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Christmas arrives early to Hackney rooftops
Manufacturer Redland’s project support manager Brian Mason dressed up in festive Santa gear to spice up his last re-roofing site inspection for Hackney Homes’ £250 million Decent Homes project before the Christmas holiday.... [more]
RIVIERA NEWS
Riviera Housing Trust put a Redland roof over the heads of its tenants for this new £2.8m development of 3-storey apartments and houses by main contractor ROK for both affordable rent and shared ownership on the Devon coast.Every... [more]
THE RIGHT ROOF
It is 30 years since the Conservative government of the time led by Margaret Thatcher introduced the right-to-buy legislation in 1979.The home on the right in Dorset has been refurbished with upgraded loft insulation and a new... [more]
FAST RECOVERY
Contractor M Camilleri & Sons Ltd reports that Redland’s dry-fix Rapid Vented Ridge and Rapid Hip Systems shaved four weeks off the original 28-week programme for the complete re-roofing of the 38-bed Ystradgnlais community... [more]
CAMPAIGN TRAIL
The differing policies of opposition parties were revealed ahead of next year’s general election, while the government’s Kickstart programme was at last given the go-ahead to release over £10m for the development of 740 new... [more]
ONLY 499 TO GO
Williams Roofing Contractors are seen in preparation for re-roofing 500 homes within Poole Housing Partnership's 4,500 stock.Manufacturer Redland supplies all the concrete plain tiles for a dry-fix specification that includes the... [more]
CITY-SCAPE
Redland is the chosen supplier for the re-roofing of an extra 1,767 properties for City West Housing Trust, who maintain a stock of 45,000 properties in and around Salford.W Swindells and Son (Roofing) Ltd, whose operative can be... [more]
FEVER PITCH
Redland Cambrians create the look of slate roofing, satisfying Planning Authority requirements for Harvest Housing Groups' special needs bungalow complex in Accrington, chosen as they are guaranteed down to a minimum pitch of 15... [more]
STYLE COUNCIL
Stylish Landmark Double Roman tiles in Terracotta Brindle are seen being installed for Reading Borough Council by contractor Apollo, to complete replacing the perished clay roofing of 62 houses on the 1920's-built Norcot Estate... [more]
£1.5 BILLION BOOST FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES
The Government has pledged an extra £1.5 billion in funding and placed local authorities at the centre of a house building programme tasked with delivering an additional 20,000 new affordable, energy efficient homes over the next... [more]
TACKLE FUEL POVERTY WITH SOLAR POWER
Solar heating is the micro-renewable solution with the greatest potential to help design fuel poverty out of new social housing, says Redland CEO Mark Randall in response to the Government's Fuel Poverty Advisory Group... [more]
FULLY VENTED
The Redland natural slates used for contractor E J Roberts' re-roofing of 50 Victorian-built homes in London managed by the ALMO, Homes for Islington are supplied with matching Thruvents and the Redvent Eaves System.Installed to... [more]
ROOFING WORKMANSHIP GUARANTEED
Through an exclusive partnership with the UK's leading quality assurance consultants to audit workmanship on site, Redland offers comprehensive guarantees with FSA-regulated insurance options that no other pitched roofing... [more]
GOOD NEWS FOR HOUSING
Redland CEO Mark Randall welcomed the good news for housing developers in the chancellor's budget that the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) revealed a £400 million investment in the Kickstart Housing Programme to unlock sites... [more]