Although I have a qualification in interior design, the prospect of designing a whole new show home gave me mixed feelings of great excitement, yet being mildly terrifying at the same time! Before the launch of the show home, I felt like I was preparing ideas and mood boards, matching colours and textures, and shopping …
Paul Foster has built up a considerable amount of experience and knowledge having worked in the construction industry for over 30 years. Throughout his career, Paul has worked for several London based corporations including Ove Arup and partners on projects for Canary Wharf and ITN productions, as well as various consultants and National home builders, …
6 Top Tips for Securing a Mortgage At Genesis Homes we understand that with thousands of mortgage products available through dozens of lenders, finding the right mortgage can be a bit of a minefield. We’ve teamed up with ‘WISEONE’, who are Independent Mortgage Advisers specialising in new build mortgage advice. They have been established for …
The Price of Buying a Second-hand Property A chance conversation with one of our Directors has inspired me to write about the cost of new build versus the cost of doing up an older property, as I remembered some research that Home Builders Federation had undertaken regarding these not insignificant sums! As a marketer with 25 …
The UK has previously been branded as a country famous for drinking tea, however in the last decade it seems like we have transitioned from avid tea sippers who enjoy an occasional cup of coffee to a nation of seasoned coffee connoisseurs. The trend for coffee in the UK shows no sign of slowing down …
What better entrance to 2019 than the crisp bright winter sunshine we woke up to on 1st January in this beautiful place we call home… Cumbria and the Lake District. Trying to ignore the empty bottles of red wine on the kitchen side, myself and family were up and out on New Year’s Day to …
The start of a new year and with the prospect of returning to work after a few days off, the house looking bare after the decorations have come down, and the weather not being entirely at its best, what better way to brighten up your life than by adding some colour to your home? One …
Christmas – it’s the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ – I mean when else can you acceptedly drink champagne at 5am as the kids open their presents whilst still wishing you’d not drank the last bit of Santa’s port just a few hours earlier? It’s the time of the year where many of us …
I’m often asked why I started Genesis Homes (some days I wonder myself!) Joking aside, most of my working life has been spent contracting for large house builders and I became increasingly frustrated that the process was by no means perfect, often disorganised, and produced an uninspiring product. Genesis Homes was formed with a simple …
I have just read with interest statistics released by Department for Education that show there has been a 24 per cent fall in apprenticeship starts for the 2017/18 academic year compared with the previous academic year. I think most construction companies share the same concerns as us over how we attract people into the industry, …