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- Add autumn colours to your rooms
- Add value and increase space – five suggestions for 2022
- Are homeowners turning away from bungalows as the ideal retirement option?
- Are you considering a garden room?
- As winter deepens read these seven tips to prevent damage from freezing pipes
- Autumn Outdoor Living Tips
- Be bold with sizzling hot tropical touches this summer – top tips
- Become an indoor gardener
- Bright, bold and ready to face the year ahead
- Bring a little warmth to the home this autumn – top tips
- Bring in the greens of summer – fresh interior design tips for 2023
- Bring in the Spring
- Choose your tiling carefully
- Clear, clean and get ready for Spring
- Consider heritage paint ranges for your period home
- Considering an extension
- Create a room in the garden this Spring
- Don’t stop gardening
- Earthy tones are the colours of 2021
- Exemplary architecture from across the world
- Finishing touches
- Five interior design trends for 2021
- Five reasons for considering a home extension
- Five reasons to use an architect
- Flint-working to be passed on to younger generations in Norfolk
- From oil to air
- Furnishing, styling and decorating a holiday home
- Garden offices, bi-folding doors and open-plan living are all highly desirable features
- Generation Boomerang – living in harmony with your adult children
- Get your home ready for the cold season
- Grow Veg at Home
- Guidance over “right to light”
- Historic Suffolk site is home to an architectural winner
- Home grown – which veg to grow to reduce your shopping bill
- Home interior trends for autumn 2020
- How to save energy when you use household appliances
- In store this summer…
- Interior design trends for 2019
- Is AI the future of architecture?
- It’s the London Festival of Architecture this month
- It’s time for architects to get smart
- Let the sunshine in this summer – top tips to brighten up your home this season
- Make the most of your outside space
- Making historic buildings greener
- Norfolk is one of the safest places to live – but still take steps to protect your home
- Norfolk residents have top experiences close by
- North Norfolk is one the happiest places to live in the country
- Norwich – a fine city
- On the carpet – top tips to choosing a new rug this autumn
- On the floor – the pros and cons of different types of flooring
- Pot luck – seven steps for container gardening this May
- Retro interiors – right on trend
- Set in stone – the wonders of Norfolk flint
- Setting up a work space at home
- Seven steps to getting your garden ready for spring
- Shaping society and architecture
- Spice up your interior design this autumn with earthy neutrals
- Students Move From Iconic UEA Ziggurats
- Take steps towards a more environmentally friendly home interior this autumn – top tips for 2023
- Taking on challenging and tricky architectural sites
- The new year gets underway with soft colours for 2024
- Three interior design trends to bring to your home this summer
- Three top tips for giving your garden a holiday feel
- Top interior design trends for 2022
- Top of the Christmas location charts!
- Top tips for getting your garden ready for entertaining again
- Top tips for keeping your home cool during hot weather
- Top tips for preparing your home this summer
- Top tips for setting up a home gym or workout area
- Two-bedroom terraced homes remain a popular choice
- Victorian homes reign as most sought-after period property style
- View stunning architectural images digitally
- What are the top five interior design trends for 2023?
- Why choose underfloor heating?
- Why to install a wood-burner this winter
- Wide-Angle View: architecture as social space in the Manplan series 1969-1970
- Winter and winter gardening – expert top tips for the best outdoor tasks to carry out over the coming weeks
- Blog
- A virtual reality exhibition
- Are you considering a garden studio for next year?
- Changing priorities
- Consider pressing ahead with your building projects
- Could creating a Grade III listing be the answer?
- Designs on an interior
- Don’t worry about planning permission
- Extensions, conversions and period property
- Forms of Industry - A photography exhibition
- Happy Christmas!
- Howie Architects becomes chartered
- Improving not moving
- Make sure your party wall agreements are in place
- Making plans for the future
- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Howie Architects!
- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
- Our lives are changing – and our homes need to adapt
- Planning your building work
- Possible delays on building projects
- Projects can take time
- Re-modelling could be the best option
- Renzo Piano: The art of making buildings
- Seeking pre-application advice can help a project
- Still Here to Help
- Superstructures – the new architecture
- Take a walk on the wild side
- The housing market remains open
- Thinking ahead is essential with planning
- What happens once planning permission has been granted?
