Lifestyle Articles
Billion Euro House
This is an unlikely consequence of the Irish economic crisis. Artist Frank Buckley decided to express his anger about the property boom and bust by building a house from more than a billion euros of decommissioned notes. In the lobby [...]
Hardcore Pawn
In a telling sign of the times, a high street pawnbroker has announced plans to open 50 new shops this year, creating 300 new jobs. The Money Shop said it has been having its busiest January ever, with rising demand [...]
Don’t Blame The Property Market
Half of those claiming unemployment benefits would prefer to lose their handouts than do a stint of unpaid work. So when wondering why the UK is suffering a so called recession, don’t blame house prices, look upstairs! Figures show that [...]
The Big Four
There are reported to be 147 companies in the world that own everything and they are dominated by investment companies. But it’s not you and I who really control those companies, even though much of our money is in them. Given [...]
Play The Lottery?
When after 25 years I thought I really had seen everything, I drove past this today… But I love everything property and just couldn’t resist having a peek at the advertised website and then all my years of training and [...]
No Place Like Gnome
Sued over garden ornaments! A home seller is being asked to pay £160 after the buyer found six gnomes in the garden.
The Future or Just Weird?
Fed up with huge mortgage payments, Simon Dale decided to take matters into his own hands – literally. Armed with only a chisel, a chainsaw and a hammer, the 32-year-old moved his family to a hillside in Wales and started [...]
A House For Just £1
The house in Scotland that inspired author J M Barrie to write Peter Pan has been saved from demolition. Moat Brae House in Dumfries, where Barrie played as a boy, has been bought by a group of campaigners backed by [...]
An Englishman’s Home Is His Castle
Those wishing to get away from it all can now snap up this unique property – a Napoleonic castle on its very own island. Thorn Island Fort, off the coast of Pembrokeshire, South Wales, has gone on the market for [...]
