These are the new “lifestyle-focused” rental properties in Wembley Park

120 new lifestyle-focused rental properties will soon to ready to lease at the Wembley Park development - and you'll want to get your hands on them. The park is set to become the largest single-site purpose built Build to Rent development on a single site anywhere in the UK with 5,000 new homes. And now new lifestyle apartments are being launched with a red carpet perks package. The 120 rental homes in the brand new Alto building at Wembley Park...

A property in Glasgow has been paid for using method of payment never used in Britain

A flat in Glasgow has become the first property in the country to be paid for using a digital currency. Peter McGowan purchased the two-bedroom apartment for 10 million Scotcoins, the equivalent of £60,000. He bought the flat from his friend and business colleague David Low, who owns Scotcoin's intellectual property. The businessmen met more than 20 years ago when Low, the prime mover in Fergus McCann's takeover of Celtic Football Club, fronted a Celtic roadshow in Corby. Both McGowan...

These are some of the bizarre security hacks being adopted by Brits

Leaving dirty dishes in the kitchen and posting social media updates hinting the house is occupied are amongst the most common home security hacks adopted by Brits. Researchers also found other savvy holidaymakers allow neighbours to park on their driveway, and put the recycling out for them on bin day. Other tactics include putting paperwork which has personal information on out of sight, and hiding smaller, easy-to-steal items such as jewellery. It also emerged the more creative among us even...

1 in 10 UK adults own a second home – while 4 in 10 own no property at all

Britain is becoming a nation of haves and have nots after new research revealed one in ten UK adults now own a second property while four in ten own no property at all. Last week we reported that empty property numbers have risen to their highest level in 20 years in Britain despite the number of homelessness increasing. But it would seem that our property market is being skewed across the board. According to research carried out by the Resolution Foundation 5.2...

London Landlords Need to Professionalise, Says Top Letting Agent

After the Grenfell tower disaster that claimed at least 80 lives, shocking new details have emerged of the health and safety conditions of private rented homes in London and around the country. Now, one leading letting agent in the capital has urged landlords to improve their professional standards, saying many rental properties are just not up to standard. A total of 1.4 million rented flats and houses in Britain today — housing millions of people — pose a health and...

How to Sell your UK Home Quickly

Selling a property isn’t something that everyone has the privilege of experiencing. For many, house sales can drag on for extended periods of time, and hopelessness can really begin taking its toll on you. When selling a home or apartment in London, however, you will generally have several people eagerly approach you within days of having put your property on the market. The Positioning of Your Home While everyone needs a place to live, the reality of selling your house...

Renter’s fees are still alive and well in London – Believe me

For renters in London there are only two certainties in life; you're destined to always pay someone else's mortgage and you will pay extortionate sums for the privilege of doing so. Just months after the government announced new measures to provide a fairer deal for renters by banning unfair letting agent fees it's clear to see cowboy estate agents are still thriving in the capital. Castle Estates, a small outfit based in Wandsworth, join a host of other low-key businesses who...

Watch – One of last castles in England surrounded by own moat on market for £5 million 

One of the last castles in England that is surrounded by a moat is on the market for an eye-watering £5 million - £2 million more than its original price tag. Caverswall Castle is a stunning Grade I listed pile which was built in the late 13th century on the site on an Anglo-Saxon manor. Controversial property tycoon Robin MacDonald, 46, bought the crumbling ruin near Stoke-on-Trent, for £1.7 million in 2006. Historic picture of Caverswall Castle near Stoke-on-Trent in...

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