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Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Fix Radio
115 episodes
1 day ago
Mark Millar has joined Fix Radio to host our brand new property development show!

Every week the show offers practical advice, shares real-life experiences and introduces ‘out of the box’ thinking, designed to help working tradespeople develop their property.

Mark and his panel of guests take a look at all the big questions, including financing, project management, finding the right partners, planning permission and embracing new building techniques and technologies.
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Mark Millar has joined Fix Radio to host our brand new property development show!

Every week the show offers practical advice, shares real-life experiences and introduces ‘out of the box’ thinking, designed to help working tradespeople develop their property.

Mark and his panel of guests take a look at all the big questions, including financing, project management, finding the right partners, planning permission and embracing new building techniques and technologies.
Show more...
Management
Education,
Business,
Entrepreneurship,
How To
Episodes (20/115)
Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Former Bristol Mayor On The Future of The City
Lord Marvin Rees joins Mark Millar to talk about the vision for Bristol as a major European city and some of the major ongoing developments like Brabazon and the YTL Arena.
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1 day ago
51 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Live Green or Have Your Home Demolished!
Mark Millar talks to Marcus Beck about the sustainability pledge that he’s taken with his wife, Abigail, to live green in Wales under the unique One Planet Development policy.
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1 week ago
16 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Avoiding Renovation Disasters With Charlotte Dawson
Mark Millar is joined by Interior Designer - Charlotte Dawson. Charlotte is ready to save your renovation job and help you avoid disaster, Charlotte talks about the biggest mistakes to avoid, How to manage and plan a timeline and also the importance of having a second opinion on renovation projects.
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2 weeks ago
22 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
A Deeper Dive Into Passivhaus With Gil Shalom
Passivhaus Architect, GIl Shalom joins Mark Millar at the Fix Radio studios to have a longer conversation and get into more depth with regards to the Passivhaus standard and building method. Gil talks about retrofitting and renovating to reach Passivhaus certification, compared to building groun up. Gil talks about materials, the role heat pumps and EPC ratings play, the history of Passivhaus and goals for the future with regards to new build.
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3 weeks ago
37 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Exciting Developments & The Future of Bristol
Mark Millar looks into some of the ongoing and planned developments in Bristol and the surrounding areas. Mark talks to Jason Collard from Hive about their sustainable focus and approach and then chats with Seb Loyn & John Thompson from YTL Group about the ongoing creation of Brabazon, a new town that promises an exciting future for the city and it's residents.
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4 weeks ago
33 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Looking To Improve? Or Looking To Move?
Mark Millar looks into how we can improve our home and make better use of space, design, rooms and features. For those of you fed up and wanting to sell, Mark looks into how to improve the home to add value and increase demand. Guests include: Natallia Tanko & Kevin Porter
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1 month ago
24 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Renovating In France & Greece
Mark Millar looks into two projects in France and Greece taken on by Brits and invites them to share their experiences and an insight into what it's like taking on a renovation project abroad. Guests include: Ash Waters (France) as well as Chris Bishop & Jo Thompson (Greece)
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1 month ago
25 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
LACK of Building Ideas!
Mark Millar invites guests to join him and talk about where they feel there's a lack of ingenuity and good application of ideas in the domestic building process. Mark talks about whether some things are a matter of taste or just bad design as well as what the ideas more worthy of exploration might be. Guests include: Tim Philips, Julian Owen & Robin Clevett. 
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1 month ago
37 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
A Planning Nightmare In Marsworth!
Mark Millar is joined by a developer (Nick Webb - Prism Construction) about his struggle to get planning to build houses on the site of a pub that has been derelict for a considerable period of time. Nick has sunk £1 million into the prokect so far and feels he's out of options as red tape holds him back from getting the vital planning permission he requires. Marsworth Parish Council Chairman, Bob Kennedy joins the discussion to explain why Nick's planned development is in the best interest of the village and gives a bit of context into why this is all happening.
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1 month ago
21 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Tackling Subsidence
Mark Millar looks into how we deal with subsidence issues with experts from the industry and ponders whether buying properties with existing issues, solving them and selling for profit could be a good business model.
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2 months ago
23 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Chatting With First Time Developers
Mark Millar introduces a new guest on the show, Dale Wherton, who is an incredible skilled Bricklayer beginning his journey in property development. Mark also catches us with Ben Rayner who first joined the programme in May to talk about his plans for his now completed build! 
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2 months ago
18 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Help Bristol's Homeless Charity
Mark Millar is joined by Jasper Thompson, founder of Help Bristol's Homeless to talk about the ways he's helping homesless people in Bristol find temporary and long term options for housing.
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2 months ago
25 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Constructing A Music Festival
Mark Millar is joined by Alice Chapman to talk about her work building tens of thousands of tents at music festivals like Glastonbury, Boomtown and others. Mark also answers a listener question about self build as we head out of the summer. 
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2 months ago
12 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Social Housing In West Hull
Mark Millar looks into an interesting partnership in Hull between Giroscope, who provide social housing and Plumbing firm, Kesselmann Plumbers Ltd. Guests include: Govind Manocha from Giroscope & Paul Tozer from Kessellmann Plumbers Ltd. 
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3 months ago
21 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Yellow Submarine
Mark Millar is joined by Andy Barton to discuss his Glamping 'Yellow Submarine' on the coast in Cheddar. Andy tells the story of how he came into possession of the lifeboat and how he converted it into something you can stay in on your holidays!
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3 months ago
15 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Taking On Another Project
Mark Millar looks at going at it again and what you can learn from your first build. Guests include: Scott Baggaley AKA Scott DIY & Jools Cardozo
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3 months ago
15 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Buying The Worst House On The Worst Street!
Mark Millar is joined by Ian Cowie from Blyth in Northumberland to talk about what he's doing to regenerate the local area. Ian tells an incredible story from drug addiction and prison to helping the community he once terrorised.
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3 months ago
15 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Electrics For Your Self Build Project
Mark Millar looks into getting the electrical aspects of your self build sorted. Mark talks to Paul Collins, Technical Director from the NICEIC about the importance of doing your due dilligence with regards to who you get to do the work. Electrical Contractor, Mike Toulson about options and possibilities with regards to smart home technology and touches on timescales, money and availability.
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4 months ago
17 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Richard Collins On Sustainability In Construction
Mark Millar is joined by Richard Collins, founder of the CSR-A Accreditation and Sustainablity Advocate with a keen involvement in the construction industry. Richard talks about the accreditation and why he's created it, How you can build more sustainably and how to do it without it costing you more. 
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4 months ago
34 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
What Happened With These Planning Nightmares!?
Mark Millar invites Chartered Planning Consultant, Mark Doodes to join him and run through some high profile planning misshaps that made the national and local press. They talk through what went wrong or the challenges presented, what could have been done differently, how to avoid running into similar issues and Mark Doodes gives some solid advice at the end to recap.
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4 months ago
24 minutes

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar
Mark Millar has joined Fix Radio to host our brand new property development show!

Every week the show offers practical advice, shares real-life experiences and introduces ‘out of the box’ thinking, designed to help working tradespeople develop their property.

Mark and his panel of guests take a look at all the big questions, including financing, project management, finding the right partners, planning permission and embracing new building techniques and technologies.