Homes & Gardens

Plymouth Community Homes (PCH) has started work to build 72 low-energy homes in the city.

The city’s largest housing association has appointed Mi-space to build the £11.6m Passivhaus scheme in Bodmin Road, Whitleigh, which will provide of a range of one bedroom flats and two and three bedroom houses.

The properties will be built using Passivhaus design principles which will...

The NICEIC & ELECSA are reissuing a crucial message as we approach the Christmas season; think safety first when decorating your home this Christmas.

The UK’s leading regulatory body for electricians NICEIC and ELECSA surveyed 2,000 UK tenants and homeowners. With 9 in 10 of us using lights to decorate this Christmas, some disturbing facts have been revealed about our attitude to...

Vertical Radiators are probably the most widely used heating units all over Europe and the UK. In addition to traditional horizontal, rectangular units, vertical radiators help address spatial issues when there is no more room left for traditional radiator units and can also add super sleek design elements to any room depending on their placement and style. Warm Rooms offers a wide variety of...

The UK’s leading registration body for electricians is urging people to think electrics when they carry out their checks on the elderly this winter.

Research commissioned by the NICEC found that 24 million of us have elderly relatives living on their own.

Despite half (50%) of us believing the elderly are more at risk of electrical fires, 75% of us haven’t had their homes...