Whether you’re buying your first home or you’re already on the property ladder, use our property guides and advice to help you with your next purchase. We reveal the latest trends in the market, and also offer buying and selling tips, as well as general housekeeping tips to keep your property in peak condition.
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When it comes to building new houses, much of the focus is on substantial properties with 10,000sq ft or more. Arabella Youens examines the options for buildings that are more modest in scale.
Country Life's experts have delved into their little black books to bring you the finest architects, builders, interior decorators and garden designers in Britain.
Whether you're embarking on a new-build or painstakingly restoring a listed building, here are the craftsmen with excellent foundations.
Country Life has once again delved into its to update the list of the finest architects in Britain — an indispensable guide if you're considering serious work on your home.
The white paper on planning promises to license untold damage to the British landscape, argues Simon Jenkins.
If you're having work done to your house, it's important to be prepared in the event that things go wrong. A specialist renovation insurance policy can protect you from financial loss, explains Hugo Johnsen FCII, director at Castleacre Insurance.
In the first of a new series of masterclasses with Janine Stone, Country Life’s Executive Editor Giles Kime talks to her about the exciting possibilities of creating a new home and the factors that need to be considered when planning one.
The world has changed — and far quicker than anyone thought it could. But the 'new normal' means millions of us will be working at home for most of the week — and that, in turn, means that home can now be much further away from the office. Julie Harding picks out 20 beautiful places to live in Britain that are beyond a short train journey.
For the uninitiated, the unwritten rules and subtle nuances of rural life can be baffling. Giles Kime offers city dwellers advice on everything from the parish magazine to the village pub.
What does the future hold in store for the property market? Country Life asked one of the nation's leading country property experts.
Where in the Cotswolds should you move to? The answer will depend on what is more important to you and your family, as our handy guide explains.
If you're re-painting your front door, you'll end up going round in circles — especially if you're thinking of selling soon. Do you keep it simple? Mix it up? Go for something bold to stand out in the market? Annunciata Walton quizzes the country’s most experienced agents to get their views.
Moving house, getting a survey, going on viewings and even visiting estate agents is once again permissible in England as of May 13 as part of the government's loosening of coronavirus lockdown regulations.
Belgravia is the name on every Londoner’s lips, thanks to Julian Fellowes’s recent TV series of the same name. Carla Passino delves into the affluent district’s history.
With coronavirus now seemingly past its peak in Britain, we're tentatively beginning to look ahead to how life will get back to some kind of normal, post-lockdown — and that is true for those hoping to move house in 2020.
Many of the big estate agents have long been setting up 'virtual viewings' of some of the finest houses on their books, but they're more important than ever right now — and they work really rather well, finds Toby Keel.
We spoke to experts to get their tips on practical steps we can all make to live a more sustainable life in all areas of our homes and gardens.
Today, Knightsbridge is home and host to the glamorous, but it wasn't always quite that way, finds Carla Passino.
