Hyde Park Flats Sheffield 1988

Hyde Park Flats Sheffield 1988

While rooting through the image library this photograph turned up. It’s of the Hyde Park Flats complex in Sheffield in about 1988, taken for a long forgotten college assignment. It’s a dramatic (if grainy) image that shows how aspirations for public...
An alternative Moor

An alternative Moor

Sheffield has developed over the years to reach out from the confluence of the River’s Don and Sheaf next to the long gone Sheffield Castle. While this in itself isn’t unusual in British town morphology, what is different in Sheffield when compared to most...

Housebuilding showing some signs of life

Along with the improved weather, April saw some encouraging indicators that life some is being breathed back into the new homes market from the unprecedented lows seen over the last two years. During the first quarter of 2010 a total of 31,038 new homes were...
Search for new office premises under way

Search for new office premises under way

A recent appointment to carry out a market appraisal and premises assessment in preparation for the relocation of an IT firm to new Sheffield offices means that invitations are invited for suitable properties. A minimum of 8,000 sq.ft. of high quality office space or...

RICS report steady house price growth

The RICS agent survey for October reports that house prices have risen once again. Despite the plunges in the early part of the year, since the reversal in July 2009 the has been steady growth albeit within a quiet market. Instructions have risen as vendors return to...