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Mistakes to avoid when moving to a new house

Moving to a new house is no easy feat. It is a lot . Sometimes we might look at our home and think, “Easy peasy!” “Couple of pans here, a few books there, and we will be done in no time,” only to find out that ‘no time’ actually means several hours on one small section of the house, while you painstakingly wrap everything up and are covered in tape.

Whether this is your first time...

The cost of heating lookalike buildings from stately homes around the UK

How much it costs to heat Bridgerton and The Crown lookalike palaces

Following a year where Brits have spent lots of time at home, a quarter have admitted to being worried about having spent too much on our bills* over the past few months.

With Bridgerton and The Crown two of the most popular shows on Netflix over this period, new research has revealed the cost of heating lookalike buildings from stately homes around the UK.

The research by...

Office space at home

Six ways to make your small home feel bigger

If you’ve spent the last few months in a small city flatshare, or you’ve set up an office in the box room of the house, you’ll know that the struggle to make a tiny space feel bigger is real.

No matter how many times you move the furniture around, tidy your desk or fiddle with the placement of your houseplants, your workspace still feels frustratingly claustrophobic to the point...

Would you pay almost £1,000 to spend the night at a Miracle on 34th Street house?

A leading holiday rental marketplace has used its internal price data to calculate the per night cost to let homes featured in some of the most iconic Christmas films.

Taking into account location, square footage and facilities such as the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, Snaptrip have calculated the per night cost to rent each property.

Properties featured on the list...

House or flat? The pros and cons of different domestic dwellings

Here’s how to tell if you would suit a two-up two-down, or if you would be better served by four side-to-side.

It may seem hard to believe, given the high-rise apartment blocks now dominating so many city centres, but the British Isles still has the highest percentage of house-living anywhere in Europe.

According to figures from the European Commission, in Spain, Germany and...

How to stay safe in heavy rain and flooding

Cancel your garden parties and load up on sandbags.

It’s been a funny old summer, to say the least.

Record-setting heat has cooked the European continent, interspersed with cracks of forked lightning flashing across the sky. Now a set of storm warnings bring the latest twist in the tale, predicting torrential rain and possible flooding in some parks of the UK.

Here’...

Selling a property for the first time? Here’s what you need to know

Before the autumn selling season begins, here’s how to boost your chances as a first-time seller.

For first-time buyers, getting on the property ladder can be a steep learning curve. But what if you’ve already bought your first home and you’re now looking to sell for the first time?

Just like buying a first home, the experience of being a first-time seller can also have its...

10 property pitfalls which could scupper a house sale

Tackling potential problems before they become a stumbling block is always a good idea.

Buying and selling a home can be a stressful process at the best of times. But some drawbacks with a property could make potential buyers completely lose interest and sabotage a sale altogether .

Being as prepared as possible always helps, so it’s important to be aware of the aspects of...