Top tips on renting your holiday home
The holiday-home market on the Cornish coast looks set for a lively summer. Arabella Youens finds out how to make the running costs bearable.
Property buying and selling tips
Whether you’re buying, selling or moving house, use our buying and selling guides to help you.
Country Life’s buying and selling tips will help you decide on what area you want to buy in, and what sort of property you want to buy.
For vendors, we offer tips on how to make the process as stress-free as possible.
Looking for a new home? Browse beautiful properties for sale across the UK here.
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Tips and advice for holiday home owners
With the start of the summer season nearly upon us, more and more country-house owners are dipping into the short-let scene.
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Property guide to Shamley Green
We take a look at property in and around Shamely Green in Surrey, and consider why buyers are so drawn to the village when moving out of London for the first time
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Property guide to Elstead
Freddie Mack shares the secrets of Elstead in Surrey, a prime spot for young families looking for properties outside London near good schools
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Property guide to Cheriton
If you're considering buying property in or around Cheriton this year, take a look at our property guide which covers where to buy, what prices to expect and where to have fun in the area
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Make your holiday let work for you
If you're considering renting out your holiday property prepare by reading this first
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Save money on your restoration project
How can you economise on a big country-house restoration project? By not moving in for two years, finds Arabella Youens
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Top ten things to look for when buying a period house
Buying and renovating a period property is many people's dream but there are issues to take into consideration even when commissioning the survey which will save time and money down the line
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Need to Know: Overriding Interest and a 2013 deadline
Manorial rights are retained on pieces of land, including mineral and sporting rights, and they need to be registered with the Land Registry by 2013.
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Government to ‘revise approach' to home extensions
Eric Pickles will look for ‘a sensible compromise' to a bill extending permitted development rights after many Tory MPs voted against the plans
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Need to know: Buyers searches
Buyers searches on farms and estates are crucial to finding out everything you might want to know about the land before you take it over
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The value of trees
Developing and looking after trees in your grounds can be absorbing work, but also can add value to your property
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Types of French mortgage
The majority of loans in France are on a long term fixed rate, or a capped rate which helps the borrower says John from Athena Mortgages
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Property in St Kitts
Affordable, untouched and yet—now—accessible, St Kitts is about to become the new must-have Caribbean holiday home destination. Get in now, advises Arabella Youens
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Need to Know: Purchasing farms and estates with rivers
In the first of our series on purchasing farms and estates, Need to Know, Elizabeth looks at the pros and cons of rivers and fishing rights
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Shutters and country houses
They keep the heat in and the light (and burglars) out. Shutters are a great asset for a country house-provided you install the right ones, says Carla Passino
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Buying listed properties with unlawful alterations
What are the risks of buying a listed property which has been altered without consent
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Extending and renovating a listed building
Choosing an architect is a crucial decision when it comes to renovating or extending period and listed buildings
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Agricultural Property Relief explained
Saskia Arthur from Boodle Hatfield explains the complicated rules governing the inheritance tax APR
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Finding the perfect house – using a buying agent
Arabella Youens spends a day in the life of a buying agent to see how they can make a difference when you’re looking for the perfect property
