A stunning first floor flat in London’s Belgravia which resembles a miniature Downton Abbey inside has gone on sale for a tidy £1.3million. The property in London’s posh Belgravia has 2,124 sq ft of space but manages to incorporate a dining room, a stately drawing room, a mini-gallery filled with oil paintings and a library. … Read more
Coronavirus has turned everything into extremes – and Britain’s property market is no exception. Just a short while ago in lockdown, thousands of sales were on hold and doom-laden forecasts of a house price crash were everywhere. But fast-forward two months, and it’s a very different story. Pent-up demand, combined with Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stamp … Read more
So much for bath time! Giant Newfoundland dog Darcy is less than impressed by her paddling pool… after £15 ‘bargain’ arrives measuring around just 30cm across Chelsea Sparks thought pool would be good for Darcy to cool down in summer Her stepfather spotted a ‘bargain’ £15 dog pool online and bought it for Darcy Six … Read more
Our TV auction horror! Couple buy ‘bargain’ £69,000 cottage from Homes under the Hammer auctioneer… then discover it only comes with 5ft of the garden pictured due to his mistake Rebecca and David French spent £69,000 on a two-bedroom Cumbrian cottage Their ‘deal of the day’ home only came with 43 of the 258 sq … Read more
For millions, the ideal shopping centre is no longer what it was. Now more functional than aspirational, it has a Primark, a Poundland, a B&M, plenty of free parking, plus a massive supermarket. The pandemic has accelerated the preference among both the cash-strapped and the affluent for this unpretentious type of centre – the retail … Read more
Many months have passed since the world’s stock markets were first shocked by the fallout from coronavirus. In the meantime, the lockdown has hammered the travel and hospitality sectors and taken huge bites out of the share prices of manufacturing firms, construction groups and retailers. Finally, next weekend, the most ravaged of these hibernating businesses … Read more
Could YOU bag a designer bargain at your local charity shop? Stores are flooded with luxury items after lockdown clearouts – including £26 Dolce and Gabbana shoes and vintage Balenciaga for £45 Fashion lovers set to reap benefits of Britons’ lockdown wardrobe decluttering Nation is set to discard 67 million items of clothing and 22 … Read more
The first Britons jetted off to Spain today after Madrid lifted its ban on foreign tourists and opened its beaches in glorious 100 degree-plus heat. Travel firms have slashed the price of a one-week holiday to £300 after Downing Street signalled it could bring in ‘travel corridors’ to 10 countries from July 4, with no … Read more
There’s been uproar about the Government’s new 14-day quarantine rule, which starts on Monday. And the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is sticking to its ban on all non-essential overseas travel. But both these could be reversed — and if you think that could happen by July or August, you might just want to take a … Read more
Dealmaking appears to be returning to the property sector as investors look to bag a bargain during the market slump. Shares in shopping centre owner British Land climbed 2.5 per cent, or 10.1p, to 407.3p after Canadian investment firm Brookfield Asset Management snapped up a 7.3 per cent stake. Traders also welcomed the news that … Read more