Families forced to dig deep for student flats that are sitting empty

Families forced to dig deep for student flats that are now sitting empty due to the coronavirus crisis By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 BST, 19 May 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 19 May 2020 Families are being forced to pay thousands of pounds for student accommodation that is now sitting empty. … Read more

Ten fire engines and 70 firefighters tackling huge fire at block of flats in north London 

Ten fire engines and 70 firefighters tackling huge fire at block of flats in north London Shocking video footage shows the blaze rip through the building in Wood Green  Around 20 people were evacuated by fire crews, three of which had treatment The fire was under control by midnight and an investigation is now underway  … Read more

Tenants refused 20% rent cut on luxury east London flats

Residents have been refused a rent reduction from their letting agent who told them to pay up ‘using the money they would have spent on lunches and holidays’. More than 100 residents in Shacklewell, east London, requested a 10 per cent reduction in rent from Tower Quay properties amid the coronavirus pandemic. They also signed a … Read more

Hungry birds of prey eye up terrified poodles just the other side of Chile flat’s glass window

Day of the condors: Hungry birds of prey eye up terrified poodles just the other side of glass window in penthouse apartment in Chile Footage shows moment huge birds size up dogs inside South American city flat The puppies bark excitedly as their visitors prowl up and down outside window Condors are the world’s largest … Read more

SNL’s Michael Che pays rent for all 160 flats in his late grandmother Martha’s NYC housing project

SNL’s Michael Che pays rent for all 160 flats in his late grandmother Martha’s housing project after her death of coronavirus complications By Sameer Suri For Dailymail.com Published: 05:20 BST, 16 April 2020 | Updated: 05:20 BST, 16 April 2020 Michael Che announced on Instagram this Wednesday that he will pay rent for all 160 … Read more

Elderly ‘bullied to stay in their flats’

Elderly ‘bullied to stay in their flats’: Residents at a social housing complex complain they are living under ‘concentration camp’ conditions enforced by managers over-reacting to the coronavirus crisis By Ross Slater For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:00 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 4 April 2020 Residents at a social housing … Read more

Cannabis oil maker, 36, is jailed for more than eight years for causing devastating flats blast

A cannabis-oil maker has been jailed for more than eight years after causing an explosion that ripped through his block of flats and forced a woman to jump on to a trampoline to escape.    James Toogood, 36, had been using butane gas to produce cannabis hash oil at the home he shared with his girlfriend … Read more

Primary school pupils sing to the elderly in the flats opposite their playground

Touching moment primary school pupils sing Something Inside So Strong to elderly people isolating in sheltered housing opposite their playground 200 pupils in years four, five and six at Silver Springs Primar Academy sang  The elderly residents in Kendal House sheltered housing were able to watch They put a sign up outside the Stalybridge school … Read more

Chandigarh Housing Board: 161 apply to buy flats under expensive housing scheme

By: Express News Service | Chandigarh | Published: February 18, 2020 11:10:12 am As many as 161 people expressed interest in the Chandigarh Housing board’s expensive housing scheme in Sector 53. (File) As many as 161 people expressed interest in the Chandigarh Housing board’s expensive housing scheme in Sector 53. The housing board is planning … Read more

First-time buyers are skipping flats and buying three bedroom houses instead

More first-time buyers are skipping flats to leapfrog up the property ladder by buying smaller family houses Two thirds of potential first-time buyers are looking for houses rather than flats The average first-time buyer is looking for a house with three bedrooms They need average income of £54,400 to secure a mortgage on their first home … Read more