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The sky's the limit: Solving the housing crisis involves unlocking the UK's air rights

Thursday 8th November 2018

The biggest and brightest cities in the world are known for their skylines, where towers and skyscrapers made of glass and steel jostle with one another, vying for our attention. Skyscrapers are the hallmark of bustling and healthy cities – a sign that a lot of people want to live and work within a few square miles. In some British cities, like Manchester, the race to the sky is only just getting underway. Yet in London, building skywards has taken a considerable downturn recently, with

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Click are invited to discuss the future of the residential market

Friday 26th October 2018

What's next for the resi land market? At a recent roundtable in London, lender Avamore Capital and data platform LandInsight brought together a handful of developers and agents to debate the big issues affecting the residential land market. Topics on the agenda ranged from the future of permitted development rights to the shifting role of agents and the caution surrounding modular construction. Here are five key takeaways from the debate: >> The downturn means there are deals to be don

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Aaron Emmett, MD of Click Properties speaks to the Sunday Express

Friday 29th June 2018

Capital developments go through the roof WHILE we all know the country as a whole is not building enough new homes to keep up with demand, the face of London in particular is changing every year thanks to the number of new-build developments. Figures from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government show there was a 16 per cent increase in new-build homes completed in England last year – 163,250 in all. Of those, 8,552 are for sale in London compared to the next highest n

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Click Above featured in The Sun News

Wednesday 9th May 2018

Click Above was featured by Amanda Cable, Property Expert in The Sun.The full feature can be read below: SKY'S NO LIMIT FOR EXTENSIONS "Instant" rooftop extensions are set to change the way we live and help tackle our housing crisis. Extending upwards can be a costly, lenghty process with planning departments often reluctant to change skylines. But with these new "instant" extensions and the housing department announcing the Government will support the creation of UK housing through rooftop d

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It's time to #LookUp - Click Above are paving the way in rooftop developments including considerations for Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster

Wednesday 25th April 2018

Click Above is a modern housebuilder specialising in rooftop development, using modular construction to create new homes on top of existing buildings. Their homes are built offsite, significantly reducing build times and costs, as well as reducing disruption to local communities and avoiding issues such as environmental factors. In a recent announcement, the housing secretary revealed that the government will support the creation of UK housing through rooftop development, and Click Above

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Click Above to Deliver Corben Mews - Coming Soon!

Tuesday 27th March 2018

Click will be delivering two contemporary penthouses, in the roof-space above above a modern purpose built block, arranged over ground and three upper floors. • Corben Mews, a private gated development is located just off the Wandsworth Road and within the Nine Elms regeneration area. • It is only 0.7 miles to the popular Clapham Old Town and Clapham Common. • Corben Mews is conveniently located for Clapham Old Town and the Common. Wandsworth Road Overground station

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Click Above MD, Aaron Emmett spoke with the Daily Mail about one of the solutions to London's housing crisis

Wednesday 14th March 2018

With space for 41,000 new homes on the ROOFS of existing properties in London alone - is building upwards the answer to Britain's housing crisis? Building 40,000 new homes literally on top of existing buildings in London could help solve the country's housing crisis, a developer has claimed. A house builder specialising in rooftop development has already begun using the space above existing buildings to boost the supply of homes in Britain, including several sites in London. It comes

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Could Building Upwards Solve The Housing Crisis?

Tuesday 13th March 2018

Utilising airspace to develop rooftops into new homes is most certainly one great way to address the housing crisis, particularly in town and city centres where land is scarce. A recent study suggests that at least 23,000 buildings in London Zones 1 & 2 alone could be suitable for rooftop development which equates to 40,000 new homes! With Sajid Javid's announcement to amend the NPPF, to allow permitted development for two additional floors on top of buildings, this is definately an exciting

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'Nimby' councils which fail to build enough new homes will lose planning powers

Monday 5th March 2018

'Nimby' councils which fail to build enough new homes will lose planning powers Sajid Javid warns if councils fail to deliver on home-building targets they will be stripped of their planning powers As an SME developer, the unessecary obstacles of the planning system are presented to us on a daily basis. Put simply, there needs to be a culture shift. Developers are seen as the adversary. If the nation requires houses, and the enabler of that housing is the housing developer, then they s

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How Does Modular Construction Actually Work?

Wednesday 28th February 2018

How does modular building actually work?Ever wondered what happens as part of the modular build process? How do building plans leap from the page and become a reality? Due to the nature of the challenges faced in rooftop development, Click Above uses modular construction. Through innovative design, modules that make up the units are constructed off-site, delivered to site and then craned on to the existing building. Using modular construction to develop air space minimises disruption to th

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The sky’s the limit for imaginative developers - Aaron Emmett, CEO of Click Above speaks to The Times

Friday 9th February 2018

The sky’s the limit for imaginative developers As the housing secretary encourages more rooftop building in cities, modular additions are on the up Blue-sky thinking is management speak for a fanciful idea. However, it is not fanciful to build into the not-so-blue skies above our cities, and this week Sajid Javid, the housing secretary, announced plans to relax planning rules to make it easier to build on city rooftops. “The answer to building new homes isn’t always an empty p

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Aaron Emmett, CEO of Click Above speaks to the Metro about rooftop development in London

Friday 9th February 2018

London house prices are so ludicrous that this rooftop will sell for over £550,000 A rooftop is expected to sell for more than £550,000. The extorionate rooftop is in London, of course. Property developers are expected to go battle it out for the rooftop, which will of course, be turned into luxury accomodation. The unusually pricey plot, which sits atop of an apartment block in Drayton Gardens in Chelsea, is is being sold by Savills Auctions. It’s predicted that pla

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