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Housebuilders:
Why is it that the housebuilders
in this country provide such a poor product? Small wonder that
self-build is gaining in popularity when we are faced with the
poorly constructed anonymous 'tudorbethan' efforts which many
housebuilders offer. However there is much to be optimistic about
-do have a look at the Housing Design Award winners to see what
is possible when aspirational clients get together with good
architects to provide elegant modern housing that meets the energy
requirements of the 21st Century.
The old housing stock is leaving
this country with an unaccaptable legacy of high maintenance,
energy guzzling, outmoded housing stock that is long overdue
for renewal. We need to accept the challenge of providing appropriate
and sustainable mass housing that currently is a rarity in Britain,
but is being provided by the likes of Urban Splash and Bioregional.
Housebuilders
-general information:
- Building Centre
-product information, market reports and bookshop for the construction
industry.
- CABE
-homebuyers guide to the questions to ask when buying a new home.
- House
Builders Federation (HBF)
-the principal trade federation for private sector housebuilders
and voice of the house building industry in England and Wales.
- New Build Inspections -specialists in providing snagging checks for
newly built property.
- New Homes Direct -property web site offering new homes direct
from the developer or builder at discounted prices.
New Build
Warranty Providers:
- NHBC
(National House-Building Council)
-the NHBC is the independent regulatory body for the new home
building industry. It offers information about their Buildmark
Cover and how to find registered builders.
- Zurich Building Guarantee -new home warranty products for newly
built homes and major refurbishments for sale or for rent.
- The Premier Guarantee -offer a range of housing related warranties,
which have been marketed in the UK since 1995.
Housebuilders:
- Here is a list of some of
the better known housebuilders in the UK:
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- Featured
books:
- Housing Design Awards David
Birkbeck
- All of the 2005 winners, beautifully
photographed with judges comments on each scheme.
- Paperback
- Jul 2005
- Price in UK pounds
- The Housebuilder's Bible -an
insider's guide to the construction jungle
- Mark Brinkley
- Paperback: 240 pages
- Rodelia Books
- Price in UK pounds
- Price in dollars
- The New London Property Guide:
The Only Guide You Need to Buying and Selling,Renting and Letting
Homes in London Mitchell Beazley
- Carrie Segrave (Editor)
- Paperback
- March 2005
- Price in UK pounds
in association
with
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- click here for more books
on buying and selling property
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