TG Escapes Blog – Residential
The latest articles from the TG Escapes team. Read on to keep up to date on the latest innovations and stories in the world of modular eco building for residential purposes.
The Granny Annexe isnât a 1970s relicâŠ
Since 2011 prices of care homes have risen dramatically and now cost on average double the income of the average pensioner, forcing the UKâs elderly to drastic financial measures. Over the past five years more than 1 million homes have been sold to fund the...
How to protect your garden during the winter months
This is a guest article written by Fiona Kirkcaldy from eDecks Have you spent all summer carefully nurturing your garden? Donât let your hard work go to waste when winter strikes! With a little preparation you can protect your garden when the frost hits to ensure that...
Growing Room
After eighteen years of washing, cooking and cleaning for them, this may have been the autumn your children embarked on the next stage of their lives and, after cramming their bedroom into a car boot, headed off to Uni. So now youâve been left with a full fridge and...
Swap the stresses of the workplace for the comfort of home
Wouldnât it be great if the summer, and the lie-ins, never had to end? While we canât rely on the British sunshine lasting until Christmas, the return of the colder months doesnât have to bring your 9-5 routine along with it. So if youâve been dreaming of the benefits...
Gardening is good for you!
Whether youâre feeling tired, bored or a little down, spending time in your garden â working or relaxing â can instantly lift your spirits. And now, thanks to a recent survey conducted by Gardenerâs World, we can officially confirm that being in your garden is good...
It’s not too late to start your summer garden project
We all start summer with an ambitious list of projects, plans and ideas for our gardens â however after Julyâs unexpected, but very welcome, heatwave youâd be forgiven for entering August without having transformed your outdoor space. Luckily, despite the dubious...
Guest Blog: Planting to Enhance your Garden Buildings
One of the joys of employing professionals to design, plan and build your outdoor structure is that they will position it sensitively within your garden space. But what happens next? You can easily enhance your outdoor building by bringing the garden even closer. Here...
The Summer of Gardens: What will you make?
If your summer holidays are approaching and your garden is feeling a little bare, it could be time to start thinking about what outdoor projects youâve got planned for the longer days. This could be the year that you decide to work from home or get fit, maybe you want...
Save money and the environment with an eco-friendly build
The last few months have given us one of the coldest winters in decades and as the temperatures plummeted, many homeowners were seeing their energy bills move just as fast in the other direction. Cold weather is expensive and keeping yourself warm when your home isnât...
The granny annexe: caring for relatives closer to home
We all need a little help sometimes and caring for elderly relatives is something that many people wish they could do a little closer to home. By 2029 it is predicted that nearly 40% of the UKâs population will be over 50 and whilst the majority of the older...
Bring work closer to home with a garden office
New figures from the Office for National Statistics have recently revealed that there has been an increase in the number of people working from home. Over the last decade a growing percentage of employees have chosen to ditch the commute and bring their working life...
Skip the excuses and make 2013 the year you keep your resolutions
Last year the most commonly broken New Years Resolution was to âbecome physically fitâ, in third and fourth place were to âimprove healthâ and to âlose weightâ. Alas, just one month down the line 36% of people admitted that their resolutions had sizzled out and after...