Home & Garden
Post Office offers extra Christmas contents cover
As people start hitting the shops in preparation for Christmas, Post Office Home Insurance is increasing its contents cover by 10 per cent during December to ensure customers are fully protected over the festive period.
Thin end of wedge as £4.30 added onto electricity bills
Energy regulator Ofgem has signed off investment in the regional electricity networks that will add £4.30 a year onto household electricity bills.
Designer living in the Wirral
Wirral home buyers can live the designer lifestyle without any effort by choosing a professionally designed and decorated show home with all the furniture included in Bromborough.
Homeowners warned as burglars' Christmas wish-list revealed
Cooking, candles, presents and parties are all part and parcel of the festive season, but they also make it one of the riskiest times of the year in and around your home.
Less is more when it comes to festive decorations
It’s quite easy to overload the house in the festive season with tinsel and baubles, but often it’s the small and subtle touches that have the biggest effect on houseguests. And if you’re hosting your first Christmas, the pressure is definitely on to put on not just a healthy spread, but also keep the surroundings stylish and sophisticated.
Modern Rugs flies the flag
The Union Jack emblem has never been more popular for the interior than it is right now and Modern Rugs has launched a new rug that offers a different twist on this design of the moment.
100,000 move home to escape neighbours from hell
Almost 100,000 people moved home in the last two years in order to get away from their neighbours, according to new research by Abbey Mortgages, which analysed the reasons why people with mortgages move home.
New tradesman directory will help consumers avoid DIY disasters
Help is at hand for disheartened DIY enthusiasts, with the launch of email4property.co.uk’s new Local Tradesman tool, enabling homeowners to find reliable plumbers, electricians and other tradesmen operating in their local area.
UK energy system gets smart
Smart meters will be rolled out through energy suppliers to every home by the end of 2020 under final plans published by Energy and Climate Change Minister Lord Hunt. A paper setting out the case for developing smart grids in the UK is also being published.
Smart meters will save you nothing
With the government revealing its plan to install smart meters in all households by 2020, there seems to be a large amount of confusion as to the savings they will actually bring. Gareth Kloet, Head of Utilities at Confused.com comments:
Homeowners leave themselves vulnerable to a break-in
Homeowners aren't taking steps to protect their property and belongings by poorly concealing spare keys outside and failing to secure windows and doors, according to research from esure home insurance.
Household appliance labels mislead consumers
Some of the top selling household appliances may not be performing in accordance with claimed standards printed on the labels, according to research by Defra.
Beware of dumbing down your home insurance cover
Over the past year in order to save money, one in four people have cancelled or not renewed their home insurance.
Stress free winter moving
Moving house can be a fraught process at the best of times, but the cold winter weather can make the process even more stressful. reallymoving.com, provider of instant online quotes for home-movers, helps to take the stress out of moving house by making it easier to get the best deal on essential services like conveyancing and removals and have put together some tips to help home movers avoid the pitfalls of moving in winter.
Wireless broadband open to hijackers
Almost half (47 per cent) of home broadband users now have wireless internet access, yet a significant number of people are leaving themselves vulnerable to broadband hijackers according to research from leading comparison site moneysupermarket.com.