Garage conversions tips: More homeowners are opting to do it – is it wise?
Susi Prudence, a 39-year-old copywriter from Maidstone, converted half of her double garage in her new-build house into a bar.
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Historic mansion where Kray twins lived as boys to avoid German bombs in World War Two hits the market for £2million
The grand red-brick property in a small peaceful market town was one of many used to house families fleeing from London as it was pounded by German bombers in the…
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The 14 things making you kitchen look cheap and tacky – ESPECIALLY where you keep your wine – according to top design experts
The kitchen is often the heart of the home - a space to cook, eat, work and chat. Because of its multi-functional role, it's easy to put the kitsch into…
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Imposing ‘Game of Thrones castle’ that was used as the location for Riverrun and besieged by Jaime Lannister in the hit show goes on sale for £675k
The imposing Gosford Castle in Northern Ireland that was used as the location for Riverrun in two seasons of the hit show Game of Thrones can be bought by one…
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I can’t sell my £1million farmhouse thanks to blundering council which has knocked £600,000 off its value
Andrew Ewart-James, 78, bought Home Farm in the Gloucestershire village of South Woodchester in 1977 - and now opens his door to be confronted with scaffolding.
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I’m living the Bulgarian retirement dream: We have TWO homes, get better healthcare, enjoy hot summers and ski in the winter… all for an incredibly cheap cost of living
We saw a piece about Bulgaria on A Place in the Sun, the TV series about Brits moving overseas. Weeks later, we set off to buy our first house there.…
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Our house, in the middle of MY street! Entire road of seven homes goes on auction for just £360k… but there’s a catch
Seven terraced houses on Garden Street in Edentown, Carlisle, Cumbria, are being advertised online for a guide price of £360,000 but they are in various states of disrepair.
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Down the rabbit hole! Couple who spent £1m and three years transforming a rundown hotel into Alice in Wonderland-themed guesthouse will raffle it off for a fiver
Eccentric couple, Gary and Dee (Pictured), who transformed their dilapidated hotel into a wonderland even Alice would envy, are raffling it off for only five pounds.
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We were kicked out of our dream homes because they were ‘too unsafe’ – now our properties have been left to rot in a ghost town beset with vandals
Pensioners who were kicked out of their 'dream homes' deemed unliveable are furious after their former properties were left to rot as part of a 'ghost town' in Greater Manchester.
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Beach hut the size of a garden shed which cannot be slept in and has a tiny kitchenette inside goes up for sale for £110,000
The wooden cabin is 6ft wide by 13ft long and would not look out of place in a suburban back garden
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