Homes & Gardens

The Pros and Cons of Getting a Combi Boiler for Your Home

A combination boiler works by heating water and then supplying the hot water to different parts of your home rapidly on demand. Combi boilers are much more compact and smaller in size than conventional boilers. To discover more about the various pros and cons of getting a combi boiler for your home, carry on reading this article.

The Major Differences Between How Combi and...

The benefits of additional home storage

There are many of us who have taken up outdoor hobbies and all sorts and forms of sporting pursuits. The result is homes and garages that are becoming jam-packed with these items. This article will extoll the benefits of securing additional storage space to create a better living area in the home and how to do so.

Where does it all go/the additional storage solutions

There are...

Contents insurance is essential for every homeowner

Five surprising things that can invalidate your home insurance

Contents insurance is essential for every homeowner, and with a UK home burglary every 106 seconds, it’s vital you’re protected should the worst happen. However, it’s good to know that certain things can invalidate your policy and push you outside the guidelines of your insurance policy.

Insurance provider SO-SURE , has compiled a list of seemingly small actions to be aware of that...

Average UK homeowner has spent £1,473 on home renovations, furnishing and DIY projects this year.

UK Homeowners Spend £21 Billion On Renovations in 2021

The annual Renovation Nation Report by the consumer spending experts at money.co.uk has found the average UK homeowner has spent £1,473 on home renovations, furnishing and DIY projects this year.

What part of the home have UK homeowners spent the most money on?

After almost a year of being confined to our homes, it’s perhaps unsurprising that one in five (20%) of UK...

Navigate the complex world of landlords' inspection schedules

It goes without saying that landlords have a lot of responsibility. As well as looking after their tenants and ensuring the homes they lease out are habitable, landlords also have numerous legal responsibilities. Namely, landlords must comply with BS 7671, the national standard for electrical installations.

In order to do so, they must carry out periodic inspections during each...

Six Stylish Home Accessories to Revamp Your Interiors

Making changes to your home is a joyful work in progress. Each year, your home evolves a little more to reflect the person you are and the aesthetics you most appreciate. But there are always more tweaks that you can make to add a little extra style to your home. In this guide, we’ll discuss six different home accessories that’ll make your interiors a little more stylish, reflecting both the...

A new bathroom can add between 4-5% to the value of your home

The Most Popular Bathroom Trends In 2022, According To Pinterest

As people are constantly buying and selling property, many will be keen to update their homes. One way to refresh and add value to your home is through adopting new interior design trends, and research shows a new bathroom can add between 4-5% to the value of your home.

Intrigued to find out which bathroom trends will be the most popular in 2022, experts at Showerstoyou.co.uk scraped...

Self storage size guide for homeowners

The size of the storage unit that an individual will need, is dependent on what they are intending to store. A manager from Cubic Storage has said that "homeowners are one of the main groups that frequently require storage for reasons such as renovating or redecorating their home, decluttering, and furniture storage".

However, for people that have not used storage units before, it...

How to deal with electricity accidents at home

According to the core data set of the Electrical Safety First site, there were approximately 19,300 accidental domestic fires that occurred as a result of electrical failure between 2014 and 2019.

Many of these occurred due to faulty appliances or fuel supplies, while the broader factor of ‘misuse’ is also cited as a cause in many accidental fires.

Of course, smaller...

Why blackout blinds are a great choice for your home

You may ask yourself why it is best to choose blackout blinds for your home when windows are actually there to let the light in, not block it out. Well, there are a lot of reasons that this type of blind should be considered when looking for window dressings.

Firstly, we don’t always want too much light coming into our homes. Keeping out light can help to cool a room during the...

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