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Bathroom Design Features That Make Your Space Feel More Luxurious

A luxurious bathroom is about thoughtful design choices that can transform even a modest space into somewhere that feels calm, comfortable, and inviting. From clever lighting to practical heating, the details you choose have a lasting impact on both the look and feel of the room.

Whether you're planning a complete renovation or looking for simple upgrades, focusing on quality finishes and timeless design can help you create a bathroom that feels like a retreat without sacrificing practicality.

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Key property market trends in the UK capital: What to look out for in the next five years

If you have considered purchasing a home in the capital city of London, you may well have been put off by the presence of soaring price points and relentless, seemingly disproportionate growth. This type of expansion has characterised the London market over the course of the last 18 months, and many people are expecting this to continue indefinitely throughout 2016 and beyond. There may be a few surprises in store, however, from government reforms in the buy-to-let market to the potential onset of a global recession.

Three Crucial Trends that will Impact on the London market...

Toby Buckland's Garden Festival line-up announced

Toby Buckland, horticulturalist, writer and TV presenter is pleased to announce the line-up for his 2016 Garden Festival at Powderham Castle, near Exeter.

The festival will take place over two days, Friday 29th April and Saturday 30th April, 10am-5pm

This year’s fluorescent Festival line up provides well dug gardening expertise along with pots of entertainment.

Toby Buckland, Festival MC, a twinkle in the eye and a merry horticultural quip at the ready, whose ambition is to sail a garden shed down the River Exe. His career has taken him from Devon nurseryman, to...

Christmas tree recycling collection in Exeter

People in Exeter can recycle their Christmas trees in the New Year.

For those not on the City Council's garden waste collection service there will be an opportunity to take Christmas trees to one of the following sites on the weekend of 9 and 10 January

Car park at Mincinglake Valley Park (top end, off Stoke Hill near the community centre)
Car park at Heavitree Pleasure Ground (next to recycling banks, Whipton Lane near junction with Stanwey)
Car park at Holman Way, Topsham

For those who are enrolled on the garden waste collection...

Don't be a turkey this Christmas

South West Water is calling on its customers to save the drains this Christmas and dispose of cooking fat, oil and grease responsibly.

The company's Head of Wholesale Waste Recovery and Environmental Protection, Guy Doble, said: "At Christmas, the volume of cooking fat entering the sewers increases dramatically.

"When the fat cools, it hardens, clogging pipes. It's not just sewers that suffer, household pipes can get blocked too which may result in hefty repair bills.

"Avoid pain in the drain this festive season by waiting for unwanted cooking fat, oil or grease to...

Is your chimney safe for Santa?

Christmas is fast approaching and with the colder weather also arriving, cosy chimney fires are being lit. Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service are encouraging you to check your chimney is clean, safe and swept for Santa’s arrival.

Chimney fires can cause serious structural damage to a home, with the risks being even greater if the property has a thatched roof. The damage is not only fire based but also the dirt and smell left from all the soot and smoke, which would affect your personal property, including all your Christmas presents.

Chimneys need to be dirt...

Residents urged to 'starve their bin' over Christmas

Residents are being encouraged to ‘starve your bin’ by reducing, reusing and recycling seasonal waste wherever possible this festive season.

From plastic food and drink packaging to cardboard boxes and wrapping paper that housed gifts under the Christmas tree - there's a variety of packaging that can go into your recycling bins, boxes and sacks.

Christmas lunch, New Year’s Eve celebrations and friends and family popping round all mean one thing – fridges and cupboards stocked with food and drink.

Plastic drinks bottles and pots; tubs and trays can go straight into...

Fire-risk tumble dryers safety warning

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service is advising homeowners to check their tumble dryers after Indesit release a warning ‘that they may pose a fire risk.’

The three brands are Hotpoint, Indesit and Creda and include both condenser and vented dryers, which have been marketed over the last 11 years.

It has been identified that in "rare" cases a build-up of lint can come into contact with the dryer's heating element, which could pose a fire risk, resulting in users being warned not to leave their driers unattended and to clean fluff from the filter after each use....

Teignbridge backs National Empty Homes Week

The number of empty homes across Teignbridge is at an all-time low.

As of October 2015 the number of empty homes in Teignbridge is 365, a reduction of 370 since 2008.

The figures have been released ahead of National Empty Homes Week (30 Nov 2015 - 6 Dec 2015), a national drive to highlight the waste of empty property nationwide, and to celebrate the success of numerous examples and new initiatives to bring empty homes back into use.

Properties become empty for a variety of reasons, including owners moving into nursing homes or other properties going into probate. In...

Housebuilder marks National Tree Week in Exeter

Barratt Homes in Exeter has celebrated National Tree Week with the planting of an oak tree to mark 7,300 trees planted by the division in the last 12 months.

“We have planted or retained more than 7,300 trees or shrubs at our developments throughout the south west and wanted to mark our ongoing commitment to the environment,’’ said managing director Paul Moran. “National Tree Week is a great reminder to everyone about the value of trees and at Barratt we take great care of the local environment.”

In addition to its tree planting programme the housebuilder incorporate...

Over 35,000 Exeter homes at risk of fire this Christmas

As 90 percent of Brits admit to decorating their home and garden in the next few weeks, less than a quarter (23 percent) would consider the impact this might have on the electrics in their home.

The new study, commissioned by the UK’s leading regulatory body for electricians NICEIC and ELECSA surveyed 2,000 UK tenants and homeowners, and has revealed some disturbing facts about the safety of UK homes at Christmas. It found that 42 percent of Brits paid more attention to aesthetics than safety, with 1 in 5 admitting to feeling they needed to compete with their friends and neighbours...

Homes & Gardens

Bathroom Design Features That Make Your Space Feel More Luxurious

Key property market trends in the UK capital: What to look out for in the next five years

Toby Buckland's Garden Festival line-up announced

Christmas tree recycling collection in Exeter

Don't be a turkey this Christmas

Is your chimney safe for Santa?

Residents urged to 'starve their bin' over Christmas

Fire-risk tumble dryers safety warning

Teignbridge backs National Empty Homes Week

Housebuilder marks National Tree Week in Exeter

Over 35,000 Exeter homes at risk of fire this Christmas

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