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Building Ideas - With Mark Millar

by Fix Radio · 120 episodes

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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.

Latest episodes

  1. The Future Home Standard In 2026

    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 o…

    24 min
  2. Regular Guests On The Final Stages Of Their Self Build Projects

    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 finall…

    29 min
  3. Unprecedented Changes Coming For Landlords!

    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…

    26 min
  4. How To Navigate Planning Permission

    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 ap…

    21 min
  5. How Has 2025 Been & What Might 2026 Be Like For Self Build?

    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…

    23 min
  6. 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.

    51 min
  7. 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.

    17 min
  8. 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 mistake…

    23 min
  9. 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 buildi…

    37 min
  10. 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 ap…

    34 min
  11. 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 imp…

    24 min
  12. 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 pro…

    25 min
  13. 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 w…

    37 min
  14. 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 considera…

    21 min
  15. 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 pr…

    24 min
  16. 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 R…

    18 min
  17. 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 fo…

    25 min
  18. 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 list…

    12 min
  19. 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 f…

    22 min
  20. 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…

    16 min
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