Home & Garden

Top tips for decorating your child’s bedroom
Children often get the short straw when it comes to bedrooms - they’re often given the smallest one, it isn’t decorated to suit their needs and changing it isn’t high on anyone’s agenda, except maybe the kids!
Cozibag launches half-price top-up bags offer
Cozibag, leading providers of designer bean bags and lounge furniture, have created a new offer which allows customers to purchase top-up bags at half their standard price.
Moving - how do you decide what to leave behind?
When it comes to selling your home and moving on, how do you decide what to leave behind? Equally, when you move into a new home – what do you expect the former owners to have left?

Switch on to big savings with LED lights
With energy bills at an all-time high and the threat of nationwide blackouts hitting the headlines, UK households could be saving a huge 90% on their lighting costs by simply replacing their traditional light bulbs with eco-friendly LED alternatives.

Launching the eco shower revolution
A groundbreaking new eco showerhead has launched that not only boasts a striking halo-shaped design, it saves money, water and energy in the home – all whist providing a powerful, invigorating shower experience.
Buying or selling for the first time? Don’t lose your way in the property market minefield
Whether you are buying or selling, picking your way through the property market can be a challenge - particularly if you are doing it for the first time.
Don’t let your seasonal seduction affect your summer buying
Spring and summer are traditionally popular times of the year when it comes to house hunting - but beware of being seduced by the seasons if you are thinking about buying now.
Over 50s love a gnome
Over 50s are bound to welcome the introduction of gnomes at Chelsea this year.

Help to Buy launches at Peveril Homes
Buying a new home is one of the most expensive outlays in most people’s lives so, with this in mind, Belper-based Peveril Homes is pleased to announce the launch of Help to Buy across all of its developments.

It’s out with the hydrangeas and in with the hot tubs
With the RHS Chelsea Flower Show just around the corner (May 21st – 25th) and the long awaited spring sunshine peeking through, the nation is getting all green fingered.

Ask the right questions to find the right property
With the latest news from the RICS that new buying enquiries soared last month, the housing market revival appears to be in full swing.

Give growing from seed a go
Now spring is finally here, it’s time to get out in the garden and get growing. First time and novice gardeners are often nervous about trying to grow from seed, thinking it is highly skilled and only for experienced gardeners, but actually it’s much easier than you think and the satisfaction of seeing seedlings push their way through the soil is immeasurable!
Help for homeowners to sell quickly and safely
With a slow-moving house market, and many people still tightening their belts, the offer of a quick cash sale of your house to one of the hundreds of house-buying organisations can seem like an appealing solution.
Half of us still give our homes a spring clean
It's an age-old tradition, but millions of people in the UK still roll up their sleeves, don their rubber gloves and give their home a big clean in the spring, according to research for thinkmoney.

Taylor Wimpey and RSPB join forces to promote garden wildlife
Taylor Wimpey is teaming up with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to provide a welcoming habitat for birds and butterflies at its new homes developments across the Midlands.