Seasonally adjusted new-build home starts were down 4% in
the private enterprise tenure and decreased by 1% for housing associations,
latest MHCLG stats show. Compared to a year ago, starts this quarter are down
by 4% and 21% below their March quarter peak in 2007. Overall, starts are 126%
above the trough in the March quarter of 2009. Starts by local authorities are
shown as increased – but this sector is acknowledged as small and the figures
“quite volatile”. Read more on 24housing.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
That...
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