Deciding to quit the city and set up home in the countryside has become a bigger priority for some people due to the lockdown. Those in cities who have spent weeks indoors without access to green open spaces may be, understandably, keen to make imminent changes to their living arrangements. But if working from home … Read more
You may be missing the summer party and festival scene this summer, as the majority of events have been cancelled due to coronavirus. But a festival doesn’t just mean standing in front of a stage with a big crowd, and can equally be about relaxing and getting comfortable with friends and family while enjoying barbecue … Read more
Scarcely two weeks since the housing market began emerging from lockdown and buyers are out in force. Well, not, perhaps, literally but there’s been a spike in online viewings and estate agents have begun to unfurlough staff. Rightmove enjoyed 5.3 million visits to its website in just one day last week, up 4 per cent … Read more
The reopening of the housing market has led to a surge in pent-up demand after the lockdown, new figures suggest. Demand exceeds the levels seen before the beginning of the lockdown in March, according to property website Zoopla. It said demand was 20 per cent higher in the week following the reopening of the housing … Read more
One of the big casualties of the pandemic could be gym memberships. This is not so much because it will be hard to keep gym equipment clean, but because millions of us have got used to working out at home or in our local parks for free. This trend is likely to continue when you … Read more
The housing market has only just reopened after the coronavirus lockdown and it appears buyers are changing their views about where they want to live. Countryside locations with large gardens and additional indoor space are top of the list of preferences after being told to spend so many weeks at home. A recent survey by … Read more
The ‘real’ Albert Square! Victorian terrace on the road that inspired the Eastenders set is listed for £1.5m Four-bed house for sale is in Fassett Square in London’s fashionable Hackney Fassett Square was the inspiration behind Albert Square in TV soap Eastenders The Victorian terrace is for sale for £1.5m via estate agents Savills By … Read more
We found a property before coronavirus that we like. We want to put an offer in now the housing market has reopened but we are confused as to what level to go in at. We are reading that prices will come down this year, and don’t want to pay too much. But we don’t want … Read more
The Chelsea Flower Show may not be going ahead this year, but we’ve hand-picked some attractive properties for sale with outdoor space that could easily be described as best in show. The five-day Royal Horticultural Society show has been cancelled for the first time since the Second World War and will instead be held as … Read more
Moving house is a favourite spring pastime and some of us are now free to start the hunt for a new home to buy or rent, following the re-opening of the property market. About 373,000 property sales worth some £82 billion were put on hold during the lockdown. The early response has been enthusiastic, but … Read more
Escape to the Chateau… for real! Win the perfect post-lockdown stay at Dick and Angel’s home as they launch competition ahead of new TV show Win a chance to stay at Dick and Angel Strawbridge’s chateau in France Their home has been at the centre of their TV show Escape to the Chateau The prize … Read more
Joint effort: Completing a jigsaw by Wentworth Wooden Puzzles, which can be framed, inset Piece by piece we’re trying to make sense of our lives during the lockdown, hoping that a clear picture will emerge by the end of it. But that’s nothing new for dissectologists — as jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts are known – who … Read more
A real tear-jerker! Family home that played a leading role in a John Lewis Christmas ad is listed for £2.8m and has an entire floor dedicated to a classroom The £2.8m family home in Surrey’s Kingston-Upon-Thames featured in John Lewis’s 2014 Christmas advert The advert showed an inseparable boy and a penguin playing hide-and-seek together … Read more