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The Property Investor Show’s Birmingham Debut
The Property Investor Show, The UK’s largest dedicated property investment exhibition – will make its Birmingham debut at the NEC from 23rd to 25th March 2007, following 5 years of consecutive growth at ExCeL London.
The show is co-locating at the NEC at the same time as the comprehensive Homebuilding & Renovation show, making this a most important weekend for Midlands-based property investors during 2007.
The show brings together the very best in the property investment world, as the 100 plus exhibitors attending, will cover every aspect of making money from property and offer expertise from the UK and overseas, for both residential and commercial investments.
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The New Ecohomes Show At The NEC Birmingham
The new Ecohomes Show is part of The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show at the NEC 22nd to 25th March and aspires to help us with our efforts to win the ‘Green War’ in our homes.
Our homes are currently responsible for 30% of all UK emissions and the Government is aiming for carbon-neutral houses by 2016, but is this a realistic target?
How can we do our bit to create energy-efficient homes whilst producing energy for heating, hot water and electricity using only eco-friendly on-site technology?
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The T3 Smarthome Show At The NEC Birmingham
If you dream of having a smart home, don’t miss The T3 Smart Home Show at the NEC from 22 – 25 March 2007, which brings together all the latest trends in home automation solutions, with many new exhibitors and more innovative products and services.
Hundreds of exciting new technology products to meet every need will be there, including advice on budget planning, consultation and installation.
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Imagine having automated fingertip control over your entire home, with integrated hi-fi in every room, a home cinema, lighting and controlled heating, air conditioning and security systems: home automation is now a reality and more affordable than ever before and all controlled from the touch of a button inside or outside your home.
Visitors to this show will also gain free access into the co-located National Homebuilding & Renovating Show, which brings together over 500 national and regional exhibitors,
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The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show 2007
The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show at the NEC from 22nd to 25th March will really be the hot property event for 2007, as it features four shows in one.
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Now in its fifteenth year and attracting almost 50,000 visitors over four days, the 2007 Show is bigger and better than ever, embracing The T3 Smart Home Show, The Ecohomes Show, The Period Living Pavilion and the Move or Improve Pavilion. The Property Investor Show will also be taking place from the Friday to Sunday.
Whether your heart’s desire is for a barn conversion, a high tech listed farmhouse, a cutting edge contemporary home or a glass basement extension, the inspiration to achieve your ideas, plans, and dreams awaits you at the show!
As well as over 500 specialist exhibitors, the show offers an unparalleled series of free seminars and exhibitor-led master-classes:
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Houses Of The Future At The Ideal Home Show
The 2007 Daily Mail Ideal Home Show will run from 9th March to 1st April at Earls Court London.
Sponsored by npower it will bring together the very latest in home design, must-have products and accessories, exciting innovation and expert advice from the UK’s interior design world.
This year’s extraordinary central feature is a whole town designed by Young Architects of the Year, Lynch Architects Ltd. Called “Sustainable Living – A Return to Community”, it is a truly innovative and inspiring feature, which includes three environmentally friendly house designs, a town square, green spaces and even a pub; it will showcase the very latest in contemporary thinking about housing and is a definite “must see”!
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A Renaissance In House Design From Potton Homes
Potton Homes the leading self-build company, have unveiled the first of six exciting house designs from their new Renaissance collection, created to capture the imagination of self builders and developers throughout the UK.
The Renaissance collection, was inspired by the Victorian Arts and Crafts movement, and as such, epitomises the quality, beauty and craftsmanship of the late Victorian era.
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Potton’s unique Ruskin Show Home cleverly marries a traditional exterior with a contemporary interior design:
It is a 2,300 sq ft four bedroom house, which externally boasts an impressive Gothic style window clad in beautiful bricks and roof tiles; inside, the floor plans have been designed to include all the conveniences of a modern day lifestyle.
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The Ruskin Show House is the star attraction at BuildStore’s new 67,000 sq ft Self Build and Renovation Centre in Swindon and was built in just 12 weeks.
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Be Inspired By Paint & Paper Library’s Workshops
In February 2007 Paint and Paper Library, the leading UK interior decoration company, announced the start of weekly colour workshops to be held in their Chelsea Harbour showroom.
These workshops have evolved out of the popular ‘colour consultation’ service currently offered by the Paint Library’s team, (see our previous article).
The company admits that achieving aesthetically pleasing results can be a daunting task, as there are no absolutes in colour and a multitude of conditions can affect the finished project.Â
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Exciting New Self Build And Renovation Centre Opens
A major new centre opened on 9 February 2007, dedicated to helping people build their dream homes, or undertake renovation projects; the Swindon based Centre is the brainchild of BuildStore the pioneering self build and renovation experts.
The 67,000 sq ft National Self Build and Renovation Centre, brings together under one roof for the first time all the products, services inspiration and advice required for self build or renovation.
The centre will cater for the booming market in self build and renovation, with over 20,000 people building their homes and an estimated 300,000 more undertaking major renovation work every year.
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The Paint & Paper Library’s Consultation Service
Colour is one of the most difficult aspects of interior decorating to get right, because it has as much to do with light as pigments, and neither is constant.
“Paint is usually the cheapest element of any design scheme,” says David Oliver owner of Paint & Paper library, “But it’s the easiest to get wrong!”
“It’s hard to make the imaginative leap from a tiny colour swatch to a large area; People are afraid — not only of wasting money, but of the sheer inconvenience of having to re-do a room.”
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Summer Energy Saving Tips from Powergen
It’s not necessarily true that your power bill will take a nose dive in the summer – although your heating is off, there are plenty of other energy-guzzling appliances in use, like electric patio heaters, fans, garden gadgets and even hot tubs!
To help keep your bills down during the summer months, Powergen has devised this Five Minute Summer Saver Home and Away Hit List: Home
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