All Housing articles – Page 268
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£2.75m Lewisham job
Hexagon Housing Association has permission to build 15 homes for affordable rent in Lewisham, south-east London
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Lovell wins £20m housing redevelopment in Hampshire
Social housing arm of Morgan Sindall to replace bungalows with new, green homes for Atlantic Housing
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Profit falls 74% at Persimmon
Housebuilder points to signs of stabilisation as it writes back £27.9m on the value of its landbank
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Bovis Homes posts loss but reservations leap
First-half results show £8.6m loss for housebuilder but private reservations rise 92%
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Housing starts up 63%
Figure is still 9% lower than same time last year and 39% below 2006 peak
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Turning heads and turbines: Dalston's aerodynamic tower
Aerofoil shape of East London's 'flat iron' building ensures turbines take full advantage of London's wind
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Government insists eco-towns work with locals
Developers of first wave of eco-towns told to have closer ties with existing communities
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Morgan Sindall scoops £35m Yorkshire regeneration job
Craven council selects contractor's housing division, Lovell, as preferred partner on 220-home Skipton project
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House prices fall 2.2% in August
Figures from Rightmove show sellers cutting asking prices even further this month in attempt to speed up sales
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Buy-to-let loan advances down 70%
Figures mark seventh successive quarter of decline in sector
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Quality streets
Shops are closing and the high street is in decline. But it’s time to stop mourning the loss
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Slate-effect metal roofing
Steadmans has launched Meta-Slate, a BBA-approved slate-effect metal roofing sheet system that combines the appearance of natural slate with the advantages of a lightweight metal roof
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Insulated panels
Innovaré Systems is providing its large format i-SIP structural insulated panel system for a new accommodation block at Ashdown Forest visitors centre in East Sussex
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High-performance membranes
Lethame House, a new luxury housing project by Apex Developments in Strathaven, near Glasgow, is using three DuPont building membranes to help it exceed the thermal and airtightness standards set by the regulations
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High performance windows
Sheerframe HED windows have been used to meet level three of the Code for Sustainable Homes on a housing development in Freckleton near Preston
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Second time lucky: the Sigma II eco-house
When the Sigma eco-home at the BRE Innovation Park failed to hit the upper bands of the Code for Sustainable Homes, the blame was laid squarely on the building fabric. Now its maker is having another go
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Double-glazed sash windows
The Sash Window Consultancy claims to have come up with a solution for upgrading traditional sash windows in listed and period properties that is accepted by local authority conservation officers
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Double pan roof tiles
Russel Roof Tiles, part of Cemex UK, has launched Derwent II, a concrete roof tile which it claims offers a cost-effective alternative to clay tiles
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Housing for disabled people
The housing association Housing 21 has made an offer to buy Claimar Care, an organisation that provides home care to disabled people