Recent Articles in Building and Renovating Property Checklists

Latest housing and planning bill - how will it affect you?
Oct 19, 2015

According to the government they launched last week a bill which is a “Historic Housing and Planning Bill will transform generation rent into generation buy”. In this article I discuss how it will impact on you.

Don't take your electrics for granted!
Jul 27, 2015

The safety of people and property is being put at risk because 18 million of us feel too embarrassed to ask if an electrician is registered, according to research by Electrical Safety First. The Charity recently launched a major consumer campaign to raise awareness of the need to use a registered electrician. It follows an investigation which discovered that asking an electrician for proof of their professional registration was one of the top three most awkward questions – after asking your boss for a pay rise and requesting a queue jumper to get to the back of the line.

Thinking of extending your home – what are the planning rules?
Jul 16, 2015

I often wonder how on earth home owners and investors manage to keep up to date with all the rules and regulations. Rules and regulations change so quickly in the property world and are often media headlines one day and nothing is said the next. 

What are bridging loans?
Jun 30, 2015

Bridging loans are a specialist short term finance option. Normally when you take out lending on a property it is for 25 years or more in the form of a mortgage. Sometime however you just mght need to borrow money when you move from one home to another or have a property which at the start you couldn't secure a normal mortgage on.

JEWSON PLAYS IMPORTANT ROLE IN MODERN DAY ECO HOUSE
May 18, 2015

Grand Design’s presenter Kevin McLeod followed the progress of this ground-breaking eco self build project by Peter Berkin and his wife Chard, aired on Channel 4 in September 2014. Nearing retirement, the couple’s vision for this ambitious project was to build an eco round house in the grounds of their existing home, which they planned to sell to fund the build and retire mortgage-free for a life of self-sufficiency – happily, this was achieved with help from Jewson.