Homes & Gardens

Leading housebuilder Redrow has launched its ‘Nature for People’ biodiversity strategy, established as part of a long-standing partnership with charity The Wildlife Trusts .

The strategy sees the housebuilder commit to objectives under three key themes - Nature Gains, Rewilding Lives and Flourishing Legacy - including:

• Contributing to existing or potential nature recovery networks so wildlife, including hedgehogs and barn owls, can move freely through their developments and the wider landscape
• Enabling and inspiring community connection with nature
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In 2020, homeowners in the UK are encouraged to live in the most sustainable way possible. We are given recycling bins by the local councils; we can shop at zero waste stores and public transport is often encouraged in order to improve the current state of the environment. For many people, bigger life changes can be tricky to achieve and so they start at home or by cutting down on driving.

Adapting your home to make it more eco-friendly can be an expensive task, especially if you are replacing large appliances or adding insulation. However, many of these updates are worth the...

When we talk about home decor, we mostly focus on bigger areas such as living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms, or kitchens, which isn’t surprising since we spend most of our time in these rooms. Also, it’s where we invite our guests and spend quality time with our family members.

Still, smaller areas such as our bathroom, hallway, balcony, laundry room, etc. are also important and shouldn’t be neglected. For that reason, we are going to focus on laundry rooms today and give you some tips that will help you create a functional and good-looking laundry room in no time.

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From the Cathedral to the Guild Hall to Custom House, it can be said that Exeter has more than its fair share of stunning architecture. For those who want their house to compare to Exeter’s significant architectural landmarks or (more realistically) - just make things look a little less shabby, why not try an exterior makeover. Whether you have a traditional old cottage or a modern-built house, there are many simple ways of transforming the outside of a home that doesn’t cost the earth.

Painting, Rendering, and Cladding

Changing the exterior finish is one of the fastest...