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BRING THE OUTSIDE IN: HOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN NATURALLY BRIGHTEN ROOMS
A MANN BUILDING CONTRACTORS With warmer seasons on the horizon and more time spent enjoying the great outdoors, it can leave building interiors feeling like they need a natural boost. Read on for our 3 top tips for bringing the outside in to your home development. Use...
BRING THE INSIDE OUT: GARDEN IMPROVEMENTS THAT PUT US IN THE MOOD FOR SPRING
A MANN BUILDING CONTRACTORS Grand designs for garden renovation? Find out the best things to consider when planning your ‘outside room’. They say that an Englishman’s home is their castle, but what about their grounds? The garden has quickly become one of our nation’s...
CHANGES TO PLANNING RULES: WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR SELF BUILD OR HOME EXTENSION
Several factors have collided and caused the sweeping reforms to our planning system. Will the changes affect your self build or home extension?
COULD YOUR HOUSEHOLD BENEFIT FROM MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY HOME?
Would having a parent live next door give you peace of mind? Here’s how we can help you create a multigenerational family home.
UNDERFLOOR HEATING – PART ONE
Thinking of retrofitting underfloor heating? Read on to discover if freezing cold tiles could become your distant memory.
MARCHING YOUR COUNTRY HOME TO JOIN THE GREEN REVOLUTION – PART 1
The way we work has catapulted many of us into a green revolution. With more time at home, is now the time for a country move?
KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL LOFT CONVERSION PART 3: GETTING THE LIGHTING PERFECT – USING THE POWER OF LIGHT TO TAKE YOUR LOFT CONVERSION FROM GOOD TO GREAT
Lighting your loft space can be incredibly tricky. So where do you even begin? Follow our steps for glorious loft conversion lighting.
HOW TO KEEP YOURSELF AND YOUR BUILDER SAFE WHILST MAKING HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Keeping our clients and our staff safe is our number one priority as we carry out construction work during the current restrictions. Here’s how we’re managing our building projects to keep them secure and on track.
5 EXPENSES COMMONLY OVERLOOKED BY HOMEOWNERS WHEN BUDGETING FOR EXTENSIONS, NEW BUILDS AND RENOVATIONS
Getting a quote as accurate as possible for your building project and being aware of other costs is really important for budgeting purposes.
3 TOP TIPS FOR DESIGNING YOUR NEW KITCHEN EXTENSION: MAKING YOUR HOME RENOVATION WORK FOR YOU
If you’re considering building a kitchen extension this year, here are our top tips to ensure that your home renovation works for you.
FIVE TOP TIPS FOR MAXIMISING YOUR HOME EXTENSION IN THE NEW YEAR
Home extensions can give you extra living space and add value to your property – all without the hassle and costs of moving. Our top tips will help you design and build an extension that works for you and your family, and maximises your return on investment.
IS YOUR COVID CHRISTMAS BUBBLE TOO COSY FOR COMFORT?
Even restricted to a Christmas bubble of three households, the festive season is still a period when we ask more of our house than at any other time of the year. Christmas and house frustrations go hand in hand like crackers and bad jokes. We’ve got solutions to fix them.
Five tips to stop your home renovation project becoming a horror story
Let’s be honest, when it comes to tales of extensions and loft conversions, home renovation horror stories abound! Destabilised, frustrated and stressed are words well used when describing building and renovation projects.
Keys to a successful loft conversion – Part 1: how to get the stairs right
Would you like to raise your loft conversion to a whole new level? If so, read on – and we’ll help you raise your roof! Loft conversions: a game changer for your home Tapping into unused loft space can be a game changer. Whether you create a…
WHY ARE THE BUILDING CONTRACTORS’ QUOTES FOR MY EXTENSION SO DIFFERENT?
This is a really great question and a common dilemma when choosing the right building contractor for your home renovation project. Comparing building contractors’ quotes can be an art in itself, but our pointers will shed more light on…
CALL US, WE ARE STILL WORKING
So, we have now become very familiar with our homes and gardens and are noticing things that we would never have invaded our head space pre Covid. Like many other homeowners you may be racking up a mental list of snags and wants in indelible…
How could you benefit from the New Green Deal?
As part of the plan to both kick start our economy and catapult us towards our upgraded carbon neutral world, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has outlined plans for his Green Homes Grant scheme. As we understand £2 Billion has been allocated for eco…
Could the proposed shake up in planning mean extra space for your home?
Here at A Mann we are delighted to hear the news that The Government are looking to overhaul the often laborious planning process. Hip hip hooray and about time too! We are all waiting with anticipation for the exact details but as we…
LOFT CONVERSIONS PART 2 – Bathrooms
The ultimate 3D puzzle! Possibly the most challenging interior design puzzle, ever invented. We have to blend a floor layout, with sections (probably angled) and then get services in and out (often more of a challenge out than in) and ventilate the space. Once you have done this you need to do the final check, which is the door openings (shower door too). Just because it fits, don’t presume you can open doors. Check, check and check again.
2020 THE YEAR OF THE HOME OFFICE
What strange times we are now living in. A year ago the idea of queuing outside grocery shops and getting excited about finding flour would have seemed rather Russian Revolution but here we are and boy is it a different world. One significant change that we have noticed is the change in working habits. Goodbye 7 am commute (so 2019) from Tunbridge Wells and hello home office.