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Sustainable Housing – Home of 2030 Competition
Sustainable housing Sustainable housing has never been more important. The climate emergency, and the need for us all to cut our carbon emissions, has led to an increased interest in improving the energy efficiency of the nation's leaky housing stock. But while there...
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Impact of Covid-19 on Residential Building Contracts
What is the impact of Covid-19 on residential building contracts? In this blog CLPM's Quantity Surveying team explore how Covid-19 is impacting construction works in the residential building market, and how we are advising and supporting our clients through this...
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Covid-19 Temporary Building Site Closure Procedure
Extending or renovating your home and worried about how Covid-19 will affect your building works? As the Covid-19 situation develops and social distancing measures continue, unfortunately some building sites may be forced to close temporarily. If this happens to your...
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Things to do before starting your building project
Are you planning to extend, renovate or improve your home in the near future? There are plenty of things to do before starting your building project. The social distancing requirements of the current coronavirus situation probably mean that you have a bit more free...
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Period Property Renovation: How to Improve Home Energy Efficiency
Planning a period property renovation? If you are restoring a Victorian house, or indeed refurbishing any older property, then you probably began the process by checking the condition of the existing building. You may have had a surveyor look at the state of the roof...
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12 Top Tips for Renovating a House on a Budget
Are you renovating a house on a budget? House price growth slowed across the UK in 2019. In London and the home counties prices remained static and this trend is expected to continue into 2020. While home improvements are still a wise financial investment, market...
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Charlie and His Angels Raise £3,000 for Charity
Completely bonkers! That was the main initial reaction from the CLPM team when our Operations Director Charlie Laing announced he and his twin daughters had signed up to do a wing walk this autumn. For those of you unfamiliar with wing walking, suffice it to say that...
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Natural stone – 8 reasons why it’s a sustainable material
Responsible materials selection is one of the most important steps in creating a sustainable home. However determining what materials are most sustainable when building or renovating your home can be a minefield. For centuries, natural stone has been a popular choice...
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Estimating Services Case Study
Destroying your most precious asset in order to create your dream home is a scary and courageous thing to do, but that’s just what this Oxfordshire couple did to their dilapidated 1960’s family home. Having worked up designs with their architectural practice, Anderson...
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How to Build a Sustainable Home Part 1: Fabric
How to Build a Sustainable Home Part 1: Fabric Planning to create a sustainable house for your family to live in? Whether you're building an energy efficient home from scratch, or carrying our eco-friendly renovations on an existing property, you need to begin by...
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