Going… going… up! Boom time for auction houses as lockdown Britons turned to online shopping for bargains Auction houses are seeing post-lockdown boom with Zoom encouraging buyers About 90% of lots at auctions are selling now – a rise of 30% from before March More sales were held online due to Covid restrictions and the … Read more
Pablo Escobar’s nephew finds £14million in cash stashed in a wall at one of the drug lord’s Columbian houses Nicolas Escobar said he had a ‘vision’ to look in the wall at the Medellin home He has lived in the apartment which was owned by the drug baron for five years Some of the cash … Read more
For most parents, the words Wendy House conjure up images of wobbly plastic huts that last one summer before being abandoned at the bottom of the garden in a lurid heap. But a new trend for luxury play homes has made some children the envy of their friends. Exquisitely crafted, with sumptuous interiors, and even … Read more
SOCIETY OLD HOMES, NEW LIFE by Clive Aslet (Triglyph £50, 304 pp) What made audiences all over the world fall in love with Downton Abbey? Perhaps it was Lady Mary’s exquisite frocks, the Dowager Countess’s waspish put-downs, or the slow-burn romance between Carson and Mrs Hughes. But for many of us the real star was … Read more
A council has been labelled a ‘bully’ after telling furious residents that repainting their houses the colour of ‘baby poo’ will help save the planet, and threatening a widow who tried to paint over the colour with a £1,600 fine. Hounslow Council claims that by painting the houses the colour reminiscent of a baby’s nappy, … Read more
Full members of the Cabinet BORIS JOHNSON, PRIME MINISTER Constituency: Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Main local authority in that seat: HILLINGDON, Annual number of homes predicted in local plan: 559 Annual number of homes under new algorithm: 2026 RISHI SUNAK, CHANCELLOR Richmond, RICHMONDSHIRE, 191 to 124 DOMINIC RAAB, FOREIGN SECRETARY Esher and Walton, ELMBRIDGE, 225 to 774 PRITI … Read more
Whether, like Plumber Manor in Dorset, they’ve been owned by the same family for hundreds of years or are a cherished new project such as Caer Beris in Wales, manor hotels have a family at their hearts. Packed with history, these hotels pride themselves on delightfully old-fashioned hospitality with generous meals, antique furniture, gardens to … Read more
Furious homeowners slam council for allowing enormous 60ft high warehouse ‘monstrosity’ to be built behind their houses Warrington Borough Council approved 60ft tall warehouse near residential area Neighbours on Tourney Green fear the construction will impact house prices Resident Paul Taylor described it as a ‘monstrosity’ that blocked pleasant views By William Cole For Mailonline Published: 11:55 … Read more
There are currently no three-bedroom family homes for sale in London that cost less than £325,000, according to property websites Rightmove and Zoopla. The cheapest family house in the capital with three bedrooms is currently on the market for ‘offers in excess of £325,000’. While it has a garden and a modern bathroom, the terrace property … Read more
Kanye West’s Wyoming ranch was aflutter with activity as construction continued Wednesday on his pet project of affordable-living domes. Photos of Monster Lake Ranch, located near Cody, Wyoming, show the domes in various states of construction. The 43-year-old rapper has been sequestered at his Western home in recent days while launching Twitter tirades against his … Read more