Show Features
Discover the new show areas including expert advice, Real Homes
Live! Theatres, unmissable masterclasses, and so much more…
Speak on a one-to-one basis to home improvement experts about your ideas, products and anything which may be halting your plans. It’s all covered: design and layout, finance, planning, energy efficiency and interiors, and so much more.
This year, thanks to popular demand, there are TWO Real Homes Live! Theatres. Here you can hear, discover and discuss professional tips on a whole range of home improvements. For full details and timetables, please see the Real Homes Live! Theatre page.
Looking for that extra bit of expertise? Look no further and listen in on our specialist masterclasses. Sessions include building regulations, underfloor heating, finding builders, and heating systems. Given by the professionals who create or install these products, they are unmissable and invaluable.
Your home can be made easier, more fun and more up to date for less than you think! Discover the world of luxury home cinema, multi-room hi-fi, games room, home communications, intercom, CCTV, security, automated lighting, gates and more.
Improve the heart of your home with this integral zone. Offering you inspiration, providing you with new, beautiful and affordable products and great ways to make the most of the space and budget that you have, don’t overlook these integral areas.
Extend your home for less than you think: no matter the size or style of your outside space, find how to use it to maximise your home. Be inspired by the four new show gardens – rooftop terrace, townhouse garden, city entertaining space and child friendly garden.
Delivering sustainable products, innovative ideas and expertise to save you energy, lower bills and reduce carbon emission. You’ll see how to insulate your home, choose between alternative heating systems and incorporate natural products and unearth how effective and affordable sustainable energy can be.
Whether you live in a Georgian terraced house or a Tudor treasure, find out how to preserve or update your home without removing it’s special character. Explore the Period Property Pavilion, brought to you by Period Living Magazine, to find the products, services and know-how you need!
Interior’s Expert Julia Kendell (Daybreak & DIY SOS) will give you handy hints, top tips and incredible inspiration to give your home your personal touch – and that wow factor! Plus see the latest in interior design appear before your eyes with two murals being painted live at the show.
Come along to these informative demonstrations and learn from the DIY Doctor himself. These practical talks will give you the confidence to undertake some of the fundamental home improvement tasks, adding to your pride in your new home and more budget for those all important finishing touches.