Joseph Mullane

Joseph Mullane

News Editor

News Editor Joseph has previously written for Today’s Media and Chambers & Partners, focusing on news for conveyancers and industry professionals. Joseph has just started his own self build project, building his own home on his family’s farm with planning permission for a timber frame, three-bedroom house in a one-acre field. The foundation work has already begun and he hopes to have the home built in the next year. Prior to this he renovated his family's home as well as doing several DIY projects, including installing a shower, building sheds, and livestock fences and shelters for the farm’s animals. Outside of homebuilding, Joseph loves rugby and has written for Rugby World, the world’s largest rugby magazine.

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A three-way image of a couple, cleaning roof tiles and painting roof tiles

Couple paint roof tiles of their bungalow during renovation — but is it a good idea?

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

夫妇声称,他们已经拯救了数千英镑a new roof by instead spending £400 cleaning and painting their tiles
An air source heat pump on the side of a home

Why is Britain lagging behind in its heat pump uptake while the rest of the world steams ahead?

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Heat pumps and the race to net-zero: UK's lagging uptake threatens climate goals as worldwide counterparts take big leaps forward
Driveway CGI view of Ockenden Park, a proposed property which could become the largest self build plot in the UK

Is this Britain's largest self build at a whopping 32,515 square foot?

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Ultimate self build project: Plot with plans to become the largest self build in the UK is for sale for £15 million
Air heat pump near pool house outdoors surrounded by grass lawn

Heat pumps being excluded from home breakdown cover by insurance companies

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

The fine print on your home breakdown cover could reveal that your heat pump is not covered. Here are the key insurers who do – and do not – cover heat pumps faults and breakdowns
View of the Old Town of Hastings and the coast

Holiday homes to need planning permission — what you need to know

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

UK government proposes planning consent for holiday lets to address housing shortage
Ground floor view of the water tower's structure with traditional red brick walls and driveway

Take a look inside this Victorian water tower conversion on sale for £1.6m

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

A Grade-II listed water tower, transformed into modern five-bed family home, complete with cinema room and home bar, is on the market in Cardiff
View from the road of the zigzag shaped roof of this 1960s self-build home

Take a look inside this 1960s house barely touched since the swinging sixties

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Discover a piece of history – a 'time-capsule' self build of its time – and create your own unique space with this mid-century modern renovation opportunity
One of last year's entries is a wooden outhouse with stairs surrounded by a green field

Is your garden shed a masterpiece? Shed of the Year 2023 is open for entries

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Join the nation's finest sheds with the 17th annual Shed of the Year competition
New renovation of Tom Holland's West London home with newly installed electric wooden gate, new bay, timber framed windows, and foliage of the property removed to reveal stunning beach brick work

Pictured: Tom Holland's £3 million home in West London after two-year renovation

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Spiderman star's home given a "Marvel-ous makeover" in what is rumoured to be a new base for him and girlfriend Zendaya
Mother with her baby with screwdriver in her hand standing next to plant in front of the stairs

The TikTok mum teaching women DIY skills — even getting on the tools when pregnant

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Meet the woman inspiring others to renovate their homes and learn new skills
Vaillant arotherm heat pump in garden using R290 refirgerant

Is R290 the solution to the F-gas problem? The heat pumps now using this non-toxic refrigerant

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

R290 is proving a more popular alternative to F-gas with companies increasingly using this in their heat pumps
A before picture of the fireplace area with hole in the wall and no surround alongside an after picture with the black cast iron insert in place and a painted fire surround

Blogger reveals how she refurbished her fireplace with £50 vintage insert and surround

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Interior designer gives her fireplace a make-over with a secondhand Georgian insert, matt tiles and arched mirror
Hannah reveals the secret shower hidden behind a false wall in her shower

DIYer finds 'secret shower' hidden behind another shower

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Viral video reveals hidden secrets in Hampshire home, including a surprise shower and behind that, a secret mirror
A view of the front of the 1930s renovation property

This 1930s Arts and Crafts style home is ripe for a renovation project

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Detached property with veranda, classic Minton tiles and an outdoor loo up for auction for £180,000
A futuristic view of a hydrogen boiler used for heating

How this Energy Security Bill almost forced homes to replace their gas boilers

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

政府提议将授予能源排版anies power of entry to forcibly install hydrogen heating or heat pumps to replace gas boilers
View over London of homes with solar panels with a sun setting in the distance

5 important takeaways from the government's 'Powering Up Britain' plan

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

在政府宣布“驱动Britain" plans this week we look at 5 key features of the proposal
View from the garden of the tall timber frame decking

Homeowner told to remove garden decking built near grave of famous fossil hunter

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Local residents claimed the "ugly" framework, overlooking neighbouring properties and graveyard violated their privacy
Woman in pink hooded top stood in front of a ground source heat pump in her home

These villagers will heat their homes with 42 boreholes dug 106 metres under their road

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

In a "world first", sections of a village will be heated by ground source heat pumps linked to shared "community" boreholes — and one grandmother says she's "privileged" to be taking part
A mock up of papers for a planning application rolled up with a black pen nearby

Architect caught forging client's initials and telling them to 'game' the planning system

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Architect struck off the register after breaking Architects Code of Conduct due to being "dishonest" and "lacking in integrity"
Mark Millar stood in front of shell of newly built bungalow

Bungalow shell built for 180k on an old Orchard with its own cinema room!

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

A couple who met through an online dating site decided to create their dream home, but run into huge difficulties along the way meaning their home was built but not finished
Builder in hi-vis vest pouring LC3 cement from a wheelbarrow on a building site

Ultra-low carbon limestone calcined clay LC3 cement used in UK 'for first time'

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Architectural company claims to be the first users in the UK of innovative eco-friendly limestone calcined clay cement — known as LC3
Robbie Williams singing in a pink suit beside a shot of his and Jimmy Page's homes in London

Robbie Williams halts his building work over 'intrusive' Section 106 monitoring

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

The Angels singer signed a Section 106 agreement allowing the council and his neighbour – Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page – to monitor building works to his home after a planning row
Mark Millar stood next to couple Lucy and Mike, in front of their new self built timber framed home.

How this wooden shack was rebuilt as a 'Good Life' style eco-home on a huge plot

ByJoseph Mullanepublished

Lucy quit her fashion job in the city to become a quirky veg grower in the countryside. After meeting partner Mike, a chef, they transformed a run down shack into a self sufficient home

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