The smell of fresh bread and a spacious garden may help to lure buyers in, but pet smells, noisy neighbours and a bad phone signal are among the many things that will actually put people off. Hammonds ...

Persimmon Homes is in the headlines again, slammed as the worst housebuilder in ratings by people buying their homes. The recent revelation was part of a Dispatches investigation into the company ...

Don’t you wish your home was truly efficient and ‘smart’? The current vision of the smart home is a collection of networked devices, operating essentially independently with a different app for each ...

Despite winter being celebrated as the most wonderful time of the year, it brings about many challenges for homeowners. From boilers breaking to mould growth, the problems in winter can be endless and ...

Most homeowners walk past the same spots every day without noticing what’s quietly breaking down. A house doesn’t usually fall apart overnight. It happens in slow motion through small problems that ...

FORGET gazumping and mortgages, arriving at a new home to find a mess is a more common problem for modern day movers, according to consumer watchdogs. Turning up with the removal men to discover left ...

The smell of fresh bread and a spacious garden may help to lure buyers in, but pet smells, noisy neighbours and a bad phone signal are among the many things that will actually put people off. Hammonds ...