Homes & Gardens

Spring Plumbing Checks: Why March is Critical for Homeowners

March arrives, and most homeowners think about gardens. They plan which flowers to plant. They check whether the lawn survived winter. They rarely think about what winter does to their plumbing system.

That's a mistake.

Winter stresses pipes. Cold temperatures, freeze-thaw cycles, and shifting ground place enormous strain on the systems carrying water through your home. Spring is when these stresses reveal themselves. A pipe that survived January might fail in March. A joint that held all winter might suddenly leak. Hidden damage becomes visible.

The question...

Full story

How do Purplebricks make money?

Unlike conventional estate agents who tend to have bricks-and-mortar offices on the high street, Purplebricks has a very different business model. Put simply, Purplebricks is an online offering that markets properties to would-be buyers without much of the infrastructure of a traditional estate agent. Likes its main online competitors – such as Yopa, House Simple and Doorsteps, for example – this means that it does not need to charge the same amounts of money that most operators in the UK's housing market have traditional levied .

In fact, because Purplebricks does not charge a...

Selecting the right carpet is not always as easy as it may seem

Selecting the right carpeting may seem easy, but unless you know exactly what you are doing, there is a high chance that you will end up making an expensive mistake.

Whether this is the very first time that you have been given the job of selecting the carpets or you just moved to a new house, a bit of knowledge and understanding about how it all works might help you make a better selection.

Understanding the Carpet’s Function Beyond Décor

A carpet is as much about home décor as it is about insulation and cushioning. In other words, in addition to making your floors...

Wooden garages for period properties

Period properties are rarely suitable for the modern lifestyle. You can sleep in the same bedroom that’s been used for centuries, and you could fit updated appliances in an older home. However, the carriage house, if it exists, typically won’t house your car. Putting a car port next to a period house kills the aesthetics. The solution is a wooden garage. More importantly, the wooden garage can serve multiple purposes for the modern family.

The Single Bay Garage

A single bay garage gives you a sheltered place to store your car or motorcycle. It may have storage space, but...

Easy Hacks to Clean Your Bathroom Effectively

Cleaning the bathroom is another league of cleaning in comparison to the rest of the house because that is where most of the microbes and bacteria are. So it’s understandable that we are always trying to find the best products that promise to do a thorough and deep cleaning for every inch of our bathrooms.

It’s important that you have the knowledge of what it is that you can find in your bathroom and what you can do to clean it effectively. To understand more about the toxic chemicals that can be found in your cleaning agents, click here and read more about it, because harmful...

Tips for Finding Cash Buyer for Your Home Fast

If you want to sell your house quickly and are looking for a cash buyer, here's what you need to do in order to find the perfect cash buyer for your house quickly. First and foremost, it is important for you to keep in mind that not all the companies offering cash for house deals are genuine. In fact, this industry is full of scammers who are just looking to make a quick buck at the expense of homeowners in desperate situations.

If you are facing a desperate situation such as a foreclosure, divorce or problem tenants or other such things, it does not mean that you should sign a...

Redrow Homes celebrates deserving causes in Okehampton

Redrow Homes South West has supported a number of deserving causes in the Okehampton community – home to its new Romansfield development – through the creation of a fund for local organisations.

The housebuilder invited applicants to write to them and explain how they would benefit from the financial boost, and Redrow chose six organisations in the area to support with this particular fund.

In a cheque presentation ceremony held on Friday 25 October, Redrow celebrated the fantastic work of the North Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team, the Ockment Centre, the Okehampton Public...

All You Need to Know About Electrical Safety Certificates

After inspecting the electrical connections and appliances of a house, a certified electrician issues an Electrical Safety Certificate which assures that all the tools and electrical connections in the house are safe for use. This certificate ensures the landlord as well his tenants that the house is safe to live and potential dangers like a fire caused by faulty electrical wiring or appliances are minimized or reduced.

The electrical safety of the house is a worry that occupies the mind of every house-owner and tenant. Everyone knows about the potential risks that faulty or...

How to create a cleaning schedule for your home

Do you struggle to get your daily household cleaning tasks completed? Do you find yourself only completing the essential cleaning tasks and never getting around to a deep clean? Are their areas of your home that are in desperate need of some TLC, but somehow you don’t ever have the time?

If you have answered yes to any of the above, then you could do with creating a cleaning schedule that:

A. Works for you

B. You can stick to

It may seem a daunting task, but creating an effective cleaning schedule will save you time, and your sanity in the long term,...

5 Steps to take when you move house

When you move out of your rental property in Putney, you’ll be looking forward to your new chapter and where you’ll be living next. The future takes a lot of organisation, so it’s natural that you may overlook a few details about the property you’ll be vacating. To help you ensure a smooth move-out with no conflicts or problems, we’ve put together a helpful list of tips for when you move out of your Putney home.

Review your rental agreement

When you plan to move out of your rental property, the first task is to check over your rental agreement . Make sure you’re not trying...

Getting your home ready to sell: What you’ll need

They say that selling your home is one of the most stressful processes you can ever go through. Getting it ready to appeal to new viewers, looking at potential houses to buy and getting ready to move your entire life over to a new destination can certainly take its toll on your patience. Creating a checklist, therefore, is one of the easiest ways to get your ducks in a row. It will help you to know what to prioritise, and what you have left to complete. It also prevents those gut-wrenching moments when you realise you’ve forgotten to do something.

Some basic DIY

You’ve got...

Homes & Gardens

Spring Plumbing Checks: Why March is Critical for Homeowners

How do Purplebricks make money?

Selecting the right carpet is not always as easy as it may seem

Wooden garages for period properties

Easy Hacks to Clean Your Bathroom Effectively

Tips for Finding Cash Buyer for Your Home Fast

Redrow Homes celebrates deserving causes in Okehampton

All You Need to Know About Electrical Safety Certificates

How to create a cleaning schedule for your home

5 Steps to take when you move house

Getting your home ready to sell: What you’ll need

It's your Daily

You make the news

Top video

Selco Builders Warehouse | England Rugby star Jack Nowell visits Exeter Saracens junior teams

Exeter Weather

Search form

Homes & Gardens

Top video

Exeter Weather