I have been watching with interest the goings on at a bungalow near me.   It was built in the late 1920s and has a very distinctive Arts & Crafts frontage.  It has three tall narrow lead pane windows fairly close together, with brick pillars between and surrounding to make the bay effect.  It also has a brck built porch with gorgeous solid oak front door, set into the right hand corner.  It’s very attractive and was sold a couple of years ago.  The young couple did a massive gutting inside and thankfully ran out of money before they could tackle

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With so much house building have been completed in my area over the last few years, it often feels as though all green space has been built over.  This of course isn’t true but some areas do seem to have been more extensively harvested than others shall we say.  This begs the question of who exactly is buying all these homes – are they reall all new, first time buyers?  There has been a major shortfall in the number of properties available for rent or buy in the major connerbations.  In this region though, a unique approach has been taken

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Don’t we all love those jovial souls who always know how to do any particular job around the house?  I have a tool box.  I have nice newish work bench.  Nothing in my make up has managed to persuade me that I should take either out of the garage and actually do anything with them.  This means that when anything needs remodelling at home, or a room needs completely redesigning, then I get my trusty long term interior design and construction company in to quote me for said job.  They are expert at looking at a space and knowing exactly

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