8 Sustainable Building Products Any builder, architect or project manager is very aware that sustainable building materials represent the future of home building and improvement. Reports on the building industry say that commercial and residential buildings account for 39% of green house gas emissions. With this in mind it makes sense that by using more…
Renovation of a Georgian House “Build costs could have gone anywhere. Paying a fixed project management cost meant that the costs didn’t change even when the job hit obstacles along the way. Using CLPM has saved us a six figure sum and given us a home that we’re delighted with.” A Musson, Blewbury The Project…
Designing for Sustainability – How to get the specification right A number of projects I am working on start at the ‘We want to fit such-and-such devices and have this-and-that technology on the roof and want to use a so-and-so system’. I think overall that you’ll get a better result to specify sustainability into your…
Have you been to the National Self Build & Renovation Centre? You can now find CLPM at The National Self Build & Renovation Centre. This purpose built site has been built on such a scale to house all you will need to know about self building. All of the things you expect to find are…
Pitfalls Of Building Your Own Home It can be scary as well as exciting building your own home, this blog outlines some of the pitfalls of building your own home. Fear When you think about building your own home there is always a fear about the costs involved. How far could they spiral out of…
Timber Frame Homes vs Brick Homes This blog is about timber frame homes vs brick homes. We aim to detail what are the main differences between choosing to build a brick home and a timber frame home in the United Kingdom. If you’re a self-builder you are probably bewildered by the options for construction. You’re…
New Build That Stood Still For Six Months! This particular project had been stalled for six months when CLPM got involved. Our clients were at their witts end. “We appreciated the fact that CLPM immediately sought to understand the bigger picture. Including our personal circumstances and what we wanted to get out of it at…
Saving energy and money by being Geyser wise Geysers are a major factor in energy usage especially in the Winter when they lose heat faster and you use more heating around the house. Saving energy and therefore, money, is a high priority for most businesses and households and as the increasing cost of electricity soars we will…
Building houses in a conservation area, stick to what you know! Building houses, conservation, stick to what you know! This blog is written by our project manager and offers key advice. Stick to what you know and you can’t go far wrong! I recently completed my first building development and have learnt that I should…
What do you mean, you want a zero carbon building? Zero Carbon Building. Can it be done? You might think it is going to be difficult to get to zero carbon, but technically it can be done quite easily. The right mix of insulations, managing passive solar gain, heat recovery and renewable energy will do…