Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve.

I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.

As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.

I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.

Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.