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Party Wall Act is No Fiesta

Party Wall issues are a great way to snag your grand design before you even start. The contractor will be standing around for potentially weeks before works can begin.

The PArty Wall Act protects both parties that co join a wall. It provides protection to the party doing the works as well as your neighbour. Its best to get the agreement done prior to starting works as it will potentially stop the digger in its tracks.

It can be a simple no fuss affair if handled correctly and with out the pressure of a waiting builder. So contact a Party Wall Surveyor to establish if you require a Party Wall Award or not.

Typically you require a notice or award if you are undertaking works within 3m of a PArty Wall, this will be most scenario on terrace and semi detached properties in London.

Call Bashir for no obligation advice, 02089546291 or email bk@yooparchitects.co.uk

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Viva London Living!

We live in London, a great vibrant city. We all seek to have the best home and space to escape the pressures. A sneak peek at one such ‘best’ home undertaken by YOOP Architects.

Cost Benefit of Home Improvements

When homeowners are looking to undertake works on their properties they always ask how much it will cost. Just as important is how much value will it create.
Here is a quick summary as reported in the Financial Times July 16, 2011.

Loft Cost £30-50k Value £60-70k
New Bathroom Cost £3-5k Value £4-7k
New Garden Room Cost £10-20k Value £20-30k
New Kitchen Cost Cost £20-30k Value £25-30k
Kitchen Extension Cost £30-50k Value £75-100k
New Kitchen Cost £20-30k Value £25-30k

So the biggest winners are if you actually add space, ie the rear extension and loft, which seems to have a value of twice what you spend.
The surprise is the garden room. These can be achieved under permitted development, so you can just do it. These rooms become hobby rooms, play rooms or just storage to free your house from clutter. For any further advice on the above, call Gordon 02089546291 ge@yooparchitects.co.uk

Cash & Carry Family Business Celebrates 35 years!

Dhamecha Cash & Carry Group celebrated its 35 years of successful business. Five hundred guests filled London Marriott Hotel to help Dhamecha celebrate in style. Food from around the world was mixed with stilt walkers, belly dancers and a snake charmer.

YOOP Architects are proud to have worked on many of their cash & carry sites and congratulate them on their success, we look forward to continuing our good reltionship.

Dhamecha website

New Interior Furniture Showroom comes to Stanmore

Mac and Mac Contemporary Furniture showroom has come to stanmore on the high street. YOOP welcomes a high quality furniture shop with its designer furniture for the home and office. We quite like the magis me too puzzle carpet children’s toy by s. pakhalé website here

Planning Applications UP

Planning applications submitted in the UK are up January – March 2011 from same period last year after a dip in October – Decemeber 2010. Also interesting to note is approvals are down. This would perhaps represent the increase in complexity and and changes in the planning policy and local authorities. Areas of complicity could [...]

BIM to become part of public procurement process

The government’s chief construction adviser Paul Morell has indicated that Building Information Modelling (BIM) will become a key part of the procurement of public buildings. Speaking at Autodesk’s BIM Conference yesterday, Morrell indicated that bidders and contractors on future public building projects would be asked to use BIM. “I am convinced that this is the [...]

YOOP in the Press

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YOOP Architects goes BIM!.. Whats BIM?

YOOP Architects has changed the way it communicates design. Gone with 2D, in with 3D from small to large projects. BIM or Building Information Model, allows the Architect to create the actual building before its built. This allows full analysis of the building in 3 dimensions. This will be great for clients and builders alike. [...]

Inside Housing Development of the Week – Box Tree

Leading housing magazine has chosen Box Tree affordable housing scheme, design by YOOP Architects for Origin Housing Group as its Development of the Week, 4th March 2011. Click image to read the text.

Inside Housing magazine

Inside Housing is the leading weekly magazine for housing professionals in the UK and the first choice for anyone looking for a job in housing. With its lively mix of news, features and analysis, housing professionals rely on Inside Housing to keep them fully updated on everything in the social housing world. The magazine also publishes a range of exciting special features and supplements on everything from housing finance to development and from leadership to education and training. The magazine has a weekly circulation of 25,512 (ABC average net circulation July 09 - June 10), with a total readership of more than 80,000.

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