Purchasing a property to carry out a restoration project is an intimidating task for anyone, let alone a Grade I listed manor house. Fortunately, our client knew the building well and had fallen in love with it.

We could not be more delighted to announce that Lyndon Marfell has joined Castellum as Group Managing Director this month.

This month’s journal article explores the historical development of steel in construction, its inherent properties that confer strength, its role in modern construction, and its longevity and future potential.

This month we determine that people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones… they should throw parties!

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...

What 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’.

The 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.

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)’.

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.

The twelfth night seemed to be a good date to send out the first of our 2024 journals…

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.

I’ve been chatting to Victoria Evans and Lee Boileau and I’m feeling a little overwhelmed….

Castellum is delighted to have received two awards for this exceptional energy efficient home, in the heart of Buckinghamshire.

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 – homes foremost, but also classrooms, offices, gyms and entertainment spaces – a tall order for one room!

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 – homes foremost, but also classrooms, offices, gyms and entertainment spaces – a tall order for one room!

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 – homes foremost, but also classrooms, offices, gyms and entertainment spaces – a tall order for one room!

Our very own Design Manager, Dorcas, has been interviewed by Cotswold Estate Agents, Sharvell Property. They asked her what it was like to work with a developer to create a dream home and what inspires her. She gives insight into the design process and explains the importance of planning ahead….