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May 2020

  • No More Large Bungalow & Garage Building

    No More Large Bungalow & Garage Building

    There cannot be many home buyers and owners in this country who have not at some time or another thought they’d like to expand the size of their property.  We all go through a stage of thinking that more space would solve this problem, or that.  Space is at a premium though in our tiny land.  We cannot afford to waste space on large sprawling one storey properties anymore.  In the 1920s and up until the 1980s, land was not at such a premium, so large bungalows with equally impressive garages were built in vast quantities.  I’m thinking of the

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  • From Seat Of Learning To Dream Home

    From Seat Of Learning To Dream Home

    I have been watching a local house project with great interest.  An enterprising young couple have bought a stone property which was part of a historic house estate but hs since been released from it’s ties and allowed to be sold.  They jumped at the chance, it being a very unusual design – a large barn sized stone construction used to have a steep thatched roof all round but now has pretty red pantiles.   There are plans to extend out on two sides if possible to include a much nicer kitchen – although there seems to be nothing actually wrong

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  • Small Acre Per Head Of Population Needs Control

    Small Acre Per Head Of Population Needs Control

    We need to build thousands and thousands of new homes for everyone.  This is what we are constantly being told.  I don’t really understand where all the folk are coing form that need these new houses.  Developers and small builders are anxiously submitting more and more plans to meet local needs.  Is there space for all this activity? When you look at France, Poland, and other big countries, there seems to be such a huge amount of space around – acres and acres per head of population that is unbuilt on.  At the end of every dual carriageway and small

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