As Somerset Property Solutions continues to develop I have decided to take the company in a slightly different direction. In addition to project management and consultancy, we are now offering a wide range of building services. Somerset Property Solutions itself will now provide everything from site and
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Living a green dream In this second of two blogs on eco homes I want to look at heat, electricity and government incentives. *Heat – this still represents the biggest energy demand and therefore taking the fabric first approach above is often the best first step. When
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Considering eco homes Green building is a passion of mine and so across two blogs I have decided to look at the issue of minimising the environmental impact of today’s homes and living. This means considering thermal efficiency and renewable technologies and thinking about which solutions may
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My work as project manager In a follow-up to last month’s blog, focusing on reasons for using a project manager, I thought I would look at what makes the role challenging and interesting for me. My first experience of overseeing a building and renovation project was
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Why use a project manager? I am often asked about my role as project manager and why it is important to have someone overseeing the build. In this blog, I therefore decided to have a look at the top five benefits of employing a project manager. Saving
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Choose to Improve The new year has only just begun, and it is already looking set to be the year of home improvement. In fact, if Phil and Kirstie’s Channel 4 show Love It or List It reflected the current market, I’m sure Kirstie would
Read more →We have won an award! Somerset Property Solutions has been presented with a Highly Commended in the county-wide Building Excellence Awards 2018. Organised by Somerset Building Control Partnership, the award was made within the Best Individual New Home category for our recent project The Pen, at Westbury-Sub-Mendip.
Read more →The Hollow is finished… “It has been an exceptionally busy and exciting couple of months at Somerset Property Solutions – culminating in the completion and sale of The Hollow. “The attractive, new-build home in Westbury-sub-Mendip has come together as we always thought it would, and
Read more →The Hollow is really coming on… “As always with a building project, it is a few steps forwards in some areas and a couple back in others. Overall things are progressing well with The Hollow though, and I think we are still on target for a
Read more →Jan 2017 “Lots has happened since the last blog. Its always good to get these bursts of progress when you’ve had patches of slow going! The roof is on and lo and behold it has lovely reclaimed tiles on it which (I hope the neighbours agree) look
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