Recent Articles in Building and Renovating Property Checklists

Living in fear of Japanese knotweed? Here are the facts rather than fictional frighteners!
Oct 27, 2016

Halloween is looming and while you may no longer be scared of ghoulies and ghosties and things that go bump in the night, you may be haunted by bigger outdoor concerns...

HS2 – good, bad and the ugly and what you need to know about compensation and house prices
Oct 17, 2016

Despite considerable opposition, the government has confirmed its commitment to HS2, with the first phase scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026.

What happens when the government wants to acquire part of your land?
Oct 17, 2016

Legislation in England and Wales allows various authorised bodies to acquire land where you are unwilling to settle via an agreement. A number of acts of parliament set out the process of compulsory purchase and the compensation to which people are entitled to.

So what are the key things you need to know when the authorities want a piece of your land?

Bricks shortage: will this prevent us solving the housing crisis?
Aug 25, 2016

It's pretty hard to build a house without bricks and mortar so when the NAEA says there is a brick deficit of more than 1 billion bricks, alarm bells tend to start to ringing. They are even suggesting that the lack of bricks has contributed to rising house prices over the last ten years as demand continues to outstrip supply.

Are self-builders about to have their dreams fulfilled?
Jun 2, 2016

The housing and planning minister, Brandon Lewis, has announced the introduction of new registers to help aspiring self-builders find plots of land - So will 2016 be the year for self builders?