Saving energy, like recycling waste, is one of those good habits which people acquire, but all too often lose. We tend to get our lofts insulated and turn off electrical appliances we are not using, then fall back into our bad old ways – and end up with inflated energy bills. It should not be […]
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There’s a reason I don’t have more things: I think most objects are ugly
The process of moving flat has got me thinking in cumulative numbers. “12,045 days” I mutter to myself while lying on a mattress in a shop (the amount of time we spend in bed during our lives), or “£16,000” as I peruse the steam cleaners (the money I would save over my lifetime if I cut out the dry cleaners).
And now I have another: two (the amount of large laundry bags needed to contain every single thing I own).
Continue reading...There’s a reason I don’t have more things: I think most objects are ugly
The process of moving flat has got me thinking in cumulative numbers. “12,045 days” I mutter to myself while lying on a mattress in a shop (the amount of time we spend in bed during our lives), or “£16,000” as I peruse the steam cleaners (the money I would save over my lifetime if I cut out the dry cleaners).
And now I have another: two (the amount of large laundry bags needed to contain every single thing I own).
Continue reading...Average price of a home tops £250,000 but Halifax says market will slow due to Covid controls and weaker economy
UK house prices rose at the fastest annual rate in more than four years in October but the mortgage lender Halifax said the market would slow over the coming months because of new coronavirus lockdown rules and a weaker economic backdrop.
Halifax, which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, said in October the average price of a home topped £250,000 for the first time, with prices up 7.5% compared with a year earlier. It was the strongest rate of annual growth since June 2016.
Continue reading...From the former London headquarters of the Naafi to the home of an aeroplane manufacturer
Continue reading...Although most properties in the UK are not at risk of flooding, millions are, even in areas that are not immediately waterside. When parts of the country are devastated by floods and the news is dominated by pictures of unfortunate homeowners mopping up their basements, the natural human reaction is to think, ‘That could have […]
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