- Why use an architect?
- Working together – builders and architects
- You now have more permitted development rights
- Property News
- A boost in confidence
- A busy summer ahead for the property market
- A double win for Norwich
- A manifesto for architects
- A more stable property market picture emerging
- A new renovation calculator could help homebuyers
- A new year and a new home? The Boxing Day bounce sees positive signs for the property market...
- A positive outlook for construction but there is still a lack of materials
- A world of interiors
- Acclaimed Norwich Passivhaus scheme
- Active Building Centre calls for built environment to exceed net zero requirements to become climate positive
- All homes need to be greener
- Almost half of all build-to-rent sites take at least a year to gain planning consent
- An East Anglian RIBA Stirling Prize winner
- An exciting shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize
- Annual house price growth slows
- Architects call for better quality, safety and sustainability
- Architects call for more action on school buildings
- Architects help agree on the definition of a net zero building
- Architects use digital technology to create better buildings
- Avoid neighbour disputes over party walls and extensions
- Be flexible in February if you want to sell your home...
- British architects are carrying out more international work
- British architecture on a global stage
- Brownfield sites could be more tempting for self-builders
- Built environment professional institutes pledge to collaborate
- Busiest ever festive period for home-hunters
- Busiest ever start to the year
- Buyer demand remains strong in the property market
- Call for an Energy Saving Stamp Duty
- Call to extend stamp duty holiday
- Call to Retrofit Inter-war Homes
- Calling for safer schools
- Calls for accelerated house-building, first-time buyer support, stamp duty reform and greater green incentives
- Calls for action on the much-needed 1.5 million homes that stand empty
- Calls for further reform to planning system and higher investment in housing
- Calls for the government to do more to address the housing crisis
- Changes in how we want to live and work at home
- Changes to some planning processes
- Construction in demand but building materials in short supply
- Continued high demand for short-term rentals
- Coronavirus (Covid19) statement UPDATED
- Cost of living: first-time buyers will need to earn even more to buy a home
- Detached homes saw highest price rises
- Early-bird buyers believe the market is right for making a move
- East of England tops commercial property sales and rentals
- Economic uncertainty is taking toll on UK mortgage holders
- Enhancing lives
- Examples of the country’s best newest buildings
- Exhibition goes online
- Extension to permitted development rights
- Extra support for upgrading homes
- Farewell to a renowned architect with Norwich connections
- Faster planning
- First-time buyer stamp duty threshold should be retained
- First-time buyers have just two months to benefit from lower stamp duty
- Five top tips for young people hoping to get on to the property ladder
- Five-bedroom homes could be cash pots for downsizers
- Fixer uppers are currently the most in-demand homes
- Getting smart – steps towards making home buying easier
- Good news for first-time buyers
- Government action needed to prevent further fall in house building
- Green dreams: Eight out of 10 homeowners plan to make their property greener
- Green spaces and gardens likely to be high on wish lists
- Greener homes
- Growth in popularity for co-living
- Help prevent flooding this autumn
- High streets and town centres need revitalising
- Home improvements and new projects
- Home sale times fall significantly
- Home sales bounce back
- Homebuyers are still turning to family for help
- Homeowners are now accepting slightly lower offers
- Homeowners explore ways to retrofit homes to improve energy performance
- Homeowners undeterred by uncertainty
- Homeowners who sold in 2023 made generous capital gains
- Homes must be well designed
- Hope for a stamp duty holiday extension
- House of the Year homes are nominated
- House prices continue to grow
- House prices predicted to rise in 2021
- House prices were gaining momentum before the pandemic
- How can Norwich’s parks be improved? It’s time to have your say...
- How to buy and sell under the hammer
- How to keep your home insurance costs down – top tips
- Hydrogen homes this spring
- Improvements to urban areas are required so homes can be closer to green space
- Increase in of build-to-rent homes
- Increase the value of your home in days
- Increased interest in new-build homes
- Inside great British buildings
- Is the housing market still stabilising?
- Know your carbon and energy jargon
- Let there be light – advice for homeowners over neighbouring extensions
- Local high streets are still important when choosing where to live
- Many homes for sale in East Anglia are currently chain free
- More homeowners require electric charging points
- More new homes
- More people are renovating and extending
- More support for self-builds
- Articles