Welcome to the Habiterre blog: find stories of past projects, details of current ones and information to inform sustainable dilemmas.
Garage retro fit best insulation solution for budget and the environment?
Have you ever felt the frustration of wanting to do the right thing for the environment and then, try as you might, not being able to find the definitive answer for your diy project?
In the days during lockdown, where we have had no choice but to learn how to live in close proximity to our families. In these days of forced constriction I have drifted back often to a time, when as a family we chose to live this way - on a boat in isolation on Toronto Island, Canada…
The bathroom: once a place of practical ablutions, if designed with care, can be a haven of escape. This is a room worth investing the attention in to plan the space well…
New eco office chairs. With a view to designing those much-needed home offices with soul, here are a couple of worthy candidates to think about…
The kitchen is the heart of the home: we want it to be inviting and we want it to make life easier while meeting all the demands of a kitchen…
A small wholefood store in Falmouth on a small side street had successfully earned its time to expand. An opportunity arose for the owner to buy a three-story building in the centre of the town which overlooked the harbour…
Bringing the outside in: with a modest budget of £15k we made some bold decisions to open the house front and back, to access as much light as possible by adding big windows…