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It comes as Junior Housing Minister John Cummins this week announced he is looking to relax planning for small garden homes in existing family ­properties. Pic: Gareth Chaney/Collins Currently, a ...

Brendan McDonogh's dismantled cabin home today While he welcomes the proposed changes to the law which could ease the building of cabins and modular homes in back gardens, he says for his family ...

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New planning minister John Cummins is pursuing changes to provide exemptions for detached cabin or modular-style ... older generations to live in their home communities. Mr Cummins has met with ...

Planning rules on cabins and modular homes in back gardens could be relaxed as part of Government efforts to tackle housing supply issues. Under current regulations, extensions of up to 40sq m to ...

Photos of a beautiful off-grid Alaskan cabin that looks like it's straight out of a postcard have sparked envy among commenters in the r/OffGrid subreddit. The homeowner shared a handful of summer and ...

In her later years, the nonagenarian was afflicted with dementia, yet propelled by something deeper than cognition, she longed only to return home to Solar dos Colaços, her palatial riverfront house.

"I've always loved watching skilled craftsmen restore classic homes," he said, adding how these videos became his go-to resource for learning while fixing up the cabin. But the lack of cell ...