House prices; what’s all the media hype over?

News for the property market this week has been all bad. The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reports house prices are falling. Its gloomy predictions are that a continued lack of mortgage finance will slow the market for up to two years. A recent report

Buyer's remorse is a common affliction amongst many owners of old properties. Alas, for all their charm there is no denying that they are a bit of a gamble and to save the headache it would be wiser to invest in a luxury, modern home. Some of us however allow ourselves to get sucked in by period features of these family homes that whisper sweet nothings into our ears and prevent us from thinking straight. Unfortunately, when we move into our old-fashioned family home and gradually become better acquainted

Keep trees and hedging planted this winter in your landscape gardens watered, especially if the weather is warm and dry in Spring. On new, lifestyle living developments, most deciduous trees and hedging is planted in the winter months whilst the plant is dormant. They are dug up from the growing fields and

So who else watched last night’s gladiatorial battle for survival on ITV? After a stilted start, a visibly nervous Gordon, Nick and David launched into fast-moving, heated debate covering domestic matters such as immigration, corruption in Westminster, law and order, education, communities and caring for our elderly.

Yesterday someone came into our modern homes sales office who’d just sold their contemporary, family home within one week of putting it on the market. Selling a lifetime home that quickly is pretty good by anyone’s standards, but what made this chap even happier was that he had no estate agent fees to pay… how? By selling his family home online.

As Environ, we are not just about producing energy-efficient, lifetime homes of the future but, as our name suggests, we actually wish to create communities where people feel safe and surrounded by friends. It is an old fashioned notion of community perhaps, but it is based on the love that people have for lifestyle living in lifetime homes and their desire to become part of a wider community.