A greater awareness of a housing shortage offer hope — but borrowing costs and local opposition can be formidable.

The 1920s character of the $475K home is intact with hardwood flooring, wood beams, original wood doors and deep-set windows.

PERMISSION has been given for the use of a first floor Lyme Regis flat for holiday accommodation by Dorset planners.

A £99,000 facelift has given a 140-year-old house a new lease of life. Norman Nicholson House on St George's Terrace, Millom, was in desperate need of repair due to damp, missing slates, and damaged ...

Architectural details include a slate roof, hardwood floors, wide hallways and doorways, built-ins, high ceilings, and front and back staircases. You enter the property through a gate and then a ...

A HOMEOWNER has been given six months to tear down or modify a first floor flat extension that is bigger than the planning permission granted. A gabled roof dormer and balcony has been built onto ...

Smashing through the house’s slate roof and into the property’s bathroom, the debris caused major damage to the walls, tiling, and the toilet. A house near Newquay was hit by debris from plane ...

Scott also mentions interesting roof lines with turrets and dormers, as well as lots of ornamentation. “It’s a very visually active style,” Scott says. “They throw a lot of things in it.” ...

The grounds also include a paddock. The bad news: The attractive stone and slate-roof exterior of this cottage and the romantic, wooded setting belie a host of problems that become apparent when ...

(July) A contractor said the library roof is a major concern because the plywood underlay for the slates is too thin to hold them. The quotes for a replacement ranged from $185,000 for composite ...

Cumberland County will receive a $200,000 state grant to repair and replace slate on the south and east sides of the main courthouse roof. Both sides catch a lot of sunlight resulting in expansion ...