All Housing articles – Page 366
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NewsCouncils offered grants in exchange for cheaper land
Housing Corporation to reward councils that release land for housing with slice of £8bn budget
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Features
Prefabricated chimney
Schiedel Chimney Systems has launched a prefabricated chimney set for semi-detached properties.
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CommentGood design equals more homes
It’s an unlikely equation, but if developers and planners worried as much about quality as quantity, it would be easier to build Brown’s 3 million homes, argues Cabe’s Matt Bell
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FeaturesLocks to help disabled people
Door lock maker ERA Products has extended its range of locks to include five that meet the needs of disabled people.
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Features
Get off the fence
Whether it’s timber, concrete, steel or plastic, a garden fence has to be sturdy and secure. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans looks at the life-cycle costs.
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Features
Fitting for plumbing manifold
Plumbing and drainage supplier Hepworth Building Products has extended its Hep2O manifold range to include a fitting that allows direct connection between 22mm and 15mm pipes.
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NewsGreen standards to be reformed
BRE’s widely used BREEAM environmental rating system and the principal method of calculating Part L compliance are to be overhauled to take account of the drive towards zero-carbon buildings.
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London mayor set to review housebuilding targets …
Livingstone considers raising number of new homes in capital from 30,500 to 50,000
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Features
Outdoor LED spotlights
Ansell Lighting has introduced an LED exterior spotlight called Sierra Luxeon.
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Outdoor sockets with translucent lids
Wiring device maker MK Electric has added two sockets with translucent lids to its Masterseal range, which allow users to view the on/off neon indicators of outdoor wiring devices without opening them and protect the plugs in environments in which they could be exposed to dust or water.
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NewsA test of their metal
Cartwright Pickard Architects has won a competition to design sustainable housing using steel.
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NewsCABE awards gold to three housing projects
Schemes by Stride Treglown Architects, Rolfe Judd Architects and Mike Lapworth Architects win Gold at the Building for Life awards
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NewsLivingstone plans 50,000 extra affordable homes for London
London mayor promises 50% increase in housing over next three years and more family properties
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NewsNorthern Rock crisis sparks housebuilder share plunge
Consumer panic wipes £850m from market value, housing prices to drop
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NewsCooper offers £500m boost for affordable housing
Yvette Cooper said grant would reward those councils that used planning to speed housing supply
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Lend Lease plans £1bn housing fund for 2012 village
Developer aims for largest-ever residential property fund to build 4,000 homes for Olympics
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Redrow eyes acquisitions
Housebuilder Redrow signalled that it could be ready to enter the takeover market after reporting dampened full-year results this week.
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Conservatives advised to scrap Building Regulations
The Conservative party should scrap Building Regulations and bring in a lower VAT for maintenance and repairs to green homes, according to a policy report.
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NewsHips to apply to all homes from next month
Government to press ahead with plan to extend scheme despite drop in sales of four-bed houses
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Northern Irish court overturns ban on piecemeal development
The Northern Irish High Court has overturned planning rules designed to stop piecemeal development in the region’s countryside.