Property

Ever thought about what your ideal home would look like? Two fifths of us desire a custom-built house, but what would it look like? According to a survey by GoCompare Mortgages, it’s an ‘eco-minimalist’ detached home with three bedrooms and a modest, medium-sized garden. The results also revealed that 90 per cent chose to include eco-friendly features – with solar panels leading the way with 59 per cent. For the garden, 24 per cent preferred it to be fuss free....

A 15th century mansion with some of the best views in the UK is up for sale for only the third time in history - for £3 MILLION. Historic Harlyn House was the property of one family for over 400 years and was only sold for the first time in 1856 and then again in 1947. The Grade II-listed property stands in five acres near Padstow, Cornwall and boasts breathtaking views of nearby Constantine Bay. It has 31 rooms, 10,000sq...

A home at the centre of one of London's biggest planning controversies has been put on the market for £25 million - complete with a giant hole in the garden. On the face of it the Grade II listed Georgian home, on Brompton Square, in Knightsbridge, has just about everything a wealthy buyer looks for in Prime Central London. It has a sought-after address, boasts one of the area's largest private gardens and has the potential to be turned into...

Do you like the world of building, and do you want to be up-to-date on all these kind of news? Do you have a construction company and you must keep up-dated on all innovations? Is this issue a big interest for you? Discover here all you need to know about concrete block machines, as well as how to find the best ones in today´s market at the most affordable prices. The world has changed in recent times, and with has...

It’s commonly assumed that a guard dog can help secure your home against intruders, but it’s becoming more common for pets themselves to be the target for thieves making an attempt to enter your home. Figures collected by Blue Cross from police forces across the UK show 40% more pets were reported stolen in 2014 compared to 2012. During 2016, the BBC reported a 22% rise in dog theft across England and Wales; that’s around 5000 dogs stolen in the...

In the five years since the 2012 Olympics Stratford has managed to achieve something very few hosts before could; it has become an area of lasting transformation and a focal point for the emergence of East London as a cultural, residential, retail and employment hub. What was once a  brownfield site is now a vibrant residential and business area of London with the area going from strength to strength since The Who brought the Olympics to a close in 2012, but it could...

An ultra-wealthy sheikh has bought two apartments worth £25million next to Harrods - the highest value flat sale in Knightsbridge for more than two years. The family from the Sultanate of Oman have snapped up two period properties so they can be within walking distance of the world-famous department store. Both flats, which are refurbished and dressed to the highest standard, are located in grand period buildings a 10-minute walk from each other. The first is a 6,000 sq ft...

House-hunters could snap up this three storey property for as little as £35,000 but it comes with a catch - as there's a TREE growing through the middle of it. The neglected building in King Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, has been sitting empty since it closed its doors as a funeral parlour ten years ago. Since then a sprawling tree has been growing on the top floor of the property and branches and leaves now spill out of the window. Developers...

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s original River Cottage has been put up for sale - as part of a £7 MILLION country estate. The chef became a hit on TV screens when he moved from London to the quaint Dorset property in 1998. Millions of viewers tuned in to watch him experience the ups and downs as a smallholder, raising pigs and chickens and growing vegetables at River Cottage. As a result of the show’s success, he soon bought his own farm and...