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Flooding is getting worse - but a £10 fix can save your home
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (909+ words) It has rained non-stop for six weeks in some parts of the UK - and there is more to come At the time of writing, Cardinham in Cornwall and North Wyke in Devon have seen 41 consecutive days of rain. They are…...
Families pressured into botched home upgrades by cold callers in Pakistan
2+ day, 30+ min ago (1284+ words) Families living in deprived areas were targeted by cold callers from foreign countries who made thousands of pounds by signing them up to government-backed home upgrades UK families are being pressured by cold callers from as far away as Pakistan…...
I’ve made £2,000 from decluttering my house - how you can do it too
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (997+ words) I was only using a fifth of my wardrobe space on a regular basis and my home had become full of mini clutter mountains I do not consider myself to be an incessant shopper. I don't go out every weekend,…...
'Renting offers no security': The women in their 40s who still can't afford to buy
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (840+ words) Danielle Windecker-Hilton and Leila Moeeni are among those priced out of buying a home in the UK The high cost of buying a home in the UK has left a growing number of people in their forties locked into long-term…...
I had a £24,000 repair bill on my leasehold flat - it wiped out my life savings
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (751+ words) Lindsey Baker had a month to come up with the money to pay for major works to her building Lindsey Baker downsized to a leasehold flat in 2014, as she thought moving to a smaller property would give her more financial…...
We built our lakeside home in the Dordogne – we’d never afford it in the UK
1+ week, 2+ day ago (23+ words) We built our lakeside home in the Dordogne " we'd never afford it in the UK'The i Paper IMPARTIAL NEWS + INTELLIGENT DEBATE...
I've made £3.5m flipping properties over seven years - this is how I do it
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1034+ words) Property developer Alex Fidoe has renovated many houses and knows better than most which tweaks truly'add value Is your Instagram full of people claiming to make money by "simply" buying and renovating old houses? Whether you're wondering if an extension…...
Lying cowboy heat-pump fitters milked millions from green scheme
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1760+ words) More than "165m worth of public money is believed to have been claimed fraudulently under the Government's ECO4 scheme Cowboy builders have been accused of forging signatures and lying to homeowners in order to defraud billpayers out of millions of pounds under…...
I'm 72 - I'm worried my small state pension won't cover my rising leasehold fees
1+ week, 6+ day ago (512+ words) Serena Laidlaw is trying to sell her flat before cladding remediation begins on her building" Serena Laidlaw, 72, feels as though she has been "hoodwinked, after the management fees on her leasehold flat have more than tripled in the past 10 years....
I bought a house with my friend. Six years on, we’re selling it for £150,000 profit
2+ week, 3+ hour ago (888+ words) Cullen Farleigh and Olamide Soyem bought their first home at 25 for "450,000, without any help from the bank of mum and dad. They only had "2,000 to renovate " and no idea what they were taking on" Down an unassuming residential street in…...