The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has revealed four new self-build sites in the latest drive from the Government to help aspiring self-builders. The sites that have been reserved for development by the HCA include: Urban Pioneers, Middlehaven. Oxley Park, Milton Keynes. Pound Lane South, Basildon. Lightmoor Village, Telford. These new sites were formerly public sector land and it’s estimated they will make around 70 plots for new homes. These

Giving Land According to Planning Minister Nick Boles, young people who can’t afford to buy their own home should be given state owned plots of land so that they can build their own home on it. The idea is still in the development stage of coalition policy and Mr Boles is giving it extra impetus by declaring that young Britons “want the opportunity to get on and help themselves”. House

2013 has been a year to remember for JCW Floor Screeding. We’ve undertaken an incredibly diverse mixture of projects, with our workforce venturing across the length and breadth of the UK to supply what we, and our growing customer base, consider to be the most all-encompassing screeding service available. And it isn’t over yet as our work diary is fast filling up for the rest of the year. We have

The ultimate aspiration for millions of people is to have the opportunity to create their own custom-built residence, after all ‘your home is your castle’. But it remains a very distant dream to the majority, partly due to red tape, acquisition of suitable land, misperception that self-building is limited to the elite etc. However, the most common stumbling block is of course money. Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles

What a hectic summer it’s been for the entire JCW Floor Screeding team but that’s just how we like it, and autumn is already shaping up to be just as busy. The past few months has seen us working on multiple small and large-scale projects, both within the commercial sector and on behalf of a variety of self-builders. We are delighted to say that tonnage and enquiries have been on