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<p>Suggs’s Tufnell Park home is for sale for £1.5 million </p>
Celebrity homes

Madness frontman Suggs’ Tufnell Park townhouse is for sale for £1.5m

Compared to other musicians’ homes to recently hit the market, the Madness frontman’s pad is relatively sedate

<p>The repercussions of doorstep scams can be alarming, warned Southwark Council </p>
Property News

How to avoid the growing scourge of doorstep property scams

After a London council warns residents of criminals masquerading as genuine traders, experts set out how to spot doorstep scammers

Where to live

How one Londoner found friends and improved health with a seaside move

After a day trip to Brighton, Natasha Wynn moved to the coast by herself — soon finding a new community and plenty of health benefits to seaside life

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Property News

Furious west Londoners locked in battle over skyscrapers in suburbs

A building boom is set to change the west London skyline. We speak to residents and would-be homeowners who worry they will be priced out by developers courting wealthy overseas investors

Buying & Mortgages

100% mortgages: ‘not the quick fix first-time buyers are hoping for’

Buying a house with no deposit could be a risky move, especially at a time of economic uncertainty

Property News

Empty homes worth £20bn in London: how many are in your borough?

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan describes vacant property figures as a “scandal” and demands more powers from ministers to tackle the growing issue

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Where to live

Couple who converted a van to live in while they saved for a deposit

Moving into a converted van allowed Max and Stacey Holloway to buy a bungalow in Scotland — but van life wasn’t without its challenges

Where to live

Actor Mecia Simson on the charms of this lively north London area

Actor Mecia Simson is best known for her role as an elven sorceress in Netflix’s The Witcher. She tells Emma Magnus about the magic of Hornsey.

Where to live

Cook and baker Crystelle Pereira on her multicultural London area

Portuguese-Goan cook and baker Crystelle Pereira was born and bred in Canons Park. Here’s why it continues to feel like home

Where to live

This couple left London for a Cornish farmhouse and a 200-mile commute

This couple swapped their London home for a total renovation project — and a 230-mile commute.

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Renting

Elizabeth line rents have ‘spiralled out of control’ since it opened

In an ironic twist, agents report that the opening of the Elizabeth line has made commutes harder for priced-out renters forced to move further away from stations

Renting

Embattled London tenants face rent rises to new record high this month

The annual cost of renting a property in inner London has soared by £7,500 since last spring, while outer boroughs have also seen massive price hikes

Property News

Game-changer or disaster: what will Renters Reform Bill mean for you?

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill has finally landed – but who are the winners and losers of biggest shake-up since the Housing Act 1988?

Renting

Here’s everything we know about the long-awaited Renters Reform Bill

Michael Gove is poised to unveil the biggest shake-up of the private rented sector in a generation — but ‘procedural issues’ and concerns from Conservative party MPs are causing delays to legislation

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Interiors

How creative Londoners are bringing Victorian homes bang up to date

From Tottenham to Tooting, most of the capital’s housing stock is Victorian, a design challenge for modern Londoners. Here’s how to update dark, cramped layouts for 21st-century living

Interiors

From mould to mental wellbeing: how our homes are damaging our health

We are still designing homes that exacerbate asthma, allergens, and risks of heart attacks and strokes, says buildings consultancy Ekkist — so let’s get the developers to do better

Interiors

‘Perfect homes and gardens reek of desperation — embrace imperfection’

A more laid-back approach to gardens, and weeds in particular, is all the rage. Why not embrace the trend indoors, too?

Luxury
Luxury

Private island fortress for sale for £3 million

Spitbank is one of three Napoleonic forts in the Solent. The largest, No Man’s fort, is also for sale.

Luxury

£35m Mayfair block could be ultimate office-to-mega-mansion conversion

Listed 18th Century building near Hyde Park could become mega-home with its own pool, staff quarters and chauffer’s office below ground and spacious living areas stacked above

Luxury

Very rare full Knightsbridge house with underground mews link for sale

The property, on a street once inhabited by Michael Caine and Ava Gardner, hides a huge revamped home with basement pool and cinema - plus internal links to a terraced property on a different street