Homes & Gardens

Research has revealed that gardening disasters plague around three quarters (73%) of Brits, prompting power tool manufacturer Ryobi to launch a search for the nation’s ugliest garden.

Disasters range from not being able to get plants to grow (14%) to forgetting to water plants (10%), as well as physical injury (9%), insect infestation (8%) and pets digging up the lawn (7%).

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Whether a business or a residential property, there is something that both these buildings have in common. That is the common occurrence of damp. If you are looking at how to prevent damp in your home, first we recommend that you discover the common causes of damp, allowing you to accurately prevent and treat this build up of moisture.

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Under normal circumstances, London and Home Counties are the most in-demand residential property markets across the UK. But something changed with the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. In the three weeks since lockdown measures eased, interest in the property market has surged, leading to Rightmove’s busiest day ever recorded . On 27 May, the estate agent's website received more than 6 million...

The trade association for the liquid fuels distribution industry, UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA) says off grid homeowners across Devon are seeing prices of heating oil drop by up to 27% since the same time last year, according to the latest figures from Sutherland Tables, a provider of comparative home heating costs for the most common fuels in the UK and Republic of...