Chris Smith writes: A collection of articles covering various aspects including design, procedures, contracts etc: http://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Home Thought this could be useful.
Articles on design, procedures, contracts
Author: Chris Wilson
Legal Working Group Meeting, 11/03/2013
Here are my notes from our Legal Working Group meeting on Monday for your information. Present: RC, JL, CW. These are all suggestions to be presented to the group through a workshop to get additional ideas and feedback. They are not […]
NASBA Presentation: Self Build
Ted Stevens of NASBA (the National Self Build Association) very kindly sent me his presentation from Ecobuild 2013. I’ll give you a summary for quick scanning and to help people find this page. I’ve tried hard not to rip off […]
BSRIA Report: Passivhaus and Ventilation
This presentation was given by Alan Gilbert of BSRIA regarding the problems of ventilation and airtightness in new builds, especially to Passivhaus standards. Particularly shocking point: In 2011, 95% of all dwellings when initially tested FAILED to meet the requirements of Building […]
‘Strong bond’ of Leeds LILAC co-housing residents
By Samantha Haines, BBC News, Leeds LILAC’s residents will move into their new homes in the spring It began as a conversation between friends with the same ideals. They wanted to be neighbours, to form a community, to raise their […]
Decision-making Working Group
RM writes: Last night at the meeting, we decided that we need to set up a couple more subgroups that can do some research on a topic and report back to the group (via meetings and mailing list). The group […]
Jo Gooding’s Advice
Thanks to Jo Gooding from the Cohousing Network, who sent us the following advice. Summary of actions and support required: Focus of support needed is in providing guidance/ signposting to resources and knowledge on how to build and sustain community. […]
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Legal Entity
We need to form a legal entity by June/July 2013 at the latest, because: The City Council would like one to negotiate with (instead of individuals with unclear power to speak for the group); It will show our commitment to […]