There are barn conversions and then there’s this – a dream countryside home to raise a family which is also just minutes from town. Woodlands Barn was converted in 1995 and though the interiors were dated by the time its current owners bought it 10 years ago, it since been brought right into the 21st […]
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If you love the sea but don’t fancy living on a boat, this clifftop cottage is the next best thing. Perched above the waves of the English Channel on the South Devon coast, 4 Mildmay Cottages has views across Start Bay from Dartmouth headland to Start Lighthouse. It is for sale at £250,000 and is […]
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Flat owners in Express building have launched a tribunal in service charge dispute
Residents in one of Manchester’s most famous buildings have been given a month to pay thousands of pounds in service charges, in what an MP said was an “egregious example of leaseholder abuse”.
Flat owners in the Grade II-listed Express building were ordered to pay £7,000 in just 28 days on 19 and 20 February and now have just over two weeks before the charge is due.
Continue reading...Whether you are a tenant or a landlord, read this guide to understand how these compulsory schemes operate Few things have caused more ill feeling between landlords and tenants over the years than deposits. In the bad old days, some landlords would demand a hefty deposit from tenants, then return only a fraction of the […]
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Tiny houses are pitched as an alternative path to home ownership but for urban Australians, there’s a big reality check
A pair of retirees walk gingerly up a flight of wooden stairs to inspect a loft bed; a young family with their newborn enter a tiny cylindrical house adorned with hand-painted flowers; a 10-year-old boy runs around a cabin, eagerly opening and closing cupboards to discover nothing but air.
Over the weekend, more than 8,000 people visited St Ives Showground to take part in Sydney’s inaugural Tiny Homes Carnival. On Saturday morning, as the mud started to dry from the past week’s downpour herds of punters queued eagerly to explore one of 15 tiny homes lining the showground’s perimeter.
Continue reading...Tiny houses are pitched as an alternative path to home ownership but for urban Australians, there’s a big reality check
A pair of retirees walk gingerly up a flight of wooden stairs to inspect a loft bed; a young family with their newborn enter a tiny cylindrical house adorned with hand-painted flowers; a 10-year-old boy runs around a cabin, eagerly opening and closing cupboards to discover nothing but air.
Over the weekend, more than 8,000 people visited St Ives Showground to take part in Sydney’s inaugural Tiny Homes Carnival. On Saturday morning, as the mud started to dry from the past week’s downpour herds of punters queued eagerly to explore one of 15 tiny homes lining the showground’s perimeter.
Continue reading...I’m also wondering how to make sure my children are going to be OK if I should die
Q My partner is about to move in with me and is contributing £10,000 from the sale of his flat. I however already have a hefty equity of around £210,000. The property is worth around £330,000.
When he moves in I am going to put him on to the mortgage and then we will immediately re-mortgage to pay for home improvements of around £70,000. We will then have a total mortgage of around £160,000 which we will be paying off jointly in 50-50 payments. What is the fairest way to divide up the shares in the house as tenants in common? Also, I have two children from a previous relationship (he has no children), so what would happen to their inheritance if I died? Do I need a life insurance policy? I’m finding it all very confusing and would appreciate your help.
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