Britain is a nation of ‘propcrastinators’, new research by FirstPort, the UK’s largest residential property manager, reveals today as 82% (42 million Brits) admit to putting off essential jobs around the house, are you on of them?
It's pretty hard to build a house without bricks and mortar so when the NAEA says there is a brick deficit of more than 1 billion bricks, alarm bells tend to start to ringing. They are even suggesting that the lack of bricks has contributed to rising house prices over the last ten years as demand continues to outstrip supply.
Stone cladding, untidy gardens and flaky paint can all devalue your property – but why on earth would you want to? You wouldn’t, of course, so take a look at our checklist to see which of these golden rules you’re breaking. They’re all within your control… and they all need fixing (if it’s not too late) before you put your home on the market...
The housing and planning minister, Brandon Lewis, has announced the introduction of new registers to help aspiring self-builders find plots of land - So will 2016 be the year for self builders?
