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Report Summary

  • 39

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    60% of other websites

  • 87

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 67% of websites

  • 75

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    36% of websites

  • 81

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    43% of websites

house-builder.co.uk

House-Builder.co.uk UK House Building Magazine, Housing News, Building Products, Supplier Directory

Page Load Speed

2.5 sec in total

First Response

427 ms

Resources Loaded

1.7 sec

Page Rendered

313 ms

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About Website

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Key Findings

We analyzed House-builder.co.uk page load time and found that the first response time was 427 ms and then it took 2 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is quite a good result, as only 35% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

house-builder.co.uk performance score

39

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value4.1 s

20/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value7.6 s

3/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value5.5 s

54/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value450 ms

63/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.279

43/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value6.8 s

55/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

house-builder.co.uk

427 ms

styles.css

231 ms

jquery-1.8.3.js

393 ms

menu.js

156 ms

swfobject.js

231 ms

Our browser made a total of 69 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 97% of them (67 requests) were addressed to the original House-builder.co.uk, 3% (2 requests) were made to Google-analytics.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (847 ms) belongs to the original domain House-builder.co.uk.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 228.1 kB (31%)

Content Size

735.5 kB

After Optimization

507.4 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of House-builder.co.uk main page is 735.5 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 35% of websites need less resources to load. Images take 469.5 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-83%

Potential reduce by 43.2 kB

  • Original 51.8 kB
  • After minification 37.9 kB
  • After compression 8.5 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 13.9 kB, which is 27% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 43.2 kB or 83% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-11%

Potential reduce by 49.8 kB

  • Original 469.5 kB
  • After minification 419.7 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. Obviously, House Builder needs image optimization as it can save up to 49.8 kB or 11% of the original volume. The most popular and efficient tools for JPEG and PNG image optimization are Jpegoptim and PNG Crush.

JavaScript Optimization

-61%

Potential reduce by 119.4 kB

  • Original 194.6 kB
  • After minification 180.8 kB
  • After compression 75.1 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 119.4 kB or 61% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-79%

Potential reduce by 15.6 kB

  • Original 19.7 kB
  • After minification 16.9 kB
  • After compression 4.1 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. House-builder.co.uk needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 15.6 kB or 79% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 18 (26%)

Requests Now

68

After Optimization

50

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 68 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of House Builder. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 12 to 1 for JavaScripts and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

house-builder.co.uk

house-builder.co.uk

427 ms

styles.css

styles.css

231 ms

jquery-1.8.3.js

jquery-1.8.3.js

393 ms

menu.js

menu.js

156 ms

swfobject.js

swfobject.js

231 ms

swfobject_quickktag.js

swfobject_quickktag.js

156 ms

functions.js

functions.js

222 ms

jquery.serialScroll-min.js

jquery.serialScroll-min.js

231 ms

jquery.scrollTo-min.js

jquery.scrollTo-min.js

231 ms

latest_news_scroll.js

latest_news_scroll.js

300 ms

supersized.core.3.2.1.min.js

supersized.core.3.2.1.min.js

303 ms

jquery.cycle.all.min.js

jquery.cycle.all.min.js

415 ms

jcarousel-lite.min.js

jcarousel-lite.min.js

162 ms

BENblackTshirt_6_web.jpg

BENblackTshirt_6_web.jpg

236 ms

Fi-nest_0216.gif

Fi-nest_0216.gif

229 ms

housebuilder_logo.png

housebuilder_logo.png

85 ms

email_alerts_icon.png

email_alerts_icon.png

80 ms

nhbc_partnership.png

nhbc_partnership.png

80 ms

btn_input.gif

btn_input.gif

83 ms

bg_nav.gif

bg_nav.gif

83 ms

bg_main_content.gif

bg_main_content.gif

157 ms

bg_title_blue.gif

bg_title_blue.gif

158 ms

btn_up_down.gif

btn_up_down.gif

160 ms

button_main_content.gif

button_main_content.gif

162 ms

mar16_1.jpg

mar16_1.jpg

161 ms

mar16_2.jpg

mar16_2.jpg

230 ms

mar16_3.jpg

mar16_3.jpg

230 ms

mar16_4.jpg

mar16_4.jpg

232 ms

mar16_5.jpg

mar16_5.jpg

232 ms

twitter.png

twitter.png

234 ms

rss_feed_icon.png

rss_feed_icon.png

303 ms

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b21b5660f07c6975f200be48d.jpg

380 ms

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459 ms

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384 ms

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384 ms

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460 ms

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378 ms

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530 ms

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456 ms

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460 ms

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459 ms

utb_155_36.gif

utb_155_36.gif

532 ms

kg_155_36.gif

kg_155_36.gif

534 ms

paslode-cullen.png

paslode-cullen.png

535 ms

energetics1_155_36.gif

energetics1_155_36.gif

537 ms

aeg_155_36.gif

aeg_155_36.gif

535 ms

bg_155_36_2.gif

bg_155_36_2.gif

605 ms

pps_155_36.gif

pps_155_36.gif

607 ms

tsc_155_36.gif

tsc_155_36.gif

609 ms

hh_155_36.gif

hh_155_36.gif

595 ms

analytics.js

analytics.js

31 ms

collect

collect

16 ms

product_focus.php

product_focus.php

549 ms

me_155_36.gif

me_155_36.gif

537 ms

whirlpool_155_36.png

whirlpool_155_36.png

605 ms

triconnex_155_36.gif

triconnex_155_36.gif

606 ms

sig_tech_155_36.gif

sig_tech_155_36.gif

609 ms

mar_155_36.gif

mar_155_36.gif

538 ms

tobermore_155.png

tobermore_155.png

537 ms

Hampshire_Trust_Bank.gif

Hampshire_Trust_Bank.gif

847 ms

output_8BJoxz.gif

output_8BJoxz.gif

678 ms

triconnex.jpg

triconnex.jpg

602 ms

HBF_180.gif

HBF_180.gif

542 ms

housebuilder_logo_small.png

housebuilder_logo_small.png

540 ms

housebuilder-cookie-button.png

housebuilder-cookie-button.png

540 ms

bg_title_purple.gif

bg_title_purple.gif

609 ms

bg_title_yellow.gif

bg_title_yellow.gif

612 ms

bg_header.png

bg_header.png

611 ms

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product_focus_3650_353.jpg

295 ms

Accessibility Review

house-builder.co.uk accessibility score

87

Accessibility Issues

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

[id] attributes on active, focusable elements are not unique

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Best Practices

house-builder.co.uk best practices score

75

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

High

Includes front-end JavaScript libraries with known security vulnerabilities

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

User Experience

Impact

Issue

High

Serves images with low resolution

General

Impact

Issue

Low

Detected JavaScript libraries

SEO Factors

house-builder.co.uk SEO score

81

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Crawling and Indexing

To appear in search results, crawlers need access to your app.

Impact

Issue

High

Links are not crawlable

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise House-builder.co.uk can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that House-builder.co.uk main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

house-builder.co.uk

Open Graph description is not detected on the main page of House Builder. Lack of Open Graph description can be counter-productive for their social media presence, as such a description allows converting a website homepage (or other pages) into good-looking, rich and well-structured posts, when it is being shared on Facebook and other social media. For example, adding the following code snippet into HTML <head> tag will help to represent this web page correctly in social networks: