All news on the topic: Housing

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Couple’s dream home becomes a nightmare as walls 'crumbling' with damp and mould
Josh Bullivant claims he has tried to contact his estate agency, Lovelle, multiple times to try to get someone to come to the house to repair the issues but no-one has come
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Idyllic village has homes for £170k but you need permission to paint front door
Merseyside village Port Sunlight was founded in 1888 by industrialist William Hesketh Lever for his factory workers and today, to preserve the area, new inhabitants must follow strict aesthetic rules
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Angry neighbour makes 'passive aggressive' poster after woman touches their car
The neighbour's furious note was written in red ink and accused an old woman of touching their car among other offences, with their method of getting in touch dividing opinion online
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Couple make snap '10-minute decision' on house and turn it into dream home
Amy Wright, 24, and partner David Lavery, 25, were forced to make a snap decision on buying their first home but have turned it into a gorgeous dream pad
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Rishi Sunak accused of 'eco own goal' as plans for £230m 'green town' scrapped
The government has scrapped plans for the UK's largest net zero town, which would have been located around five miles outside of Oxford, with the scrapping of the plans condemned as an eco own goal
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'We live under a busy motorway - it's not for everyone but we love it'
Mums Joanna Care and Gabrielle Gillings from Port Talbot in Wales explain why they enjoy living under a 45ft high flyover
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Boy, 6, eggs houses for TikTok - and homeowners even give him permission
Jason Knight regularly films his six-year-old son Jack egging people's houses and then posts the videos on TikTok, where some people support them and others criticise him
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Savvy mum turns abandoned home into dream family haven for less than £11,000
Hairdresser Rebecca Rutland, 36, bought a run-down home in February 2016 alongside her husband with the intention of creating their dream home while on a budget
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'We bought a 'one euro' townhouse - and transformed it into £160k holiday home'
Massoud Ahmadi, 70, and his wife Shelley, 60, bought an abandoned 18th century townhouse for just £8,400 - and renovated the property into a dream getaway within their three year deadline
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'Time warp' three-bedroom bungalow where 1970s furnishings have been kept intact
A spacious property in North London has gone on the market for £925,000, but the new owners will need to spend extra money as the whole bungalow needs to be refurbished
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House hunters find 'Harry Potter' child's bedroom with toilet underneath stairs
Puzzled commenters have asked why a children's bedroom appears to have been set up in the bathroom with a toilet sill exposed, as some likened the space to Harry Potter's tiny broom cupboard
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Man, 109, who still drives and feels 'perfect' enjoys unusual diet for long life
Vincent Dransfield celebrated his 109th birthday with pizza and carrot cake, surrounded by his loved ones who paid tribute to his optimism and upbeat attitude during his long life
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Moment landlord breaks through tenant's front door with a saw in terrifying clip
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Dr Muhammed Raheel said he, his wife and two daughters are living in fear after his landlord tried to break into his home twice in a row over unpaid rent
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Police didn't respond to 2,000 anti-social behaviour calls a day last year
In 2020 alone, 860,000 incidents of anti-social behaviour went unattended by a police officer, according to the figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats
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Fed-up bloke wraps neighbour's car in cellophane after they blocked his drive
The fed-up homeowner went to extreme measures to pull off the hilarious prank after one of his neighbour left their parked their car right outside his family's home
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Easy renovations for renters that won't make you miss out on your deposit
You might feel stuck with your beige rental property thanks to landlord restrictions but there's plenty to be done to make it a home with your personal taste shining through
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'I'm fuming after council made me paint my pink front door, it's disappointing'
Miranda Dickson, 29, inherited her three-storey Georgian house in Edinburgh from her parents and over the Covid lockdown decided to give it a major revamp - but not everyone was pleased
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House on the market for £275,000 - but you only get a single room
A three-bedroom house in affluent Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, appears to have tempted many house hunters by its overall appeal but it has one room that is putting people off
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Horror as one-bed flat goes on sale for £3.5million but it's quickly clear why
A one-bed flat in Islington, London, went up on Zoopla for an asking price of £3.5million, with home hunters flabbergasted before estate agents realised their mistake
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Bedsit to rent in posh London suburb for £1,240 - but it's missing key feature
A bedsit in Bayswater, west London where the average price is £1.4million, is available to rent for £1,240 a month, but there is a hidden catch as it is missing a key feature
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310,000 children forced to share beds with parents or siblings in cramped homes
A new report by the National Housing Federation lays bare the extent of the chronic social housing shortage, with families forced to share beds, parents sleeping in kitchens or hallways, and children left without space to do their homework
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One dead and five injured after parking garage collapses on top of cars
A parking garage in lower Manhattan's Financial District has at least 'partially collapsed' - killing one and injuring several others - and nearby buildings have been evacuated
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Three-bed 1950s timewarp property after couple's incredible transformation
A charming home described by a family as 'the sweetest 1950s timewarp' is now back on the market for almost double the value six years on, after being given a modern transformation
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Inside UK's 'narrowest house' that's got more storage than one twice the size
Eagle-eyed house hunters are fascinated by a £300,000 property in Bristol that's possibly one of Britain's narrowest - but uses the space better than bigger homes
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King has built a fortune from bricks and mortar and by becoming a major landlord
The King's most valuable assets are Sandringham and Balmoral, but over the years he also become a major landlord, building sustainable housing developments around England