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Alvestone Ponds Luxury Lodges and Fishing Lakes
Alvestone Ponds is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty on the Isle of Wight. The two luxury lodges are set around private fishing lakes in a beautiful tranquil setting where you can get away from it all.
How to Build a Concrete Base for Your Log Cabin
In most cases a 100mm thick concrete slab is an ideal base for your log cabin providing the ground is reasonably level and firm.
Not Building on the Flat Needn’t be a Slippery Slope
If you’ve long considered having a log cabin but have been put off because your garden is undulating or sloping, don’t despair.
Planning Permission Near Boundaries
Guide to planning permission for log cabins that are located near boundaries.
Timber Built Classrooms Can Have a Positive Impact on Students
The latest edition of TRADA’s ‘In Touch With Timber’ magazine has a very interesting article about research that has gone into establishing the positive impact of children studying in a timber environment.
Keops Premium Tilt and Turn Windows
Our Keops Interlock premium tilt & turn windows are versatile, smart yet simple. They offer a two way function; with the tilt function each sash is hinged at the bottom and tilted inwards from the top.
**Special offer** Your very own ‘Betty Beach Hut’ as seen on TV!
If you saw George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces programme on C4 (episode 5), you will have watched Paula build her landlocked beach hut.
10,000 Applications for New Garden Annexes
An estimated 10,000 applications to create garden ‘Granny’ annexes are being made to councils per year according to a study from Churchill Home Insurance.
Which Country Invented the Log Cabin?
The oldest log homes are said to date from 30BC, a pile of logs stacked up to form a pyramid (is that why Richard chose the name Keops?)
Baby, it’s Cold Outside…
Baby, its cold outside…but it’s very cosy here inside our cabin! We often get asked the questions, “how warm are your log cabins, can they be used all year round and what do you use in the way of heating?”
Lets Go Through the Oval Window
Why not add a degree of elegance to your log cabin and choose a VRO oval window in your design.
A New School Classroom in 6-8 Weeks
The government wants all schools to be up and running by September following the national lockdown. Post COVID-19, school life will not be the same as before, certainly not in the short term.