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Should you rely on the websites tradesmen PAY to be listed on?

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Should you rely on the websites tradesmen PAY to be listed on? By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 BST, 24 October 2020 | Updated: 21:52 BST, 24 October 2020 Warning: Checkatrade and Rated People charge traders to be on their websites Consumers groups are warning householders to be wary of a flurry … Read more

Grade-II listed Lutyens-designed house that overlooks Durdle Door is for sale for £1.75m

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A secluded cliff-side property on Britain’s World Heritage Jurassic Coast which was once the honeymoon destination of Sir Laurence Olivier has gone on the market for £1.75million. The Grade-II listed ‘Weston’, which sits between the two beauty spots of Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door in Dorset, was designed by the celebrated architect Sir Edwin Lutyens … Read more

RICHARD KAY: Why is Donald Trump lobbying the Queen over a Grade II listed property?

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The reek of the past still lingers within its walls and the influence of the woman who built it, a famously extravagant heiress, persists. But inside everything has changed. Take the vast drawing-room carpet, originally woven for Louis XIV. Once likened to ‘stepping on $10,000 dollar bills’, it has been replaced by a covering of … Read more

Kanye West shows off ballot he’s listed on and written in amid presidential bid

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‘Friends writing me in’: Kanye West shows off ballot he’s listed on and written in amid presidential bid By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 06:47 BST, 9 October 2020 | Updated: 07:46 BST, 9 October 2020 Kanye West took to Twitter on Thursday showing off a ballot where he’s written in amid his presidential bid. He shared … Read more

Seven-bedroom Grade II listed former Knightsbridge church goes on sale for £44MILLION

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A stunning seven-bedroom former church in the heart of London that boasts its own swimming pool and leisure facilities is currently on sale for £44million. The Grade II listed St Saviours House in Knightsbridge, London, also boasts parking for up to three cars, a vaulted ceiling, original stone pillars and period wooden beams. The incredible … Read more

Grade-II listed seven-bedroom home which comes with its own HORSE RIDING centre on sale for £3.25m 

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An incredible seven-bedroom country home with its own equestrian centre and horse stables has gone on the market for £3.25million.  The Grade-II listed home, in Droitwich, Worcestershire, also boasts a garage, outbuildings, woodland and extensive pastures across 40 acres.  The property, which dates back to the 16th-Century, listed on Right Move with Fine And Country, boasts of … Read more

Churchill’s secret D-Day rendezvous up for sale: Old railway station in Hampshire listed for £1.5m

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Once used as a top secret base where Winston Churchill formed the final plans for D-Day and met with ministers and allied leaders, Droxford Station is now for sale. The property is steeped in history but is mostly famed for its use by Churchill in June 1944 where the victory strategy for World War II was … Read more

Listed status for former Cambridge home of labourer David Parr

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To the wealthy and famous Victoria owners of some of Cambridge’s most opulent private mansions, decorator David Parr was just another working-class labourer toiling on their homes. But he hid an incredible secret behind the door of the humble two-bedroom terraced house where he lived with his family. Every night after packing up his paints and … Read more

Pensioner, 71, handed anti social behaviour warning for restoring rusting Grade II listed fountain

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A pensioner has been handed an anti-social behaviour order after taking it upon himself to restore a Victorian fountain that had fallen into disrepair. Bob Mouland, 71, was ordered to put his tools down by ‘pen pusher’ council chiefs after investing £200 of his own money to preserve Sidney Cooper Weston Fountain in Folkestone, Kent. He spent … Read more