Timber Panel Fencing has been around for many years and has more or less replaced every other type of fencing for residential homes in the UK. Concrete and steel fencing is really reserved for commercial and business premises whilst hedges and other organic options are simply too high maintenance...

The Minha Casa Minha Vida Affordable Housing Programme comes Londrina (Little London) the Brazilian city with British origins. Both locals and government officials welcome the housing programme and say it will drastically reduce the housing shortage in the city and bring in much needed foreign in...

Panel fencing is one of those necessities where style is frequently overlooked and most people tend to go for the cheapest option, but the cheapest option is not always the most cost effective option and stylish fence panels are not massively more expensive that the basic option.

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Last year was a excellent and profitable year for the home improvement industry even with the recession, sales of Conservatories, UVPc Roofline, Windows and Doors and even Driveways and Patios where all much higher than expected.

So why does the home improvement industry appear to ...

Investment in now on the increase in the Brazilian city of Florianopolis which is located on the Atlantic coast, south of Sao Paolo and in the state of Santa Catarina.

Historical origins were in the seventeenth century when Portuguese explorers fist came across the site. In 1714 th...

Choosing the correct type of driveway to complement your home isn't a simple task, there are many things that must be considered before choosing because unlike interior home improvements your driveway will last for many, many years.

Due to new technologies, better manufacturing tec...

Jaboatao is a thriving coastal city near Recife in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco that has recently welcomed a number of international property developers keen to build Minha Casa Minha Vida affordable housing projects in the area.

Minha Casa Minha Vida, for those who don'...

Broken, missing and rotten wooden panel fencing can be an absolute eyesore and lower the tone of even the most upmarket neighbourhood. We have all secretly commented on our neighbours or even our own families poorly maintained or missing panel fencing and many of us have turned a blind eye when o...

The city of Teresina has the distinction of being the only State capital (of Piaui state in this case) in the North East which is not actually situated on the Atlantic coast. In fact this city of 800,000 people is well inland, about 350 Km from the ocean. It is younger than many other Brazilian t...

Just south of the bit of Brazil that juts out towards Africa is the northeastern State of Alagoas. Rather remote from the country's capital or the big cities of the South or Midlands, the area is none the less notable in many ways. To begin with, the State Capital is Maceió, a city becomin...