Homes & Gardens

What to Consider Before Adding Colour to Your Home

Choosing a new colour for your home is much more than just picking something that looks good in isolation. You need a tone that reflects your style and complements the architecture. Before you start splashing paint on the walls, there are a few factors to think about that can help you make an...

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How to Revamp Your Home for Summer

Spring is the time of new beginnings, and one of those beginnings that you should partake in is revamping your home in time for summer. The warmer months improve mood, they make people happier, more awake, and more productive. The summer is when we do the most with our lives, but to truly make summer count, we need to make changes that will last. One of the ways you can do this is revamping...

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Who’s in your home when you’re not there?

A new survey released today by UIA Mutual Insurance reveals that when we aren’t leaving our keys with other people, many of us will hide them in hidden locations outside of our house. The most popular hiding places are under a flower pot (14%), under the doormat (12%) and in the garden shed (7%). According to figures from ONS, 70% of home intruders in the UK gained entry through a household...

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Survey reveals significant number of Brits opting to share bedrooms with their beloved animals

Pet owners just can’t bear to be apart from their animals at night according to a new survey - with nearly a quarter of those asked allowing their companions to sleep with them in the bedroom.

Five star housebuilder Barratt Homes, which is bringing new homes to Plymouth, carried out the survey, asking 2,000 people where their pets generally sleep. A significant 23 per cent said the...

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Garden waste collections start again

Plymouth City Council’s popular garden waste collection will begin again from next week.

The collection operates every fortnight, collected on the same day as either refuge or recycling, depending on the area of the city. Residents are asked to check their garden waste collection day using the online calendar.

A calendar of when collections take place is available here....

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Barratt Homes reinforces position as the UK’s most recommended housebuilder

Local housebuilder Barratt Homes has received the maximum 5 star rating in the new Home Builders Federation (HBF) annual New Homes Survey.

The number of stars awarded is based on responses to the question “would you recommend your builder to a friend?” For Barratt to have been awarded 5 stars means that more than 90% of its customers would recommend their homes to a friend.

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How to Make the Most of your Living Space

Depending on what kind of finished effect you’re thinking of, there are many ways to adapt your living space to make it look and feel significantly more luxurious. No matter what your home environment looks like right now, you do have options that can transform, refresh, and rejuvenate your current space in some often surprising ways. Whether you live in a bedsit with shared facilities or a...

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Traffic noise coming through windows - Here's how to stop it

Considering the sheer number of opportunities available, a lot of people look at the city as the best place to live in. However, living in the city has a major disadvantage: traffic noise. What’s worse is that too much exposure to city noise may increase the level of stress.

Life in the city can be challenging. City dwellers often face so many different environmental stressors compared...

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DIY a thing of the past for rightsizers opting for flexible and adaptable new-build homes

The challenge of finding a home with just the right amount of space and with absolutely no need for DIY is driving many buyers to new-build properties in Plymouth.

Increasingly, newer homes are designed to provide flexible space that fits a wide variety of lifestyles, providing those who may previously have opted to downsize with the luxury of rooms that are perfect suited to their...

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Barratt Homes commits to help save Ivybridge wildlife habitats

Ivybridge’s furry and feathered residents are set to receive a boost as five star housebuilder Barratt Homes joins forces with the RSPB to create wildlife-friendly areas at its new Lucerne Fields development.

Barratt Homes has committed to building wildlife-friendly habitats at all its new developments to help support wildlife in the surrounding area and Lucerne Fields is the latest...

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Would-be buyers more willing to sacrifice holidays than cigarettes when saving to buy a home

Holidays are the first things to be cut among those keen to buy a home, according to a survey from Barratt Homes.

The five star housebuilder, which is building homes in Plymouth, asked 2,000 people which luxuries they would cut back on in order to save the money needed to make their dream move.

More than a third of those asked (35 per cent) said they would forgo that special...

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