Homes & Gardens

Popular garden waste scheme restarts

Plymouth’s popular garden waste collection is starting up again from 30 March.

This year the scheme will be extended by a month until the end of November so that people can sweep up autumn leaves and put their garden to bed for the winter.

The collection operates every fortnight – the same week that people’s recycling is collected.

The service starts just ahead of the...

Householders in SW save millions by switching electricity supplier

Around £10.2 million was saved by 145,000 households in the South West in the last six months, simply by changing electricity supplier.

The figures, released as part of the ‘Power to Switch’ campaign, show that within the South West:

28,000 households in Bristol saved around £2 million 20,000 households in Gloucester saved around £1.4 million 17,000 households in Bournemouth...

Gardeners beware: The slugs are coming!

Gardeners should start preparing early for their great slug and snail hunt this year as winter temperatures have provided the perfect conditions for their arch enemies.

According to Wyevale Garden Centres – the UK’s largest garden centre group - last year, gardeners spent £11.6 million in their battle to protect their botanical spaces, battling over 30 species of slugs including a...

Your property prices are rising

The South West property market has seen the pace of price rises start to accelerate again due to the demand supply imbalance, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey.

While nationally Northern Ireland and Scotland continue to outperform the rest of the UK, there were upward shifts in price growth across the South West and the South East, while London saw its sixth...

Scheme helps 9,000 people buy a new home in the South West

Help to Buy, the government’s flagship housing scheme, has helped 88,420 people buy a new home (9,045 in the South West) since it was created, new figures have revealed today.

Since the launch of the Help to Buy equity loan and mortgage guarantee schemes:

• 80% of scheme completions have been made by first-time buyers • the average house price has been £185,000, significantly...

£25m Plymouth investment helps British Gas meet new energy efficiency target four months early

A £25 million scheme delivered by British Gas across Plymouth to make homes warmer and to lower the cost of energy bills, has helped the company meet its Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) four months early.

The three year investment from British Gas to carry out energy efficiency measures across the city, is helping social housing tenants obtain heavily discounted solid wall insulation...

Ash Mill Developments announces collection of luxury homes with private water frontage

Ash Mill Developments Limited has released a collection of three houses with private water frontage and running moorings in Newton Ferrers, South Devon.

Each house at Riverside Newton Ferrers will be different and all will all be finished to a high specification, offering the charm of period style whilst still having all of the amenities required for 21st Century living. Each house...

SWW bills to fall to lowest level for 8 years

South West Water today announced that from 1 April its average bill for households will fall by 3 per cent, bringing it down to its lowest level since 2007.

At the same time, the company will continue to invest heavily in improving services.

As part of its 2015-20 business plan, South West Water also launched today a five-year Price Promise to peg average household bills below...

Purplebricks launches in the South West

Purplebricks.com, the modern model of estate agency, has launched in South West England following successful roll outs across the Meridian and Central regions of the UK.

The transparent estate agent combines the expertise of a Local Property Expert with a unique, 24/7, online platform at a fraction of the cost charged by high street estate agents.

Since its initial launch in...

Under 18s urged to vote in youth election

Young people are being urged to vote in this year’s election to find the city’s new UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) representatives.

Seven candidates are set to battle it out to become one of four young people to represent the city’s youth at a local, regional and national level. The successful candidates will act as the voice of young people from 11 to 18 years old on topics like...

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