Straw, sticks and bricks…
Straw, sticks and bricks… I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll get right behind those three little pigs and applaud their building choices, says Dorcas George-Jones.Innovation in house building has come an awfully long way since a certain three little pigs pitched their...
Listed buildings – setting the record straight
Listed buildings – setting the record straightWhat you see is so often not what others see. I was quite surprised recently when, during a conversation with an architect, he commented that a particular job he was working on was not ‘Castellum’s kind of thing’. I asked...
Topping Out
Topping OutThe dictionary definition of ‘Topping Out’ is “The completion of the structure of a building, usually when the final part of the roof is completed”. This formal ritual is to bring a building luck. This myths behind the origins of this ceremony are many and...
Off-grid living for the hippie chic
Off-grid living for the hippie chic(no longer the preserve of the tree huggers)The dictionary definition of ‘off-grid’ is ‘not connected to or served by publicly or privately managed utilities (such as electricity, gas or water)’. The urban dictionary though,...
It has been a very busy start to the year
In London, our retrofit project is gathering pace, with the application of Diathonite nearing completion and, on that subject, we were absolutely thrilled that our November journal made the front page of PrimeResi.com in January. We are busy across all of our offices...
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! The twelfth night seemed to be a good date to send out the first of our 2024 journals….Let me start by saying that I hope you have all enjoyed the festive holidays. Underneath the tree for me this year was a book called ‘At Home in the Cotswolds:...
2023 – The round up! Happy Christmas to one and all….
It’s been a busy year at Castellum and there is much to look forward to… Victoria, Ben, Chris and Jon look back at 2023 and would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a Very Happy Christmas and a Healthy and Prosperous 2024.There is no doubting...
“Retrofit” – There is much to do!
“Retrofit” – There is much to do! I’ve been chatting to Victoria Evans and Lee Boileau and I’m feeling a little overwhelmed….Sustainable is the current buzz word and climate change is an increasingly hot topic (pardon the pun). The challenges that lie ahead seem just...
A Double Award Win for Castellum
Nestled in the old grounds of Bisham Abbey and situated on the banks of the River Thames, is our newly completed Lowater project which we are delighted to announce has just been awarded 'Best Out of London Home' and 'Best Home or Development of Outstanding...
Changing Rooms
Lockdown changed everything and, whilst that is now thankfully behind us, it has challenged the way we live. When we were not allowed to leave our homes, open plan living became rather far more awkward; we suddenly needed our properties to work harder than ever before...
On the river bank.
Castellum have started work on a new private residence on the banks of the Thames in Marlow. Next door to the abbey and designed by Fletcher Crane Architects this stunning contemporary home includes a boat house with a jetty and the house features an internal glazed...