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Basements: a few things to consider

Although they have less of a visual impact, Basement Planning Applications are more complicated due to their effect on the quality of life, traffic management and the living conditions of local residents.

A heritage project in numbers

We don’t often work outside London but to be involved in a project with so much history was something we all wanted to be part of.

5 things to make your house fitter

5 simple steps to help save energy and make your house more efficient.

Interview: the restoration expert

Set up by Matt Stevens in 2007, Stevens Furniture Restoration is a company we have been collaborating with for the past 6 years. We talked to Matt about the challenges and rewards of the industry and why he chose this unusual career.

Features

This special edition of Sketchpad is a compilation of articles to give advice and tips to homeowners on design, build and home maintenance.

Making the most of an awkward space

Laundry rooms are usually the most frustrating spaces in a house. Packed with plant machinery, their conflicting uses frustrates everyone from cleaners to engineers.

How to build a micro kitchen in the heart of the city

Often the most important room in the house is also the smallest. This is typical of purpose built flats in city mansion blocks where value is attached to the number of bedrooms, not general living space and a practical kitchen.