Archive for November 2016
Four Tips to Help You Settle In to a New Home
As someone who moved six times in as many years, I’ve become something of an expert in what it takes to make a house feel like a home as quickly as possible. There’s always a period when you first move into a property where it feels like a hotel or someone else’s house, especially in…
Read MoreWhy Self Builds Take an Extra Year to be Truly Complete
When is a build complete? As is often the case in construction, this is a simple question with a very complicated answer. Or, more accurately, two complicated answers: the build is complete when the Practical Completion Certificate is issued, or the build is complete when the defects period is over. The Practical Completion Certificate is…
Read MoreMarie Interview, Part Two: How One Wall Caused So Much Trouble
When Marie was handed the keys to her newly renovated home, we thought that – aside from some final bits of polish – our work on the build was complete. But the recent addition of a wall to the front of the house has us helping Marie again, this time to prevent her from falling…
Read MorePlanning Approval for State of the Art New Build on Undeveloped Site in Wimbledon
Dyer Grimes Architecture has planning approval to construct a brand new, cutting-edge, contemporary house on a site that was previously the garden of the neighbouring property, containing nothing but a swimming pool and some sheds. The local area has a precedent for stunning contemporary new builds, including a neighbouring property. We successfully demonstrated to Merton…
Read MoreMarie Interview, Part One: Bringing Brilliant Light to a Cramped, Dark Home
When Marie was handed the keys to her newly renovated home, we thought that – aside from some final bits of polish – our work on the build was complete. But the recent addition of a wall to the front of the house has us helping Marie again, this time to prevent her from falling…
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