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If you’re renting your property, why stop there? We take a look at what other items you can rent as a tenant. Whether it’s haute couture clothes, the latest tech or the must-have interior design trends, renting instead of buying has an added ethical bonus too

What a month July was! The bizarreness of the post-pandemic property market rests on a bit of a paradox. Homes cost more than they ever have before. But they have also never been cheaper to buy.

We should be more than three-quarters of the way to being carbon net zero by 2050 and helping us to achieve this milestone is a change to the availability of halogen light bulbs. 

One of the biggest decisions you will make when you sell your home is choosing the right estate agent to get your house sold.  There is a wealth of choice, from high-street estate agents to those working online; from big national companies to well established local independent estate agents, such as ourselves.

Getting planning permission for work on a property you are looking to sell may sound counterintuitive but it could have its advantages. We look at whether obtaining planning permission can make a property more alluring to would-be buyers and add value to your home in our Q&A blog.

Deciding to add a form of shade to your garden can prolong the amount of time you can sit outside comfortably – and provide somewhere to entertain even if there’s a sharp summer downpour. What type of shade you opt for will depend on your aim, approach to building work and budget.

While signing tenants up for more than 12 months sounds like a good way to guarantee rental income, what happens if the landlord needs to sell their property?

Even if you’re not a fan of following interior fads, Covid has forced many of us to entertain outside, and friluftsliv can also reduce stress and boost wellbeing, so why stay inside?

So, here we are at the halfway point in the year! The Government delayed the full lifting of Covid restrictions on the 21st June, which will have been disappointing for the hospitality and travel industries in particular, but the vaccine roll out continues at pace and the England football team are allowing us to dream once more that it might be coming home for the first time since 1966!

What is a travel agent’s loss may be the property industry’s gain, as more Brits look to buy and sell in the traditionally quieter summer months. There are a number of reasons why 2021 is different, so if you’re sitting on the fence over the matter of selling your property, read on.

Some parents may have to adapt their grown-up interior style to accommodate small people – especially leading up to when babies start crawling and walking. We bring you our quick guide to baby proofing a new home, bearing in mind that small people are quick, inquisitive and unpredictable.

If your first night involves a take-away and a bottle of wine that your new neighbours gifted you, you may wake up the next morning to bare cupboards and an awareness of what you took for granted when living in the family home. Here’s our guide to your first shop.