2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (357+ words) UK house sellers are feeling despair - as the Iran war knocks confidence in the housing market. Lenders and banks have pulled hundreds of mortgage products within 48 hours of the outbreak of war. The mood is one of "fear and uncertainty,…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (207+ words) A couple have spent four years living in a garden shed after plans to build their "370, 000 eco-home were delayed by environmental restrictions linked to river pollution 12 miles away. Jane Coyle, 64, and her husband Anthony, 67, applied in 2020 to build a three-bedroom…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago  (201+ words) The building was constructed near the end of the 19th Century Plans have been submitted to transform a historic Willenhall social club into flats. Walsall Council has received an application for the redevelopment of the former Willenhall and District Workers Social…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (179+ words) Plans to convert a former Walsall dancehall into three flats have been refused. Applicants Simviraj Ltd wanted to transform The Lost Lounge, which is based on the first floor of the historic Victorian Arcade shopping centre, into three separate apartments....

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (370+ words) UK households risk having to tear down garden rooms - after falling foul of strict council rules. A household in Kent says it is being told to tear down a "80, 000 garden room by the local authority because it is 10m out of…...

2+ week, 16+ hour ago  (205+ words) The key details as dad quits job so he wouldn't 'miss his kids growing up'Birmingham Live A Stourbridge dad-of-two has swapped his demanding airport hotel management job to launch his own kitchen makeover business - all so he could spend more…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (403+ words) Andy Billage has started a new business after quitting his old 'demanding' job to spend more time with his family A busy dad-of-two swapped his demanding job managing an airport hotel to start his own business - all so he could…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (464+ words) Customers have rated the brand highly on Trustpilot. (Image: bestheating) Shoppers may not instantly consider radiators as stylish home additions, but bestheating claims it is transforming domestic heating. Gone are the days of the plain white box tucked away in…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (237+ words) Jubilee Gardens Care Centre in Smiths Wood proposed to become apartments(Image: Google Maps) A residential care home will now be turned into apartments despite a large campaign which put pressure on planners to refuse. Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (490+ words) A family living in a mould-infested house have spoken about the nightmare of a home they believe is killing them. Kevin Smith and his family are fighting to be rehoused after their house in Lyttelton Road, Stourbridge, was the subject…...