If you like your showers hi tech, the new Mira Magna Digital caters for you.
It has been billed as a “super stylish digital shower with cutting edge technology and available with a waterveil head for wider shower coverage”.
As a digital shower it allows full programmability, so the whole family can store their desired settings. This is a great idea considering I always end up getting scalded after my wife has taken her ablutions!
Remote control use also means you never need step into a cold shower again as you can turn Mira Magna on from another room.
The little boy gadget lover inside me just loves this piece of kit. Whether it’s actually any good is another question?
(Via Mira)
Over the next few days we’re going to be letting you know about the new Mira Eco Range of shower units.
The new range of handsets and fixed heads reduce water consumption by up to 75% without impairing shower performance. Not bad in context of rocketing water bills.
With a further doff of the cap to green credentials - the Eco range carries the Waterwise ‘Water Marque’ and comes in recyclable cardboard packaging.
In addition £1 from every purchase goes to WaterAid, guaranteeing a £10k donation for the charity.
The dressing of a completed room is crucial to achieving a finished product. It’s particularly important if you’re looking to sell after a renovation project.
The old chestnuts are things like putting flowers on tables and brewing coffee - which are all meant to help a sale. But what about artwork?
Personally, I think it’s crucial. A good quality canvas can cover up a multitude of sins and create the illusion of more space.
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The Mira Everclear is a shower handset specially made for hard water areas where showers have a tendency to fur up quickly.
Everclear reduces limescale build up with an innovative self drain mechanism which kicks in when the shower is turned off.
This shower head is also self cleaning thanks to pins which push through the shower nozzles, either automatically or manually activated, so you never need to scrub again!
Anything, that saves scrubbing and cleaning of scale has to be worth consideration….. We’re actually planning to purchase this product for a new development - will report back with a more in depth review thereafter. Keep your eyes peeled!!!!
Conservatories can be a great way to create extra space for low cost.
They often don’t need planning permission or Building Regulations approval (always worth double checking though) and can be very quick to knock up.
As a rule of thumb, the more floor space you can add with a conservatory, the more you can add value to your home. This is important - I know from personal experience that that my current house was bought on the basis that it had extra space in the form of a decent conservatory.
Typical prices for a uPVC frame conservatory with double glazed walls can cost up to £500-£800 per sq m.
I am aware of examples where a well constructed conservatory has added anything from £50,000 to £100,000. Even if you don’t get the value return, you still have what will be a very handy piece of extra space.
