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Uswitch survey reveals: 43% of homebuyers would pay more for an energy efficient home

ARE YOU WILLING TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR AN ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME? TWO IN FIVE BUYERS SAY THEY ARE WITH SOME WILLING TO PAY 20% MORE New research by the experts at Uswitch mortgages reveals that when looking for a property, more…

Avison Young and Watling Real Estate appointed to market 25 pub portfolio in the North-East and Yorkshire

The joint administrators of Milton Portfolio Op Co 3 Ltd have appointed agents to market the 25 pub portfolio. The portfolio of 25 pubs across the North-East and Yorkshire is set to hit the market in the New Year. Avison Young…

Largest in string of attractive potential development sites in Midlands up at auction from £99,000

The latest – and largest – of a string of potential development sites near the Worcestershire village of Hagley is coming up for sale at Bond Wolfe’s next auction. The 17-acre plot on Pedmore Lane, Pedmore, between Stourbridge and Hagley, will…

Creative Car Park introduces parcel lockers with new LockerQuest partnership

A strategic partnership has been launched between parcel locker experts LockerQuest and Creative Car Park (CCP) to offer its clients the opportunity to host B2C and B2B parcel lockers on their car parks, providing a new revenue generating opportunity.  Parcel lockers are…

Fleet Street Quarter unveils £80m public realm strategy

Placemaking vision to support £5 billion development pipeline – Transforming The Fleet Street Quarter area FLEET STREET QUARTER’S ERA OF CHANGE A radical new place-making and public realm vision has today been revealed by the Fleet Street Quarter BID, representing…

RAAC and ruin? Not necessarily. How seeking timely professional advice can relieve building owners ofthe need to panic over aerated concrete

Panics come and panics go in the pragmatic world of engineering. It is part of the job to identify potentially intractable problems – and then bend the collective mind to creating a practical solution to them. That is why the…

Homeowner demand for lowest U value windows set to grow

Increased awareness among homeowners is driving interest in low U-value windows, a recent report by the BBC highlighted. It told the story of how one Sheffield homeowner sought out triple glazing to replace their old double glazing to achieve savings on energy…

Detailed plans submitted for 153 homes in Redbridge

Bellway has submitted detailed plans to build 153 homes as part of the first phase of the regeneration of a former unlicensed tip site in Redbridge. The development, to be known as Kingsgate Park, would deliver a mix of one,…

Victorian art school with consent for redevelopment as 64 apartments up for auction

A classic Black Country building erected to commemorate Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee and which now has planning consent to develop into residential apartments is appearing in Bond Wolfe’s next auction. The former Bilston School of Art at 38-40 Mount Pleasant in…

Last chance to move into Lowarth Sevi development in Ashton

Only two properties now remain for sale at the highly successful Lowarth Sevi development in the village of Ashton near Helston in Cornwall. Lowarth Sevi – Cornish for Strawberry Gardens – is the latest project from local developer Seack Developments…