Q My wife and I recently viewed a new (two-year-old) timber-framed house. My building society tells me it will not consider lending on such a property because of its unconventional structure. Why is ...

Are you after an adventurous project with grand designs? A fresh beginning with an eco-friendly, new-build home designed to your specifications could be just the ticket. “Over the past three decades, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visible timber frame elements can be combined with conventional stud frame construction, offering a simpler way to get the timber ...

Persimmon is inspecting around 500 homes a week after an independent review commissioned by the firm said it had routinely failed to install correct cavity barriers and firestopping on its ...

In an economic climate where village shops are closing, woodsman Ben Law has helped his village open a new shop with a difference The woodsman, Ben Law, is famous for building a roundwood timber frame ...

Despite Ikea's involvement in the development of modern flatpack housing, you won't need an Allen key for assembly; you won't even have to put it together yourself. After the Swedish company ...

Housebuilding giant plans to build more homes off-site to meet 2025 Future Homes Standard The country’s biggest housebuilder Barratt is to open a £45m timber frame factory to build more homes off site ...

A new housing development at Broadway Green in Oldham is using a modern method of construction that means homes can be built more quickly than traditional ‘brick and block’ methods. All of the 42 ...

The fire ripped through the apartment block just inside Canterbury’s Roman city walls. It started at about 2pm on 4 July as a small blaze in an airing cupboard, likely from a boiler. But it quickly ...

Meet Clara & Edwin, a young couple living off-grid in a self-built tiny home in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. After spending ...