The roots of trees can heave your greatest asset into the air, or they can remove all the moisture from the ground causing cracks outside your front door – and up the wall!
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Trees in the news – ruining gardens, damaging houses and wasting taxpayers’ money.
In Edenthorpe in South Yorkshire, the Tesco Store has some tall trees on its border with neighbouring houses, which have grown so large that the roots have invaded the gardens. Elsewhere, a conservatory had to be rebuilt after a protected oak tree’s roots undermined it.
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“I’ve been living in the wrong property for six years!â€
A home owner had been selling his three bedroom apartment in Carlisle, Cumbria but has discovered that his flat is actually owned by his next door neighbour. He has been living in the wrong home for six years.
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Click-Together ‘bricks’ for buildings in the future
Everyone is aware of how Lego bricks work – click together components to create walls and roofs, ships and space-craft, cars and animals.
Now an Israeli developer has designed a set of building bricks for full-scale buildings.
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New Barn Conversions in decline
The demand for Barns and other redundant agricultural and industrial buildings to convert into residential accommodation is now significantly in decline.
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‘Living’ bricks to supply fresh water and electricity to buildings
We are now used to photo voltaic roof tiles and other ways of using our building materials to help fuel our homes or assist with energy provision.
Now the next evolution of building materials has arrived.
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Number of Neighbourhood Plans passes 200
Following the approval of 3 plans in Herefordshire earlier this month (August 2016), the total number of neighbourhood plans currently in place has now risen to 200. This is on top of almost 1,900 communities across England that are in the process of implementing their own plans.
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Home ownership slumps to pre-millennium levels
Research by the Resolution Foundation has shown that the ratio of home-owners to tenants in the United Kingdom has dropped considerably over the last decade or so.
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Significant fine and criminal record for landlord
A landlord who refused to carry out vital renovations on his rented property has been left with a criminal record and costs amounting to almost £18,000.
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NHS Houses
How are hospitals going to function if the workers couldn’t afford to live locally, especially in such a thriving city such as London?
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