Buying · 14 July 2026 · 6 min
Reading a house in one day
Light, noise and temperature all move through a house on a schedule. A single hour tells you about one moment; a day tells you about the building.
Marisol Renard
Market insights
What we have learned, written down
No index figures and no forecasts. Practical notes on buildings and the places they sit in, from the people who walk through them.
Architecture · 7 min
The case for the courtyard plan
Why a house that faces inwards can feel larger than one that faces out
2 June 2026
Buying · 8 min
What a specification actually promises
Reading the back of the brochure before the front of it
19 May 2026
Neighbourhoods · 5 min
A quarter that kept its trades
Why Oldgate feels different from every other conversion district
11 March 2026
Selling · 5 min
Preparing a house for photography
A fortnight of work that changes what a house is worth
4 February 2026