She’s been tipped to replace Sue Barker on the BBC series A Question Of Sport. And Alex Scott looks set to be enjoying both professional and personal changes in 2021 as she was spotted viewing new flats in north London on Wednesday. The former professional footballer, 36, cut a casual figure in a black T-shirt … Read more
High Rise Britain: Italian photographer peeks inside the brutalist buildings of London’s council estates Italian photographer Marco Sconocchia said that his fascination for the British working classes prompted him Council estates built in the fifties and sixties encompassed the Brutalist architecture of the postwar period They quickly became home to hundreds of family who were … Read more
Furious residents blast Amazon driver for dumping Covid-19 test kits outside flats in Liverpool Two flat blocks in Liverpool reportedly had dozens of tests dumped in the foyer Local resident said she was ‘disgusted’ as people shielding in their homes Amazon said the parcels were left while the tests were delivered door to door By … Read more
Homeowners stuck in flats they cannot sell due to a red-tape nightmare are now so desperate they are flogging their properties at enormous discounts. Lenders have been refusing to offer mortgages on tens of thousands of homes after new safety rules were introduced in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. But homeowners say they … Read more
I live in a leasehold flat with dangerous cladding and face a repair bill of £40,000 to get it removed and replaced with safe materials. I’m unable to pay this on top of my mortgage. What happens if I miss my mortgage repayments for several months in a row – will my lender repossess the … Read more
When Keeba Critchlow picked up the keys to her first home in 2014 she was thrilled at becoming a homeowner. Not for a moment did she envisage the nightmare that would await her six years on – unable to sell her one-bedroom flat as a result of red tape introduced in the wake of the … Read more
Thousands of modern homes will be unmortgageable for years amid a crisis over building safety standards in the housing market. Owners of up to 1.5 million high-rise flats could have to wait as long as a decade to get sign-off to prove they are safe in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. The tragedy … Read more
A third of UK homes are now multi-generational, but rather than the traditional granny flat it is now mainly due to adult children living with their parents, new research has revealed. Equivalent to nine million homes in the UK, these households are classed as adults from different generations living together at the same address. Whilst … Read more
This is the shocking moment a sneak thief uses a simple tool that can be bought online for less than £5 to gain entry into a secure block of flats and steal a £2,000 bike. Using the special device, the thief was able to bypass the electronically operated front door to the flats and roam … Read more
The iconic Battersea Power Station development has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic and left some agents forced to slash the prices of the luxury flats currently under construction. As the huge decommissioned coal-fired power plant – located on the south banks of the Thames – undergoes a seven-phase redevelopment project estimated to cost around £9 … Read more