Tale of two home renovations in Brighton transformed with Cedral cladding: how the quality of installation matters

When fitting a high spec product like Cedral facades, it pays to hire a professional experienced installer – as property developer Dominic Arnold, owner of Clover Design & Build Ltd in Brighton, found out.

Six months ago, he hired a firm to fit Cedral Lap facades on a 4-bedroom house in Roedean, Brighton, a stylish New England renovation that doubled the home’s original size. But things didn’t go according to plan.

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Fire Retardant HR Prof – with test data for most common wood species

Fire Retardant UK have increased the number of species specific (extremely important to see the species test data when specifying a fire retardant), fully certified test data for our high performing HR Prof, classified on solid timber to Euroclass B-s1-d0. Water based, non-toxic, for internal or external use. A revolutionary product with Green Credentials.

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New Hertford Riverside Community to Bring £4m in Local Investment

A new riverside community is set to launch in Hertford this June, as Berkeley prepares to unveil Hertford Locks. The development will bring 446 new homes, including one- and two-bedroom apartments and three- and four-bedroom townhouses, as well as more than £4 million of investment to the area.

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Patio and driveway drainage issues homeowners should know about

Drainage issues are rising as outdoor projects surge, with pooling water and failing paving becoming common. Many homeowners discover too late that surface water management is a structural decision, not an afterthought. For self‑builders and renovators, understanding the fundamentals can make the difference between a durable outdoor space and one that quickly develops problems.

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The Sustainable Surface for Today's Homes

As sustainability continues to shape the future of interior design, homeowners are increasingly looking beyond aesthetics and investing in materials that support healthier, more environmentally conscious living. 

Leading this movement, Portuguese cork specialist, Granorte, is transforming natural cork into stylish, high-performance flooring and wall solutions for contemporary homes.

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MAXI-TEC IS PART OF THE PROTEKT BY PROTEKTOR RANGE OF SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS

Lowering embodied carbon is a key lever to reducing the drylining industries’ environmental impact. The MAXI-TEC range of sustainable steel partition profiles reduces the volume of raw material in each length without compromising performance.

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Supporting Spatial Flow with Sliding Door Hardware

When it comes to residential projects, few concepts have influenced the modern principles of design as much as ‘flow’. As homes open up, how do sliding doors and their hardware inspire superior spatial flow?

Space and movement are highly valued commodities in modern homes. In response, architects and specifiers are now embracing flexible layouts that encourage seamless room-to-room transitions, elevating spatial flow into a defining feature of residential design.

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Magply virgins AHR and Q9 sign up for a repeat

AHR architects and specialist sub-contractors Q9 Cladding Solutions give Magply boards a definitive thumbs up.

The use of fire-resistant roofing boards from leading UK manufacturer Magply on an exemplar Passivhaus school was a first-time experience for the architects and installers. And both would be more than happy to use them again.

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CENT 15 Project - Avenue

PARIS, JULY 2026 – Building a house today is no longer simply about fulfilling a brief or achieving a certain level of energy performance.Above all, it is about finding a way of inhabiting a place.

Set on a long, narrow and densely wooded site in the Oise region in France, Avenue House is shaped by the qualities of its landscape.

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Interior designer’s expert tips for planning the perfect kitchen

Interior design studio Woodhouse & Law believes the most successful kitchens are never designed in isolation. While cabinetry, appliances and layout are essential foundations, it is the wider design scheme that ultimately determines how the space looks, feels and functions.  

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