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.

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

Architecture · 7 min

Why a house that faces inwards can feel larger than one that faces out

2 June 2026

Buying · 8 min

Reading the back of the brochure before the front of it

19 May 2026

Design · 6 min

New work should look like new work

8 April 2026

Neighbourhoods · 5 min

Why Oldgate feels different from every other conversion district

11 March 2026

Selling · 5 min

A fortnight of work that changes what a house is worth

4 February 2026