EDITOR’S LETTER

CLAIRE LLOYD has been a member of the

GREEN HOME AWARDS

WINNERS   REVEALED!

GREEN HOMES GRANT SCRAPPED

This dated and inefficient home was transformed by

CLEAN HEAT GRANT WARNING

BOOK OF THE MONTH: HOW TO GARDEN THE

Kitchens

MELLOW YELLOW Perk up your kitchen with Bertazzoni’s

Bathrooms

GET THE WETROOM LOOK With Acquabella’s new Temp

HAVE YOU BUILT BRITAIN’S BEST HOME?

We want to hear all about your completed projects as we launch The Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Awards 2021

THE CATEGORIES

The Daily Telegraph Homebuilding & Renovating Awards 2021

ADDING SPACE & VALUE

IMAGE: BLISS INTERIORS, PHOTOGRAPHER SOPHIE MARTIN PART 9: Garage conversions

ASK THE EXPERTS

This month, our experts tackle your questions on flat roofs, removing a chimney breast and how to plan planting for a new garden

HEATING CLINIC

What to do about hard water

Beginner’s guide to self-build

TIMELESS DESIGN Merry and Ben Albright self-built their

Signing OFF…

What the Home building team have seen, recommend and love this month

A GREEN UPGRADE

Piers Taylor and Sue Phillips built their ‘transparent’ extension to a dilapidated folly 19 years ago, before picking up the tools once again in 2020 to make a few highly energy-efficient improvements

THE KNOWLEDGE

CHANGES IN ATTITUDES TOWARDS EFFICIENCY “In some ways

DESIGNED FOR LIFE

Prioritising design was the key to success for Lucetta and Matt when they turned a 1930s semi into a quirky family home

“We self-built for £150K”

DIY self-builders Melanie and Alan Williams have designed and built this characterful barn-style family home for a build cost of just £604/m 2

THE KNOWLEDGE

CASUAL DINING Although built on a budget the

THE BUILD

BEFORE: AN UNLOVED PRE-FAB HOUSE STARTING ON SITE

“Our connection to home”

Jess and Reuven Young’s London terrace could never quite compete with the views they were used to in their native New Zealand — until a stylish extension transformed their home

GREENER PASTURES

Clair and Guy Newbury swapped a hectic city lifestyle in London for a remote converted barn in the middle of rural Yorkshire

THE KNOWLEDGE

BUYING A HALF-COMPLETED PROJECT For anyone buying a

Amazing exterior makeovers

Using a little imagination and effort has transformed these dated properties into striking, modern homes

“Every day we see a new change on site”

Greg and Anni Le Tocq are self-building their ultimate oak frame family home outside Bristol

“We had a million different options”

This month Charlie, Helen, LB and Craig discuss their choices of second fix carpentry and flooring

A beginner’s guide to ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION

Looking to self-build and pondering your construction system? Then read self-build expert Mark Brinkley’s take on four alternative methods that are worth adding to your research

Preparing to live on sıte

Living on site during a renovation project has good and bad points — and for those on a tight budget could be the only option. In her latest column, Natasha Brinsmead explains the realities and suggests how being more organised than she was could make all the difference

HOW TO FIND A PLOT

PART 10: ASSESSING PLANNING POTENTIAL

7 WAYS TO CREATE A SAFE SITE

If you’re self-managing your build make sure you plan a safe site with these helpful tips from self-build expert Mark Stevenson

Planning your plant room

Energy-efficiency expert David Hilton shares his top five tips for designing a plant room into your self-build or renovation project

Kitchen sinks

HOW TO CHOOSE

GOODBYE GREEN HOMES GRANT

Energy-efficiency expert Tim Pullen reviews what went wrong and the current state of play

DESIGNING YOUR OWN lighting scheme

Many people choose to come up with their own lighting plan rather than use a lighting designer, but it can seem daunting. We show you how to get your lighting design spot on

Amazing porch ideas

Create a warm welcome with these stunning designs

BEHIND THE DESIGN Cantilever design

Don’t be left hanging in the balance as to whether a cantilever design is right for your project. Sabatino Torchitti from Resi does the homework for you

Renovating a Victorian house: 10 GREAT DESIGN IDEAS

Victorian house projects are often seen as something of a holy grail in the renovation world, with buyers clamouring to snap them up — we take a look at some of the top transformational design ideas

The latest SMALL PATIO DOORS

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