by Dorcas George-Jones | 27 Jun, 2024 | Journal
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...
by Dorcas George-Jones | 29 Apr, 2024 | Journal
Topping Out 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. This myths behind the origins of this ceremony are many and...
by Dorcas George-Jones | 22 Mar, 2024 | Journal
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,...
by Dorcas George-Jones | 21 Feb, 2024 | Journal
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...
by Dorcas George-Jones | 3 Jan, 2024 | Journal
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:...
