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May 31
- The winner of Scotland's Home of the Year for 2024 is...
May 28
- The house renovation created for autistic people — with sensory features in its design
May 26
- Take a look inside this converted war bunker — with prefab garden Nissen huts
May 23
- Building material prices surge by 19% amid home improvement boom, according to Checkatrade
- Government 'could run out of cash' for Boiler Upgrade Scheme four years early
May 22
- Council demands owners make damaged chimney safe — then takes action against the couple after they removed all four
May 20
- The 700-year-old 'diseased' tree at the heart of new build planning battle
May 19
- Grand Designs' best houses: 5 of the show's most extraordinary homes
- Homeowner fined £86 for refusing to demolish extension — and another homeowner on the same street also due in court
May 18
- British Gas Warm Home Promise will refund heat pump installs if not as warm as a boiler
- DIYer replaces garden shed with Alpine-inspired cabin for just £2,500
May 17
- Grant Shapps finally due to install heat pump after struggling to persuade Britons to switch
May 16
- Grand Designs: The Streets is on tonight as series 3 continues. Here's what to expect
May 14
- An eco home with its own bat palace and night sky observatory
May 12
- Family renovating kitchen dig up 300-year-old well while adding underfloor heating
- MPs write open letter asking for heat pumps and solar panels to be mandatory in new homes
May 7
- How this rural homeowner ditched his oil tank and switched to 'hot water pipes' to heat his home
May 6
- Could bunting and Coronation decorations really land homeowners with a £5,000 fine?
- Homeowner who built bungalow without planning permission 11 years ago fined £7,500 after refusing to demolish it
May 3
- Take a look inside this historic converted mill, heated by a water source heat pump
May 2
- Homeowner who bought house that didn't have permission for its extension fined £160 for refusing to demolish it
- Nick Grimshaw and Kunle Barker use virtual reality to design homes in new 'Project Home' TV show
May 1
- Architect struck off after building customer's extension without planning permission
- Timewarp 70s bungalow with black toilet and serving hatch goes on sale for £925k