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How to make your house a home. Advice on design and detail, special touches .. you dont need a whole scheme, you can just take a detail or a colour and things can be transformed.

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1 year 1 month ago

Big shifts and new thinking for housing in this excellent Observer New Review article today

<a href="/guilds/home/status-update-pete-lawrence-1516574855">A blueprint for British housing in 2028</a>

Rowan Moore t is 2028, and in the old mill...

the Guardian
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1 year 3 months ago

"There’s a simple solution that will give us cheaper homes – if only the chancellor would listen"

<a href="/guilds/home/status-update-pete-lawrence-1511031065">House prices aren't the issue - land prices are | Patrick Collinson</a>

While reporting on the recent court case where controversial landlord...

the Guardian
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8 September 2017
Co-housing
This article on co-housing from several years ago, really grabbed me for its small size and design.
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1 year 5 months ago
"Recently I put down a deposit on my dream home, and joined a gentle revolution. My home, when it's built, will be part of one of the largest Passivhaus developments in Europe. It's not just sustainable in building terms, it's also going to be sustainable in human terms, encouraging the... read more
<a href="/guilds/home/status-update-pete-lawrence-1504346228">Cohousing offers a healthier way to live and a more sustainable business model</a>

Recently I put down a deposit on my dream home,...

the Guardian
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1 year 6 months ago
<a href="/guilds/home/status-update-pete-lawrence-1503473881">House prices: Northants leads Midlands 'mini-boom', says Rightmove</a>

Asking prices for homes in Northamptonshire have jumped by 9.1%...

the Guardian
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21 November 2016
One Planet Development
A story of low impact development, in West Wales, and the sense finally seen when retrospective planning was granted (over a year ago now).
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2 years 3 months ago

Some interesting musings on Air BnB

<a href="/guilds/home/status-update-pete-lawrence-1477543678">The 'Airbnb effect': is it real, and what is it doing to a city like Amsterdam?</a>

Sito Veracruz lives in the centre of Amsterdam. Some years...

the Guardian
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2 years 6 months ago

Housing market subdued

<a href="/guilds/home/status-update-pete-lawrence-1471708747">We just got another sign that Brexit is hitting the property market</a>

The number of house buyers looking for a new home...

The Independent
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2 years 9 months ago

Home to some, if you're Russian, Chinese or rich!

<a href="/guilds/home/status-update-pete-lawrence-1464171995">Politicians condemn 60% foreign ownership of London skyscraper</a>

The former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott has attacked...

the Guardian
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