Real Homes Live - In-depth home improvement advice

As well as offering in-depth advice on all aspects of home improvement in the comprehensive Real Homes Live seminar programme, our experts will be on hand throughout the show to answer your individual questions. Whether you are looking for advice on house design, you want make the most of you living space, are searching for the latest in stylish interiors or want to make landscape your garden to create glorious outdoor space make sure you take the opportunity to meet TV home improvement experts and learn the tricks of the trade.

You can meet and get expert advice from:
	Julia Kendell With twenty years design experience Julia is enjoying phenomenal success within the interior design industry, having worked on far-ranging projects from individual residential kitchens to £5 million property refurbishments, both in the UK and abroad.  Julia is currently BBC1's 'queen of diy and design!' and is currently filming her third series of DIY SOS with Nick Knowles and the team. Julia thoroughly enjoys getting her hands dirty and believes that to be a good designer you have to fully understand the 'nuts and bolts' of building. Her passion lies in two main areas, renovating old properties and self-build eco homes. She and her partner have just completed a fabulous timber-framed property on the riverside incorporating cutting-edge 'green' technologies. For the past 12 years Julia has run her own design business and in recent years has been one of the main design presenters for '60 Minute Makeover' on ITV1, and has worked on a special for 'Tonight with Trevor McDonald' . Inspite of an impressive client list, including many celebrities, Julia enjoys her work for families on DIY SOS most of all. www.juliakendell.com
	Michael Holmes Real Homes Magazine editor-in-chief Michael Holmes is one of the country's leading property experts. As well as his work on the magazine, Michael is also the presenter of Channel 5’s ‘I own Britain’s Best Home’ and has previously presented ITV1's ‘Don't Move Improve’ and ‘Build, Buy or Restore’, for Discovery Realtime, plus many popular television series for UK TV, Channel 5 and BBC1. Michael is also Editor in Chief of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine and Period Living. An experienced self-builder and renovator, Michael has completed in excess of 20 projects and has real hands on experience within the industry.
	Matt James Matt James is a garden designer, horticulturist and university lecturer who rose to fame with Channel 4's The City Gardener and later helped Andrew Winter give hard-to-shift properties some kerb appeal in Selling Houses. Matt's gardening career began as a teenager working on a small farm. He then went on to study at various horticultural colleges and work at nurseries. Matt was honoured in 2000 as Londoner of the Year in the field of Environment and Regeneration, in recognition of his work establishing a successful circuit of Farmers' Markets in the capital. Today his enthusiasm has led him to teaching and he lectures at a South London college. Matt's greatest passion as a gardener is trees - he is a genuine, 21st-century tree hugger and has made it his mission in life to get as many cityfolk as possible planting
	Charlie Luxton Charlie Luxton is an architectural designer who combines his design work with writing and presenting television programmes. He is passionate about the environment and communicating his enthusiasm for sustainable architecture and eco-friendly design. Charlie studied at Oxford Brookes University for a BA in Architecture achieving a first class honours degree, before going on to complete an MA at the Royal College of Art in London. As Charlie Luxton Environmental Design he is currently working on several sustainable housing projects in London, Wiltshire, and the Cotswolds where he now lives.   In 2008 Charlie became the face of Architecture and Design on Five. He presented the first series of I Own Britain's Best House and was later given access to landmark buildings, including the Bank of England, for Behind Closed Doors. His most recent projects for the channel include the returning series Build a New Life in the Country, and Best House on the Street. Learn more about Charlie Luxton