No one is suggesting that buying a house or flat should be akin to acquiring a carpet in a Moroccan souk. But haggling is now perfectly normal in both cases, especially when the property market continues to cool. After all, as many as one in ten home sellers is reducing the asking price within 30 … Read more
The property offer sweet spot! The optimal number of days a home needs to be on the market to get the best price from its sale Homes for sale achieve the maximum price on day nine of being on the market After one month, a property typically sees the asking price drop by £3,200 The … Read more
Sea views… and very little else! Tiny ramshackle beach hut perched above Devon shoreline hits the market – for nearly £30,000 The ramshackle hut, no bigger than a bathroom, is located at Westward Ho! It offers stunning sea views with an asking price of £29,500 but not much else By Lauren Haughey Published: 14:19 GMT, … Read more
The leaning tower of Rotherhithe! Solitary London four-storey, 3.5-metre wide home on the Thames riverbank sells for £1.5million By Olivia Jones For Mailonline Published: 19:09 GMT, 3 March 2023 | Updated: 00:50 GMT, 4 March 2023 A tall white house known locally as the ‘leaning tower of Rotherhithe’ has sold for £1.5million. The property stands … Read more
Official figures reveal slowest January in a decade for property sales, as homebuyers believe house prices will see ‘substantial falls’ this year Homebuyers adopt a ‘wait and see approach’ as they anticipate price falls HMRC says sales down 27% from December 2022 to January 2023 to hit 77,390 January property sales drop is the slowest … Read more
The leaning tower of Rotherhithe! Solitary London four-storey house right on the bank of the Thames is up for grabs for £1.5million The tall white house is known locally as the ‘leaning tower of Rotherhithe’ The South East London property is on the banks of the River Thames It has had the same owners for … Read more
An artist who lives in a floating caravan has won a court fight to prove her ‘dream home’ is not a boat – after being threatened with eviction. Janet Jaffe’s property, which she moved into in 2017, consists of a caravan sitting atop a specially constructed platform in a flooded former gravel pit at Hartford Marina … Read more
Mother-of-two, 48, loses battle with officials after painting the front door of her Georgian home pink – and must now change it to ‘an appropriate dark and muted colour’ Miranda Dickson, 48, of Edinburgh, faces a £20,000 fine if door isn’t re-painted She was told the door was ‘not in keeping with the historic character’ … Read more
Homeowner, 53, is ordered to rip out the £4,000 ‘high quality’ gates he installed on luxury barn conversion as the design is ‘clearly domestic’ and does not ‘reflect the rural character of the area’ David Holman, 53, installed gates at his home in Croesyceiliog, Monmouthshire But locals objected and planning officials have ordered for them to … Read more
A group of determined staycationers left New Year’s Eve parties early and queued for up to 30 hours in the cold to secure sought-after beach hut holidays. The huts became available to book at 8am today but staff arrived at the beach shop on New Year’s Day morning to find as many as six people … Read more
House prices could fall by as much as 8 per cent next year, after the property market enjoyed some of the biggest increases on record. Average values rose by nearly £55,000 between March 2020 and August of this year, according to Halifax. But it said that the housing market will now ‘rebalance’ amid a more … Read more
The capital is back! London is most searched location among house hunters after pandemic saw buyers shun cities for the countryside and seaside The capital was the most searched for location on Rightmove this year Pandemic trend for rural and seaside homes reverses as buyers look to London London had 36% more buyer searches than … Read more
The bathroom is a place to soak, steam, and luxuriate. It’s not a space we think of as packed with gadgets. But the latest appliances are now creeping into this previously tech-free zone. Faye Young, senior designer with Ripples bathroom design, says: ‘Having technology in the bathroom, such as controllable mood lighting and music, helps … Read more