How to build a garden room

How to build a garden room

Oct 29, 2019 | Blog, Residential

Foundations go down – either concrete or low impact screw piles. Commence construction with the vertical timber frame and SIP panels. Create and position the roof structure on to the top of the garden room. Cedar cladding can be added to that the building is...
Deal or No Deal

Deal or No Deal

Oct 25, 2018 | Blog, Residential

  There is little doubt that the protracted Brexit debacle is weighing heavily on confidence generally which is feeding through into reduced housing market activity in many parts of the UK. Added to this are a persistently high inflation rate and the threat of further...
Mindful Solitude in the Garden

Mindful Solitude in the Garden

Jun 13, 2017 | Blog, Residential

“Spend some time alone every day.” Dalai Lama Modern society has a tendency to measure success by the accumulation of wealth, power and belongings and to gauge a person’s usefulness by their busyness. If we are not furiously multi-tasking and chasing the next marker...
Get up with the birds in your garden room

Get up with the birds in your garden room

May 6, 2017 | Blog, Residential

As winter retreats and spring makes its welcome appearance, our days lengthen and temperatures begin to rise, both of which send a clear signal to the birds that breeding season has arrived. From March until July, the male songbirds compete to secure a mate and defend...
Full of the Joys of Spring

Full of the Joys of Spring

Mar 24, 2017 | Blog, Residential

To be full of the joys of Spring, as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, is to be lively and cheerful. At this time, with the spring equinox and with the clocks springing forward, it is perhaps a good time to contemplate the why and how of springtime joyfulness....