‘I offered my discounted buy-to-let empire to my tenants – they refused’
Was I as out of touch as Rishi Sunak has been with his latest pledge for landlords to not pay...
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Downsizing is exciting – here are the places I’d consider
You might consider Uppingham, a market town, famed for the well-known private school. The honey-coloured buildings help to give the...
Hundred Scottish churches up for sale as UK turns away from Christianity
The Church said its buildings “have the potential to be used for a variety of different purposes” – whether it...
Property experts share their most expensive mistakes – and to avoid them
In 2021, property investor TJ Atkinson bought a listed property in Kent for himself: “I wanted something quirky, with some...
‘I sold my £1.5m home and downsized at 51 – it was such a relief’
For a young family the Surrey town was ideal – good schools, good commuter links, close to airports, and handy...
I’m not sure I’ve got what it takes to survive a Labour government
But since then, that admission has grated with me. It’s not that I don’t want to be a landlord, I’m...
The end of the French gîte dream
“Brexit has presented many little obstacles, such as British guests being turned away at customs with passport issues, or the...
Michael Gove’s second homes crackdown is Marxist – and dangerously naive
Thus the principle of relating council tax liability to the likely use of services by the occupier of the property...
How a messy neighbour could knock £56,000 off your house price
Jonathan Rolande, of the National Association of Property Buyers, regularly sees the impact of unkempt front gardens.He said: “It is a...
For 800 years, commoners have nurtured the forest. Now they are being forced out
Andrew Parry-Norton, chair of the Commoners Defence Association (CDA) and a commoner himself, is one of them.“We’re facing money coming...
