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Tips for a cleaner, safer oven With Christmas time coming up, one of the worst things that can go wrong at this time is that your oven could break… leaving a hungry family and a half-cooked turkey! Need help deciding which oven to buy? | Three easy steps to choose the best oven for you…

How to Develop a Home Remodel Timeline and Budget

Mar 13, 2019

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Are planning to renovate your home sometime soon? If yes, it would be a great idea to add a different style of flooring. Have a look at different types of timber flooring at Timber Flooring Online and choose one which you think suits your home. They are highly experienced and qualified tradesmen ready to help…

The Psychological and Health Benefits of Natural Light

Oct 25, 2018

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Improve Your Well-Being for Your Home There are a lot of positive aspects when embracing natural light into your home. The UK has enjoyed prolonged periods of sunlight throughout 2018, so it’s important to make the most out of it for your home. “The typical person can spend around 90% indoors, which tends to mean…

Secure Your Property with Automatic Gates

Oct 10, 2018

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Automatic gates are becoming increasingly popular for UK households and their driveways. They’re becoming increasingly affordable and come in a wide range of designs that not only protect your home but they blend in with the environment too. Protect Your Home An automatic gate is a great solution to ensure your family has privacy. It…

Cool summer for private housing construction orders

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New construction orders for private housing were down over the summer, according to the release of the August 2017 report from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. New construction orders generally rose by two percent in the twelve months to August 2017 compared with the previous twelve months, but orders in the three…

Three stars for Tameside

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The delivery of the £7.2 million Supporting People programme provided by Tameside council is excellent with excellent prospects to continue to improve, according to an independent report released by the Audit Commission. On a scale of zero to three stars, the Audit Commission, in partnership with inspectors from Her Majesty`s Inspectorate of Probation and Commission…

Complaints about complaint handling

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The Ombudsman for Estate Agents (OEA) scheme has introduced an independent review process for use by consumers who are dissatisfied with the service they have received from the ombudsman in resolving their case. The independent reviewers role is to determine disputes where consumers using the OEA feel they have not received a satisfactory level of…

Key housing data released

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The Department for Communities and Local Government has published Housing in England 2005-06, which provides key housing data on owner occupation and on the social and private rented sectors. The survey shows that in 2005-06, there were 14.6 million (70 per cent) owner-occupying households, 3.7 million (18 per cent) social renters and 2.5 million (12…

Revised code for zero carbon published

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Communities and Local Government has published revised guidance to help the construction industry respond to the challenge of meeting the zero carbon homes target. HM Treasury will shortly lay draft regulations before Parliament setting out definition of a zero carbon home for stamp duty land tax purposes. The Budget 2007 stated: that from 1 October…

We can do better: housing strategies

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