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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine July 2023.
EDITOR’S LETTER
IMAGE: ANDREW SYDENHAM
We’re all aware of the need to insulate our homes, but airtightness – and the elimination of gaps through which warm air can escape and cold air can enter – is ofte...
OUR EXPERTS
NATASHA BRINSMEAD Is associate editor and has renovated her own Edwardian home.
OLIVER HEATH Is an expert in sustainable design, and runs architectural and interior design practice Oli...
THE TEAM
EDITORIAL Editor in Chief Claire Lloyd Deputy Editor Michelle Guy Associate Editor Natasha Brinsmead Deputy Editor (website) Amy Willis News Editor Joseph Mullane Contributions by Seán O’Connell &am...
Planning figures plummet
According to the latest government figures, planning applications in England have fallen to their lowest level in at least 16 years. The statistics were published by the Department for Levelling Up,...
Material matters
IMAGE: IDSYSTEMS / IP12 CONSTRUCTION / CHRIS SNOOK PHOTOGRAPHY
New research from the UK’s largest builders’ merchants, Jewson, has found that today’s homeowners are keen to source and pur...