Making Improvements to an Older Home

Practical tips and advice for anyone preparing to make alterations or improvements to an older building.

When choosing professionals to help you plan and carry out work to an old building, you need people with the appropriate experience.

This page provides a brief summary of the different kinds of permission you may need if you live in a listed building or a conservation area.

This page describes the key points of contact if you are thinking of making changes to your home, along with other sources of advice.

Keeping safe when carrying out a maintenance check or repair work on your home is mostly common sense.

When considering what materials to use for repairs or improvements it is important to understand how your house was built.

Whether you own or rent, if you live in an older house and want to cut your energy bills, this page summarises what to do.

To improve energy performance at home, consider the factors that affect your energy use, your home's energy efficiency, and how they interact.

An introduction to the renewable energy options available to owners of older buildings.