I’ve been happily listening to  american author and wit, who has lived in the UK for many years and become fascinated by everything that has made this country . . . . He’s written a book on  his quintessentially English parsonage – taking the reader right through from the earliest construction methods of prehistoric man, through the various civilisations and then to how our own properties developed from mass cave dwelling.  The book is supremely entertaining but primarily informative.  He takes us through each stage of development describing how this method took over from earlier ones and it really highlights

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There are many different methods of property construction in UK.  Major housing developers are constantly upgrading their methods to include safer materials, more fire retardent for example or perhaps more heat retaining – which helps to offset the amount of energy used by a dweller later on.   They also have to incorporate every single new building regulation that comes on statute.   For smaller concerns, perhaps self build co-operatives or even individual projects, there are still several choices available – to suit all budgets and circumstances.   Brick and block for example is one of the most popular methjods and it involves

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It is a strange thing that when I watch natural history or travel programmes on tv, the country still seems very open and not in the slightest bit overcrowded.  Yet when we drive around to various parts of the country that we’ve been connected to for many years, it seems as though every repeat journey witnesses a new section being swallowed up for house building.  It can make us feel under threat – we hear the phrase that this little country is too small for all the houses that the government insists we need.  However, when we see a single

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