Journal258 posts, 2017 to 2026
The design and build journal.
Every job teaches something. This is where it gets written up. Planning, basements, costs, finishes and the people who build them.
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More from the archive.
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Construction2 min read
Ronnie Surridge, BMX to property
How a sponsored BMX rider moved from competition into London construction. Ronnie Surridge on the road from the bike to the building site.
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Construction1 min read
Palazzo Morelli, handcrafted surfaces
A note from 2019 on the Italian surface maker NU Projects began working with, and what handcrafted hard surfaces bring to a London home.
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Interior design1 min read
Italian surfaces: gemstone, marble, wood
Italian stone, marble, mosaic and gemstone surfaces. What specialist surface work adds to a room, and what it needs from the build.
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Interior design2 min read
NU Projects now doing #NU kitchens!
Why NU started supplying its own kitchens with a German manufacturer. How to hold on to kitchen quality when the renovation budget is tight.
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Collaboration2 min read
A new working partnership, announced in 2019
A 2019 company note on the working partnership with Hunt Property Services. What the tie-up added for buyers, landlords and renovation clients.
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Home renovation3 min read
Designing a home for wheelchair access
How to design a home that works for wheelchair users and ageing residents. Door widths, turning space and finishes that still look good.
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Construction2 min read
Party walls, what you need to know
Party walls explained for London homeowners. When a neighbour must be notified, what can go wrong, and how to keep works civil.
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Basements3 min read
Basements, the facts to know
What a basement conversion involves in London. How the budget is built up, what party walls add, and how to light a floor with no windows.
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Architecture3 min read
Planning permission: the ins and outs
We all wish that when wanting to change something in our home, it would be simple and work could commence straight away.
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Design and build2 min read
Your go to design and build main contractor
What NU Projects does as a main contractor, and what five clients said about it. Founded by Nick Jeffries, working out of Fulham.
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Basements4 min read
Fulham basements
Why London’s wealthiest homeowners dig down, told through the numbers. The rise in high net worth residents and what it did to basements.
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Extensions2 min read
Fulham’s slowing market: time to renovate
A slowing Fulham market makes the case for extending instead of moving. Side returns, loft conversions and full refurbishment explained.
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Basements2 min read
4,650 London basements in a decade
A study counting 4,650 basements approved under London homes from 2008 to 2017. The pools, gyms and cinemas, and how deep they go.
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Basements1 min read
Why build a basement
Two reasons to dig a basement, explained by our founder in Fulham. The rooms owners put underground, and what a new floor adds.
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Basements2 min read
Pros and cons of building a basement
The case for and against digging a basement under a London house. Cost, added value, disruption and the checks to make before you commit.
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Construction1 min read
Nick Jeffries, the real entrepreneur
Nick Jeffries on 30 years in business and his new YouTube channel. Adding value through loft conversions, kitchen extensions and design.
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Basements2 min read
The process of building a basement
What happens on a basement build, in order. The consultation, the survey, planning, the party wall award, the dig and the fit-out.
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Construction2 min read
Couture construction, a tailor’s habits
Nick Jeffries on borrowing a tailor’s habits for a building site. Measure first and cut once. Finish the inside as well as the outside.
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