Building Contracts for Extensions – do I need one? Building contracts for extensions are vital. Every home extension, renovation or new build project should involve you and your builder agreeing a formal written quotation, and signing a building contract. Most people we talk to have heard lots of building project horror stories. Rogue builders…
House Extensions London – 5 Steps to Building Project Success House extensions in London are everywhere! The cost of moving can be eye-watering. There is also a lack of affordable plots in London. This means house extensions (often with associated minor refurbishments to the original house) are by far the most popular building project…
Does Building Your Home Extension Have To Be Stressful? We may be healthier and wealthier than previous generations but most of us are also much more stressed. We’re also living in some of Europe’s smallest and least energy efficient family housing stock. There comes a time for many households that the family home becomes…
10 Good Reasons to Extend Your House Why go through all the heartache of moving house when you can unlock the real value of the home you already live in? Extending has become the new moving and here are the top 10 reasons why. 1. Financially it will probably make more sense to extend your…
Top Tips When Building Your Own Home Building, extending or renovating your own home is demanding and you need to be able to juggle really well to make sure you keep on top of everything. Juggling priorities, suppliers, materials and costs as well as the family is a large part of self builds and…
Avoiding building project disasters! We successfully manage a wide variety of building projects for clients where things have gone wrong. We determine these as Rescue Projects or Disaster Recovery Projects and each one has had an element of avoiding building project disasters. In these scenarios we are typically called in because work has stopped.…
Did you know CLPM provide renewable energy advice for architects? If you are a sole practitioner or head up a small to medium sized architectural practice it’s unlikely that you have the time or resources to provide renewable energy advice for your clients. We aim to work with you and your clients – to inform…
Independent Heating and Energy Efficiency advice CLPM provide independent domestic and commercial heating advice for clients and their architects across the UK. CLPM offer site surveys where one of the team can visit a property and assess the site, understand our clients requirements and make recommendations for improvements. We can also undertake independent domestic and…
Who’s going to manage my building work? We give you some top tips to help make your building project run as smoothly as possible. CLPM is a residential building project management consultancy based in Rickmansworth. We are not designers or builders but we are experts in bringing high specification, high quality projects from design…
Deciding who will Manage My Building Project? It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it… “As a client one of the most important roles you have is deciding how the project is going to run. Get it right and the whole experience can be a real pleasure. Get it wrong and it…