The Hunt For Blue Brick
This week I’m looking for blue bricks. While I’ve always had a passion for bricks of all periods, from ancient roman thins to modern Accringtons, there is something about the durability of Staffordshire blues that warrants my enthusiasm. The fact is, barring trauma,...
Building Control Officers
Building Control Officers: The National Careers Service advises that the following are essential requirements over and above a HND in an associated subject: Maths knowledge. Analytical skills. Customer Service skills. The ability to use initiative. Patience and...
Abandon Hope
Before buying a Listed Building, check your blood pressure and your bank balance, and reckon on the former rocketing up, and the latter plummeting down by the time you complete your project. Unfortunately there is no cardio-vascular overdraft facility when your blood...
Renovation Supplies
Over near four decades, the innumerous projects that I have been involved in to which I refer, have included Listed Buildings galore. When consulted on detail, or submitting samples, or suggesting remedies, I have become accustomed to being met with the owner’s...
Living with a Listed Building
I may be a little short on experience when it comes to “living with a listed Building” as I have only lived in one for eighteen months. Fair enough, my lifelong trade has been with old buildings, whether knocking them down (sorry, dismantling them) or supplying...