter where you are in the western world Continue reading

There are not so many small projects these days for the odd jobbing bulding company.  In the older days, just after the first and second world wars, there was a Continue reading

We have had some amazingly gusty weather of late.  I don’t remember in my youth having anywhere near these strengths of storm or winds, so it must be down to Continue reading