All Building articles in Building Homes December 2002
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FeaturesTrends
Insulation is something the average homebuyer pays scant attention to, unless they stray into their loft – but it is actually at the heart of environmental action, because of its potential to improve energy efficiency in our homes. Unfortunately, insulation can also harm the environment through the release of ozone-depleting ...
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FeaturesTwo ways to work smart
If you have formed the opinion that partnering works better as theory than practice, take a look at these two schemes. Both show how profit and product can be radically improved by the application of partnering
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Front line
Is the decent homes standard a valuable targeting tool or just more bureaucracy? Jeffrey Adams thinks it can work, but Ben Derbyshire is underwhelmed
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FeaturesEverything and the kitchen sink …
A housing association in Coventry has lured tenants out of council hands by offering improved homes with a new kitchen and bathroom. Josephine Smit met two of the residents who made the leap.
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The great kitchen and bathroom giveaway
Britain's public housing is getting a makeover to meet the government's decent homes standard – kitchens and bathrooms are being fitted at a rate of knots. Trouble is, once they're done the tenants go right ahead and flog them, playing havoc with housing association balance sheets and depleting the already ...