Get your head in the right place for the builder: Part One
You need your head in the game before even speaking with a builder – it can be the difference between a brilliant adventure and a journey to hell. Work through the questions and be ready for anything.
Need to find a builder? Don’t know where to start?
It’s a vulnerable place to be: You’re going to spend a lot of money You’re inviting someone in to mess with your house You’re trusting that
Ventilation – never compromise!
I bleat on about ventilation at every opportunity. That’s because no one else is bleating nearly enough, to my mind. At least we’re finally talking about
Victorian homes – we don’t need to be as cold as they were
Those poor Victorians! There was a very good reason for all those draws & liberty bodices, petticoats and thick skirts – their homes were like a
Let’s livestream a house tour, I said
We decided to run a live stream of one of my regular Open House Tours so people from other parts of the country (and the world) could understand how to retrofit an old house for energy efficiency. It was great fun – and more than a little daunting!
Freezing cold in social housing? EPC below D? Help is at hand.
Cold at home. House need work? Local councils are doing great work with the Social Housing Decarbonisation Scheme. What I saw was really impressive – all the links needed are in the blog.