All Building articles in Building Homes November 2004

Features

Products

2004-11-26T00:00:00Z

Waterproofing manchesterAlkor Draka’s single-ply waterproofing membrane has been specified for the Sportcity mixed sport, leisure, retail and residential development in east Manchester. Alkorplan 35271 charcoal-coloured roofing membrane is being used to cover the three-block residential element of the scheme, which was developed by Countryside Properties. Approved contractor Hi-spec Cladding & ...

Features

Now/Next

2004-11-26T00:00:00Z

Provoked by higher-density townhouse development, housebuilders are finding ever more imaginative ways of exploiting the sales potential of the roof – building both beneath it and on top of it

Comment

The mouth

2004-11-26T00:00:00Z

Tim Holden, group development director of registered social landlord Network Housing Group, defends the role of the public sector in providing social housing

Features

And here’s the snag ...

2004-11-26T00:00:00Z

New inspection services are making good use of the snags housebuilders leave behind – and the result of this year’s Zurich customer satisfaction survey show there’s plenty of business to exploit.

Comment

Getting up to speed

2004-11-26T00:00:00Z

When we started putting together our preview of 2005, we didn’t pre-judge the issues.

Features

Factfile

2004-11-26T00:00:00Z

Planning approvalsThe signs of a South-east slowdown are evident in the autumn approvals, but Scotland and the North are maintaining a healthy pace of development.This data is provided by Glenigan, the development monitoring service. More than 10,000 new UK housing projects are tracked by Glenigan and this information is used ...

Comment

Doorstepping

2004-11-26T00:00:00Z

James Moody took on the managing director’s role at the newly reorganised Eastern region of housebuilder Crest Nicholson three months ago, and he had to hit the ground running. Not only is he managing existing sites – he also had to find himself an office

News

Manchester's New Islington millennium community gets under way this month

2004-11-26T00:00:00Z

...with the start of work on the site's 1400 new homes. Architect FAT Architects has designed the first phase of 23 affordable homes for Manchester Methodist Housing Association (shown here). Meanwhile Taylor Woodrow with shedkm architects have won the latest developer competition on the site. Planning consent has been granted ...

Features

The way ahead

2004-11-26T00:00:00Z

2005 is crunch time for housebuilders. The market seems set for a long slowdown and the government is bent on pushing through regulatory and legislative reforms that will change housebuilding for good. We offer a guide through the labyrinth

News

Building Homes November 2004

2004-11-26T00:00:00Z