Home & Garden UK
We all love those property programmes that show us the before and after of an auction buy and the follow up renovation. Some of the results are of course absolutely incredible – but it must be said that the general home owner or buyer is never going to be able to replicate the magazine quality […]
We all need light. Whether that turns out to be daylight through the windows, skylights or from artificial light it is imperative that good planning is employed. The way that sun and shade affect how a room looks is relative to colour schemes and where furniture is placed or kitchen cabinets and worktops installed. […]
I have often wondered what goes through the minds of designers of housing developments. I live in a vey nicely proportioned detached ‘executive’ house in the nicest part of a small midlands market town. Nothing remarkable or likely to blow the socks of the casual visitor then. As I’ve lived here for longer than any […]
There are many questions a householder needs to ask themselves about the work team they’re employing to do up their property, and bathrooms in particular. Does one of them have the relevant technical experience? does he need qualifications? These are all things that could matter greatly if there’s a mishap. Newly qualified trainees can do […]
We are jolly lucky in this country to have exceptionally safe methods of working in most areas of industry. there are pockets of the country where the idea of complying with safety regulations seems absolutely against the communitiy way of thinking, but on the whole we are ultra protected. We have government run departments just […]
We get up every day and just pop in the shower and we don’t really think too hard about the services we need. Until something goes wrong and things fall apart or grind to a complete halt. My immediate neighbours and I had this happen a couple of weeks ago. Unbeknowns to each, we […]
I had my garage lights sorted out recently. The chap was fantastic. I contacted him via one of the reference sites where customers post reviews. I was delerious with joy after my cruddy fluorescents were removed and replaced with bright new LEDs. Well shortly after waving the guy goodbye, I realised I should have […]
Owning a property can be rewarding – most of the time. There are occasions however when this joy is somewhat diluted, such as when something big and worrying occurs. Unless one is blessed with an enclopaedic knowledge of how to install, mend, rebuild things, then it’s going to require an expert to come in and […]
It’s been an interesting few weeks watching my near neighbours preparing to have their property extended. They bought the house expressly because it has direct access to a farmer’s field and bridleway with acres of walks and they have a lovely big dog. They also bought with a view to extending but expected to get […]
Wen we need to have work carried out at our home, the first thing the contractor will arrange is a skip to be placed as conveniently near the location of the work as possible. This is so that all the debris resulting from knocking out cupboards, bits of wall, windows etc. will be safely disposed […]
