Home & Garden UK
I was having afternoon tea with a chum last week when she had a panic phone call from her daughter – I could hear the wailed “Mum, I’ve got a problem” from the other side of the garden. She discovered water coming through the ceiling light fitting in the back hallway. Panic stricken, she shut […]
It’s a jolly good job that domestic homes do not need PAT testing carried out before anyone can use the electrical implements and gadgets in their house. When you belong to a company or orther social association where folk gather to intermingle, eat, drink, watch films, whatever, the portable electrical items have to be checked […]
I am thinking about having a brand new kitchen this year and have started the laborious process of going from showroom to showroom checking out the different ranges and kitchen designs out there. For someone who has not even updated the current kitchen put in when the house was built, some 20 years ago, this […]
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 […]
