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Quite a spread
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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NewsFeeling blue
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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Doorstepping
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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FeaturesHave you got the message?
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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Planning approvals
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
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New-build completions
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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Buyer demand
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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FeaturesInside: Expert eye
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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FeaturesOutside: Now/Next
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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Products
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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Wembley prepares to make its mark
Multiplex will hope that a successful lifting of the Wembley arch will draw a line under a troubled start to 2004.
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T5 Supplement
A template for the future How heathrow terminal 5 has rebuilt the building industry
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FeaturesMike Davies
T5's project architect tells us about his 20 years spent designing the same building
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FeaturesIntroduction: Why T5 is the future of UK construction
The construction of a passenger terminal at Heathrow was essential if the airport was to cope with a rise in the market for air travel of up to 7% a year, and if it was to maintain its claim to be Europe's premier airport. Necessity was the mother of Terminal ...
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FeaturesCommunity relations
"I've worked on projects at Heathrow and Stansted, but this is one of the most challenging jobs I've done – Terminal 5 is very large and very visual. It has a potentially huge impact on local residents in terms of nuisances like construction noise; my role is to ensure that ...
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FeaturesWords from the front
Mitch Parsons, a construction manager from Laing O'Rourke north, describes life at the sharp end of T5B