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Your Guide to Interior Design

Now that many of us are spending far more time in our homes, perhaps you’ve noticed that your surroundings are not exactly ideal. Maybe...

Key Factors in Designing the Right Kitchen for Your Home

The kitchen is the heart of every home, so you want every detail to be perfect. In this article, we take you through the factors you need...

Buying & Flipping a Property: What You Need to Know

Buying property continues to be a popular form of investment for many people, and many buy to rent their properties. But what if you want...

Meet Michael

A recent addition to the JS Design team has been our new architectural technologist Michael Lynch, who relocated from Limerick to his...

9 Tips to add value to your property

Are you considering buying an investment property and want to add value to it so it’s worth well above what you paid for it? Or are you...

A Nearly Zero Energy Building (NZEB): What Does It Mean for You?

From November 2019, all new homes are required to fulfill NZEB standards, and remodels also have to meet new energy requirements. But...

How to choose between extending your house or moving to another property?

Need a bigger home for a growing family and stuck between a rock and a hard place? Deciding whether to stay in your current home and...

Handy checklist for choosing a plot to build a house on

Choosing a plot to build a house on, doesn’t need to be a leap into the unknown but there are key considerations you need to be mindful...

Renovating a House: A Guide to Transforming a Home

Renovating a house might be the ideal route for you to create the home of your dreams, but you need to approach it in the best possible...

Homes for Every Budget: Tips for Building Your Dream House

Think building your own home is beyond your means and unaffordable? The cost of a self-build home can be enormous—but it doesn’t have to...

Give Your Home the Wow Factor with our 16 Feature Wall Ideas

Neutral walls are the safe choice in interior decoration, but sometimes you just want to make a statement. Mix it up with walls that...

Choose your paint colours and finishes for your home wisely

Before you launch into any paint job, consider our top tips for choosing paint for your new build or existing rooms. Sure, your home’s...

8 Home Design Features to Maximise Your Build’s Potential

Design features were not a priority in Irish homes until recently, but with everybody travelling and watching design shows, homes are...

What is the best heating system for your home?

Until quite recently, the automatic choice for heating your home was an oil or solid-fuel boiler. Things have changed in the world of...

The overheating problem: How to design & retrofit homes in Ireland.

How to design and retrofit homes to maintain a comfortable temperature and accommodate mechanical ventilation heat recovery options. Heat...

Building your dream home? The pros and cons of different Building Methods

When you set out to build your dream home, the building method you choose may not be the first thing you think of, but the construction...

Go with the Flow: What to Consider When Designing Your Home’s Layout?

Go with the Flow: What to Consider When Designing Your Home’s Layout… The quality of your experience living in a home has far more to do...

All you need to know about building an Extension

Building an Extension – What you need to know Building an extension is often the best way to add some extra space without moving house....

A Beginner’s Guide to Planning Permission…

We’ve had numerous questions around the details of planning permission, from when it might be required to actual specifics around the...