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£15,000: move house or improve?

£15,000: move house or improve?

Changing address can use most of a £15,000 allowance before you buy a dearer house. Could improving the home you have solve the problem instead?

Nov 1, 2026

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5 min read

Homeowner-25th-October

Homeowner-25th-October

Inside a maximalist London flat, plus the renovation costs that deserve a second look.

Oct 25, 2026

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2 min read

The kitchen table worth making room for

The kitchen table worth making room for

An inherited table in a Bristol kitchen shows how much a proper seat can change a corner. The decision starts with where you would like to sit, then works back to the cupboards.

Oct 22, 2026

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3 min read

The 50m2 flat that refuses to be minimal

The 50m2 flat that refuses to be minimal

Dark walls, gold screens and a cabinet that doubles as a headboard give Gergei Erdei’s small Bloomsbury home a generous sense of occasion.

Oct 22, 2026

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3 min read

The hallway that finally feels part of the home

The hallway that finally feels part of the home

A real Cardiff before-and-after shows what happens when colour and storage are considered together. A narrower London hall offers a different answer to the same everyday problem.

Oct 22, 2026

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3 min read

£353,050 before VAT: what a flexible London terrace renovation actually cost

£353,050 before VAT: what a flexible London terrace renovation actually cost

A timber-and-glass screen and a burgundy kitchen pod make this Hackney home distinctive. Its reported build figure, and a separately published kitchen price, show why a renovation budget needs more than one impressive number.

Oct 22, 2026

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4 min read

The old MOT garage that became a light-filled family house

The old MOT garage that became a light-filled family house

At the Coach House in East Dulwich, a courtyard gives daily life an outdoor edge. A separate pocket of light at the rear reveals the more useful idea: every room need not face the same way.

Oct 22, 2026

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3 min read

A downstairs loo with the confidence of a whole room

A downstairs loo with the confidence of a whole room

A patterned wall is only part of the picture. Three English cloakrooms show how the basin, floor, mirror and doorway view can make a small space feel properly considered.

Oct 22, 2026

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3 min read

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