News & Blog

In a year when so much has happened it is great to see the house building industry focus its attention on the quality of new-build homes. 

Revised targets for zero carbon homes, announced somewhat out of the blue in the recent Ten Point Plan for a Green Revolution could actually provide counter-productive if they are widely viewed as unrealistic.

H+H is delighted to once again be sponsors of the Housing Market Intelligence Conference, organised and staged by Housebuilder magazine.

The self (or custom) build market now accounts for 15,000 new homes each year – a rise of 50% in the last two years -  and Homes and Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced a review into local authority self-build registers to see if they are working effectively to support this growing demand.

Changes to the rules for permitted developments, introduced in August by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick, allow for much larger home extension projects, including the potential add new stories to detached homes.

The First Homes scheme has the potential to allow a whole generation of young people who’ve struggled to get on the property ladder to get started. It could also have big implications for housebuilders, both national and SME.

We started work on developing our I-House solution with Roofspace Solutions back in 2015. Now it is an accepted MMC solutions, recognised and warranted by both NHBC and BOPAS.

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced the setting up of a new body focussed on driving up design standards and supporting local communities to produce design codes defining beautiful design in each community.

The Planning for the Future whitepaper recently released by the government has heralded as the most radical change to planning law since the Second World War, and there is no doubt that the existing system needs change.

Strong demand for housing relies both on the availability of money and on confidence. In this strange period where there are so many unknowns there are some reasons to be – if not cheerful – at least less despondent.

H+H Technical Director Cliff Fudge urges Government to keep on track with sustainable building

We are delighted to announce that our programme to eliminate working from height in our Manufacturing facility yards has been shortlisted twice in the 2020 Safety and Health Excellence Awards.