Homes & Gardens

How to Maximise Your Living Space Smartly

Regardless of the size of a home, we could all use more space. After all, having more square footage can make a house a welcoming and pleasant place to be in. However, it's not always economically feasible to commit to expensive renovations to increase the spaciousness of your property. Very few have the luxury of spending a small fortune on a large-scale home improvement project.

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Eco Friendly Home Hacks Using Everyday Autumnal Items You'll Have at Home

Four Eco Friendly Home Hacks Using Everyday Items

tombola has pulled together four easy eco-friendly hacks for cleaning your hair, scaring off spiders, reducing wrinkles and sprucing up your garden with household items you will likely already have in the house this Autumn including pumpkin, cinnamon, conkers and fallen leaves

4 Eco Friendly Home Hacks Using Everyday Autumnal Items You'll Have at Home

You can use conkers instead of...

Which Heating System Is Most Efficient

Looking to get a reliable heating system for your home/workplace? Whilst evaluating your options from amongst the different types of heating systems , it is very important to be aware of the benefits and drawbacks in order to make a good decision. With numerous appliances such as gas boilers, heating pumps, electric heaters and furnaces, it can become difficult to decide which system might be...

No matter the size of the garden there are ways to spruce up any space

Top five tips on how to accessorise your garden for autumn

With autumn now here, green-fingered Brits are being advised on the best ways to accessorise their garden.

The gardening experts at GardenBuildingsDirect.co.uk have given their top five tips for creating a seasonal space the whole family can enjoy.

With the summer colours in the garden slowly beginning to fade away, gardeners up and down the country are being told to ditch...

Household issues Brits commonly face in the colder months include boiler break downs

Household issues you're likely to face during cold weather

To assist homeowners with common issues that arise around our homes during the frosty months, OnlineMortgageAdvisor.co.uk have conducted the following research.

Experts at OnlineMortgageAdvisor.co.uk sought to collate a list of issues that households face most frequently during the colder months and utilised Google Trends data to analyse the average monthly online search interest for...

1 in 10 Brits aren’t getting their deliveries due to loss or theft

1 in 10 Brits have had their parcels lost or stolen in the past year

New research from Packaging Online has revealed that 1 in 10 Brits aren’t getting their deliveries due to loss or theft – plus if you live in the Thames Valley area, you’re more likely to have your parcel stolen here than anywhere else in the UK.

How common is package theft?

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, parcel theft was an issue in the UK. From 2019 to 2020, there were...

How to make your garden perfect for entertaining

If you are lucky enough to have a garden at your home, then it’s good to try to use it as much as possible – being outside in the fresh air is good for your physical and mental health, after all, and, perhaps most importantly, your garden is the ideal space for entertaining your friends and family.

Unfortunately, some gardens are just not made to be good entertaining spaces. However...

Brighten up your home with tiles

Tile-making is a proud artistic tradition with an ancient history, stretching all the way to some of the earliest buildings in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, corresponding to parts of modern-day Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, and Syria). Whether patterned or uniform, brightly coloured or understated, tiles are a great way to brighten up your living...

How to Prepare to Buy Your First Home

Buying your first home is a huge step. It is also one of the most important that you will make for your future. Owning a home means owning equity. At the end of the day, you have a big investment that you can sell if you absolutely need to (though hopefully, you won’t ever be put into this position).

Own your first home, and you will be able to sell and then buy another much more...

How to Give Your House a Makeover

Sometimes we all get stuck in a rut with our homes. You get too used to the clutter on your worktop, the pillows on your sofa are looking well worn, and that’s before you wander upstairs to your bedroom.

Whether you need a decluttering splurge, a fresh lick of paint on your walls or need to dive into a new creative project, giving your house a makeover will transform and brighten up...

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