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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.

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24:02

The Future Home Standard In 2026

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2026/01/11

Mark Millar looks into what is happening with the Future Home Standard as we kick off 2026, best approach and what impact it'll have on the construction industry this year, based on what we know about it to this point.

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29:19

Regular Guests On The Final Stages Of Their Self...

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/12/21

Mark Millar catches up with Carpenter, Andrew Walker, who joined Mark on one of the first ever episodes to talk about his barn conversion. All of these years later, Andew is finally on the finishes touches. Ben Raynor joins to talk about a new project and shares fresh news about the project he's been on the show to discuss twice in 2025. Fix Radio Presenter, Todd Glister phones in from his self build project, shares his finish date in early 2026 and talks about what he's been up to on the project

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25:49

Unprecedented Changes Coming For Landlords!

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/12/14

Mark Millar looks into what many are saying are the biggest changes coming to the buy-to-let market for generations and also claims that it's 'all over in six months' for Landlords in the UK. Property Expert, Rick Gannon joins the show to layout some of the changes, shares his thoughts and talks about where the opportunities are in the market. Paul Shamplina, Founder of Landlord Action shares his perspective, talks about what they would propose instead of these reforms and discusses whether it

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25:48

How To Navigate Planning Permission

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/12/07

Mark Millar talks to Planning Consultant, Simon Rix from Planix and asks for advice on how to navigate planning permission in England and improve your chances of having planning approved. Mark and Simon talk about the inherent challenges and out to work with and around them as best as you can. There's explanations on why this can be so tricky and therefore how to 'play the game' and gain the best outcome possible.

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23:25

How Has 2025 Been & What Might 2026 Be Like For Self...

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/11/30

Mark Millar has a quick look into how 2025 has been and what next year might be like from a self build perspective. Mark asks QS Tim Phillips to join him and share his thoughts and also checks in with Tom McSherry from Buildstore to ask a few questions from a financing perspective.

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51:24

Former Bristol Mayor On The Future of The City

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/11/23

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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16:49

Live Green or Have Your Home Demolished!

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/11/16

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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22:35

Avoiding Renovation Disasters With Charlotte Dawson

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/11/09

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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37:25

A Deeper Dive Into Passivhaus With Gil Shalom

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/11/02

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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33:34

Exciting Developments & The Future of Bristol

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/10/26

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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24:26

Looking To Improve? Or Looking To Move?

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/10/19

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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25:04

Renovating In France & Greece

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/10/12

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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37:17

LACK of Building Ideas!

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/10/05

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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21:27

A Planning Nightmare In Marsworth!

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/09/28

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

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23:55

Tackling Subsidence

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/09/21

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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18:03

Chatting With First Time Developers

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/09/14

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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25:20

Help Bristol's Homeless Charity

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/09/07

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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12:24

Constructing A Music Festival

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/08/31

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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21:34

Social Housing In West Hull

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/08/24

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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15:50

Yellow Submarine

Building Ideas - With Mark Millar ·

2025/08/17

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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