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Hey just read about the new lending trend of mortgages taken out by parents being passed onto their children. Seems like a great way to finance the building of a granny annex or living space extension where funds are required. The money is secured by the parents, but ultimately it passes onto the children who continue the payments. Obviously needs looking into further to read […]

Another way to make space available more simply is to use what you have got in the house already without the need to build new. This project used an integral double garage which was taken out of use and replaced by living space. Now it might seem unlikely that you can get what you need in such a small space but you can, and what was […]

The first thing that strikes you about this type of conversion is looking from outside the property [from the road] there are really no obvious changes to the house. This particular house is nothing out of the ordinary, a 3 bedroom detached house in an everyday, normal street in a suburban area. The front door is normal, the garden unchanged, the front path up to […]

This particular house was a 1930’s detached bungalow which had a small loft conversion. The family who bought it wanted to move to a particular area, a leafy suburb with good local facilities and schools, as they had 2 young daughters, but alone could not afford to live in this location. The answer for them was to combine money from the sale of their mothers […]

Yesterday I had a day of from work, to look after my 2 children as my wife was working. We all woke up as it’s the school holidays with not much in mind. “What do you want to do today kids” lets go somewhere with nanny they cried! Ok so we went next door, rang our little bell “hello” do you want to come out […]

Just read about the soaring cost of care home fees, a study by Prestige Nursing has highlighted the UK’s “desperate and worsening” care crisis. They comment that elderly people who go into a care home face average fees of £30,000 a year. Ron Altmann a former pensions minister said that the Government has failed to address the long standing problem of care costs leaving families to […]

One of the things that I have read about setting up a new business is the need to talk to people about what you are doing, to get feedback from them and ideas about what they would like from you. I now take every opportunity to talk to people about the MG Living Spaces idea and to hear peoples thoughts. Explaining to a guy I […]

Where are your parents going to live when they get old who is going to look after you when you get old “you don’t care……………..” You do care…..but not sure what to do? please speak to us!! want to protect your inheritance want to invest wisely in your property want to increase your property value Would like help to avoid losing your house to pay […]

Mistakes are very easy to make when extending or altering your home and if you get things wrong, they can be expensive and time consuming to remedy and cause all sorts of knock on effects to other areas of your project. To minimise the risk of such problems always: Have a clear plan in your head and on the drawing board of what you are […]

  Where are your parents going to live when they get old who is going to look after you when you get old “you don’t care……………..” You do care…..but not sure what to do? please speak to us!! want to protect your inheritance want to invest wisely in your property want to increase your property value Would like help to avoid losing your house to […]