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We’ve been searching for a new home in Surrey for our young family. We recently had our first baby and with the stamp duty holiday, we decided now was a good time to upsize. We found a four-bedroom house on a managed estate which we fell in love with, so we made an offer and … Read more
Tenants of pub group controlled by two of Britain’s richest men mulling legal action over rent demands By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 30 January 2021 Tenants of a pub group controlled by two of Britain’s richest men are mulling legal action over rent … Read more
How many times in the last few months, days or even hours have you muttered the phrase: I need a holiday? In these bleak wintery months, it’s on my mind constantly and not helped by reminders around the home. The bottle opener fridge magnet bought in a little shop in Key West; a t-shirt from … Read more
A science teacher who leads a hermetic lifestyle in the Scottish Highlands reveals his plans to open a forest caravan park 20ft off the ground in the trees in tonight’s New Lives In the Wild. Jake Williams, 70, lives in an isolated plot of land in a forest in the Eastern Highlands of Scotland which … Read more
Taye Diggs heaps praise on ex-wife Idina Menzel when discussing his breakout role in Rent and the raising their son amid COVID-19 pandemic: ‘I remind myself how lucky I am’ By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 04:18 GMT, 23 January 2021 | Updated: 04:18 GMT, 23 January 2021 Taye Diggs opened up about his life … Read more
There is a nomadic lifestyle in Britain that sees around 10,000 people rent in unoccupied properties for a reduced rate. Kevin Harris, 54, has saved hundreds each month by becoming a property guardian, although he accepts it is not for everyone. He has lived in seven different properties in the last seven years, including police … Read more
Thousands of students could refuse to pay rent for university rooms they cannot use during lockdown Students are threatening to refuse to pay rent for university accommodation Told to stay at home for online learning unless taking a select group of subjects Cambridge, Sheffield and Birmingham City acted to head off potential protests By Daily … Read more
Students are calling on private landlords to stop charging them rent for accommodation they can’t live in after being stranded at home by the latest Covid lockdown. The National Union of Students (NUS) said it was ‘unacceptable’ that no support is being made available for those who travelled home for the holidays and have since … Read more
University students in Manchester have threatened a rent strike after being told to pay up to £3,000 for accommodation even though they cannot return to campus during lockdown. Like students elsewhere in the country, thousands of Manchester students face being stuck at home while being forced to continue paying for university accommodation, even though halls … Read more
University students vent fury at being forced to fork out for rent and bills, saying: ‘I’m paying £110 a week for somewhere I’m not allowed to live in’ Universities have closed until mid February following the PM’s latest lockdown Learning is now remote with most students asked not to return to their digs On Twitter, … Read more