All Building articles in Building Homes May 2004

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    Quite a spread

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    A total of 71 lucky housing associations and their partners are enjoying a feast of sizeable two-year funding allocations from the Housing Corporation. The move away from scheme-by-scheme grant funding to working with a smaller number of preferred partners gives those partners the security and the clout to deliver new ...

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    Products

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Blowing hot and coldXpelair has launched Digitemp, a combined cooling and heating air-conditioning unit for the domestic market. The product range cools, dehumidifies and heats air using an air-to-air reverse heat pump, and is available in a 2.1 kW and 2.4 kW cooling capacity. A single unit can serve a ...

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    Outside: Now/Next

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    The big issue now and for the foreseeable future is getting more affordable housing built in the South. Off-site manufacture is the government's preferred solution, but the industry fears it is a high-cost route that is incompatible with low-cost housing. Who's got it right? To settle the argument, Homes asked ...

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    Have you got the message?

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Miller Homes is smoothing the homebuying process by texting its customers regular reports of how building work is going. It brings a whole new meaning to the term mobile home …

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    Inside: Expert eye

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    As one of the housebuilding sector's best-known flooring brands, Amtico has to keep abreast of the twists and turns of consumer tastes. Kate Bliss, general manager of UK residential business at the company, spots a few trends and offers some useful tips

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    Doorstepping

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Spencer gave up a career with housebuilder Saxon Homes to sail around the world. Once back on terra firma he set up his own company. So have his experiences given him a different outlook on business?

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    New-build completions

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Private sector completions are up again this month, but only just. Once again, the South-east is in the vanguard of build activity. Merseyside continues to lag behind in spite of Steve Morgan’s interest in Liverpool FC.

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    Comment

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Paul King, director of WWF's One Million Sustainable Homes campaign, says his organisation is doing its bit to help housebuilders get greener

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    Let them eat cake

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    After some years surviving off crumbs of Housing Corporation grant, 71 housing associations are to sit down to a two-year feast as preferred partners with backing for a string of projects. Josephine Smit looks at the impact on development. Data collated and analysed by Irum Malik of Economic Strategies

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    Buyer demand

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    SmartNewHomes reports that the number of buyers looking for apartments has decreased, whereas detached and semi-detached houses are growing in popularity. So much for the urban loft lifestyleMethodologyThe New Homes Demand Index is based on enquiries recorded on the SmartNewHomes.com website and records the price people are willing to pay ...

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    Feeling blue

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Feeling blue: Is there a market for urban houses? Yes, according to Crest Nicholson, which sold the first eight houses released at Park Central in Birmingham within days. The housebuilder will be developing 200 houses as part of the 1400-unit scheme, designed by Gardner Stewart Architects. The scheme to transform ...

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    Planning approvals

    2004-05-28T00:00:00Z

    In the high-pressure South-east, approvals are holding steady, whereas London makes a big leap from 165 in March. Maybe the government's wish to increase housebuilding in the South can come true after all