Selfbuilder & Homemaker January/February 2016

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editor’s letter

I know it is a little late, but on behalf of the Selfbuilder & Homemaker team may I wish all our readers a happy and prosperous New Year.

Looking back, last year was certainly eventful. FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE:

Air Conditioning & Ventilation Ground Reinforcement Smart-Home Technology Underfloor Heating Living Rooms Interior Showcase Bi-folding & Sliding Doors Showcase Ecobuild Show Preview

PLANNING • DESIGN • CONSTRUCTION • INTERIORS

Based on the realisation that the country needs an additional 230,000 homes per year to keep up with the number of new households being formed the government has thrown itself behind the increased construction of new homes. Part of this activity was the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015, which received

Cover image of Scandia-Hus Show Home.

See pages 28 -32 for more. Royal Assent on 26 March and is now an Act of Parliament.

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RIBA recognises the Flint House T

he RIBA House of the Year was awarded to the best new house designed by an architect in the UK.

The award, sponsored by Hiscox Home Insurance, was presented to Skene Catling de la Pena Architects’ Flint House. The house is clad with pieces of flint

and was designed for one of the world's richest families. Commissioned by Jacob Rothschild, head of the historic banking family and lord of the Waddesdon Manor estate where the house is located, the Flint

Looking forward David Cameron has already announced that the government will directly commission 13,000 affordable ‘starter’ homes and a £1.2 billion starter homes fund for smaller builders. Councils are now setting up registers to measure demand for self and custom build and the government’s target is to double the amount of sel-built properties by 2020.

The next big step in this necessary catch up exercise will be the Housing and Planning Bill 2015 -16, which will make provision about housing, estate agents, rent charges, planning and compulsory purchase.

So - interesting times ahead, which we will of course keep you informed of.

House is a wedge-shaped home for a visiting art curator. The award judges described the

building as: “A marvel of geological evolution and construction Flint House is a celebration of location, material and architectural design at its best. "The building rises from the ground as

dark, fashioned flint and slowly changes in construction and texture until its refined white chalk blocks disappear into the sky."

Build It Live! 6 - 7 February, Kent builditlive.co.uk

Build It Live! 20 - 21 February, Manchester builditlive.co.uk

Ecobuild

8 - 10 March, London ecobuild.co.uk

The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show 14 - 17 April, Birmingham homebuildingshow.co.uk

Grand Designs Live 30 April - 8 May, London granddesignslive.com

Build It Live!

11-12 June, Oxfordshire builditlive.co.uk

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