Homes taking longer to sell this year with typical property shifting in 34 days

Homes taking longer to sell this year with typical property shifting in 34 days

Properties are taking longer to sell, typically 34 days this year, new data from Zoopla reveals. The average time to sell a property is up from 25 days in 2022. And the most popular types of home for sale this year were those with three bedrooms, the property website says.  March was the most popular … Read more

New-style retirement homes lure residents with free ice cream and table tennis for the grandkids

New-style retirement homes lure residents with free ice cream and table tennis for the grandkids

With parents facing increasing financial pressures, grandparents are taking on more childrearing duties.  This has propelled retirement developments into promoting their family-friendly facilities and activities. Research from retirement housebuilders McCarthy Stone has found that as many as four in ten grandparents and great-grandparents are taking on childcare duties to help their over-burdened children.  This includes … Read more

Make your Christmas personal this year: Monogrammed items have never been more popular

Make your Christmas personal this year: Monogrammed items have never been more popular

Monogramming is the ultimate touch of luxury – and all the rage at this time of year. It was a must-have for A-listers in years gone by. Hollywood movie legends Cary Grant and Clark Gable would meet once a year to exchange monogrammed Christmas gifts. From bedding, towels and throws to cushions, coasters and mugs … Read more

Last family on derelict estate won’t move out for less than £220K! Father-of-seven vows to stay in home the council has wanted to bulldoze for 10 years… unless they offer more cash

Last family on derelict estate won’t move out for less than £220K! Father-of-seven vows to stay in home the council has wanted to bulldoze for 10 years… unless they offer more cash

A family of seven has been forced to live alone on a derelict estate for more than a decade because of a housing row. Demonique Wilson, 55, lives in a three-bedroom house on Holcombe Close, Salford, with his wife Thabo, 45, and their five children. Salford City Council has wanted to bulldoze their home since 2009 … Read more

Star in your very own Love Actually! Pastel green mews house that was backdrop for Keira Knightley scene in festive film favourite goes up for sale in exclusive Notting Hill for £2.7m

Star in your very own Love Actually! Pastel green mews house that was backdrop for Keira Knightley scene in festive film favourite goes up for sale in exclusive Notting Hill for £2.7m

Three-bedroom property is seen in the backdrop of memorable romantic scene By Ryan Prosser Updated: 13:47 GMT, 10 December 2023 A home which featured on Love Actually has been put on the market for £2.7million. The luxury terraced property in exclusive west London neighbourhood Notting Hill was the backdrop for a Keira Knightley scene in … Read more

My home extension had NOTHING to do with giant landslide! Neighbours at war after rubble and rocks crashed into back gardens of £325K seafront homes

My home extension had NOTHING to do with giant landslide! Neighbours at war after rubble and rocks crashed into back gardens of £325K seafront homes

Neighbours living in a seaside town are waging war over damages after a huge landslide ‘tore through’ gardens and homes. Residents living at the top and bottom of the the cliffs in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, were evacuated from their homes last week after a ‘perilous’ landslip. Aerial footage showed the scale of carnage, which … Read more

Arresting development! Former Victorian police station that was converted into a boutique hotel goes on the market for £1.85million

Arresting development! Former Victorian police station that was converted into a boutique hotel goes on the market for £1.85million

A former Victorian police station that was converted into a boutique hotel has  gone on the market for £1.85million. Alma Lodge was the site of Fulford’s first police station, built for East Riding Constabulary in 1880 and originally featured a charge-room, three cells and two dwelling houses for resident police officers.  The historic building in … Read more

Tiny beach hut on sale for £89,000 is likened to Dr Who style TARDIS as it looks bigger inside than from outdoors

Tiny beach hut on sale for £89,000 is likened to Dr Who style TARDIS as it looks bigger inside than from outdoors

By John James Updated: 16:41 GMT, 4 December 2023 A tiny beach hut is being sold in Essex for £89,000, despite being incredibly small it is filled with essentials like a mini Dr Who style TARDIS. Inside the hut there is a large hob, a portable heater, a table to dine at and plenty of … Read more

Idyllic house at Britain’s tallest waterfall complete with its own tearoom and campsite goes up for sale for £950,000

Idyllic house at Britain’s tallest waterfall complete with its own tearoom and campsite goes up for sale for £950,000

An idyllic house at Britain’s tallest waterfall is up for sale for £950,000 – and comes with its own tearoom and campsite. Tan-y-Pistyll – or little house under the waterfall – sits at the 240 feet-high Pistyll Rhaeadr falls in the Berwyn Mountains in Wales, west of Oswestry. But prospective buyers will get more than just a quaint detached … Read more

Millionaire, 45, who spent £13.5m on ‘world’s most expensive bungalow’ in Sandbanks now wants to demolish it as he reveals plans to build an eco-friendly home in its place that will ‘set a benchmark’ for posh neighbourhood

Millionaire, 45, who spent £13.5m on ‘world’s most expensive bungalow’ in Sandbanks now wants to demolish it as he reveals plans to build an eco-friendly home in its place that will ‘set a benchmark’ for posh neighbourhood

A millionaire who splashed out £13.5m on the most expensive house on Sandbanks now wants to demolish it. Tom Glanfield set a record for the price paid for a property on the exclusive Dorset peninsula when he bought the 117-year-old bungalow in March. But the 45-year-old will now flatten the colonial-style property that occupies the … Read more