If you have bought a new property or are renovating your current abode, the flooring you choose to use throughout is an important consideration, as it will help set the whole feel of your home. In terms of cost, carpets often come up trumps for homeowners, but increasingly many are choosing to opt for a [...]
If you are considering renting your cottage out as a holiday home, you need to put yourself in the minds of holidaymakers and then attempt to create the attractive and comfortable home that you think they will like. Letting out your property in this way can be a lucrative business when you do it well, [...]
Property repossessions will rise by around seven per cent in 2012 before beginning to fall back again in 2013, according to financial outsourcing firm HML. Drawn from an analysis of 800,000 mortgage accounts, the company predicted that Northern Ireland will see the highest rate of repossessions in the country, while the south-east of England will [...]
More and more Brits could be in search of specialist house insurance in line with new research that has revealed that the number of new buy-to-let loans has increased by an encouraging 16 per cent in the third quarter of this year. The figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) showed that the value [...]
Property investors in the UK may find it’s best to turn to apartments such as those from Morgans City Living in the near future, as the cost of housing continues to fall without any sign that it will slow for quite some time. This seems to be the natural conclusion drawn by September data presented [...]
Ready-made blinds are generally regarded as the cheaper options when it comes to window dressing, although buying them off-the-shelf can mean you have to make significant sacrifices on fabric, print or size. For the ambitious DIY enthusiast, it maybe be possible to customise ready-made blinds if you are confident, but if this goes wrong you [...]
The credit crunch has led to many Brits with debt tightening their belts in an attempt to get back on top of their finances, but some have struggled to do so and have found themselves falling further and further into debt. You may be one of these people or alternatively you may have lost your [...]
Selling a home can be a drawn-out and stressful experience, but here is a simple guide to the selling process to ensure that yours runs as smoothly as possible: Choose your estate agent or property buyer An estate agent will work on your behalf to secure the sale of your home. They work on commission, [...]
