Help to buy London: the best boroughs to buy property through the scheme
L ondon today is full of tenants who can’t afford to buy the sort of place they rent. Ten years…
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022: the gardens, themes and designers to look out for this year
T ucked away behind the walls of the Royal Hospital Chelsea grounds, teams of designers, landscapers, joiners and plumbers have…
Renting in London: prime London rents soar by nearly a third to nine per cent above pre-pandemic highs
L ondon’s lopsided rental market has led rents in high-end areas like Kensington and Belgravia to surge by nearly 30…
Leaving London: ‘We swapped Crystal Palace for a Surrey village we knew very little about’
D uring the first lockdown, many of us had time to take a long, hard look at our lives. Nisha…
Tenants’ survival guide: can my landlord increase my rent, and what can I do about it?
L ondon’s dysfunctional rental market continues to pile more misery on tenants as soaring rents, low supply and the cost…
The rise of the suburbs: average house prices hit £500k in two thirds of London areas
H ouse prices have now hit at least £500,000 in two-thirds of London areas, according to new research from Savills.…
Escape from the country: Home Counties leavers driving record London rental growth
R enters leaving the Home Counties for London are driving the record pace of rental growth in the capital, according…
Bathroom interiors updates: freshen up with chic accessories and designer buys
I s your bathroom a place that style and effort forgot? Do you close the door and try to forget…
Home to kill for: 1960s London house where Jodie Comer hides in Killing Eve for sale
I t’s not only Villanelle’s wardrobe that we lust after in Killing Eve. Jodie Comer’s glamourous assassin hides out in…
Perfectly imperfect: how to find beauty in the broken with the Japanese art of kintsugi
I f it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, so the saying goes. But what if ‘it’ is a) actually broken…