Nightmare-inducing statistics* from Rentokil warn that increased numbers of rats are invading British homes to find some respite from the wintery weather conditions.
It appears that the much-reviled creatures are just as opposed to snow, sleet and freezing temperatures as we are, and have been burrowing their way into our centrally heated houses to keep warm [...]

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, keyboards were big business in Kentish Town, London – so much so, that in 1901 The Piano Journal described the area as “that healthful suburb dear to the heart of the piano maker.”
This amazing loft apartment can be found on the first floor of the former Alison Piano [...]

Surely the ultimate in green one-upmanship for all the Jocastas and Joshuas, is Plan Toys’ very model of a modern green dollhouse?
Gone is the Victoriana chintz, the tiny china tea-set and the traditional grandfather clock. Instead, your eco-conscious kiddies can now play with a wee wooden wind turbine, a pint sized [...]

Well, I never.  In all the months we’ve been scribing away on Winging It, I don’t believe we’ve ever made mention of kids’ TV duo, Dick and Dom.
Until now, that is, when they’ve popped up twice in two days.  Spooky.

First up, Nigel name checked their hit series Dick and Dom in Da Bungalow in his blog praising [...]

Derided by the young, scoffed at by architects and used by comedians to raise a laugh; the bungalow has endured years of abuse despite promising beginnings as a chic but affordable ‘country home’.
The bungalow concept, imported in the late 19th century from India by ex-colonialists seeking an alternative to the drab brick of industrialised Blighty, [...]

It is normally the chunky click of a mouse that determines which websites can claim to be at the top of the online leagues, rather than X-Factor style votes.
For it is these clicks, driven by the millions of people who visit websites every day across a huge spectrum of online activity – from anagram solvers [...]

January 4th already?! Yikes, where does the time go?
To mark the passing of the year, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at the property market’s winners and losers in 2009.
And this being January, we’re serving up two graphs for the price of one … the regional risers and fallers and the [...]

I’m not quite sure what to make of the latest pundit on Cantos TV – the site usually interviews chaps from the City who talk tediously about interest rates, currency exchange, patterns of supply and demand … yadda, yadda.
But now they have a new analyst to provide a larger view of the financial universe: Christeen [...]

This week’s graph comes from our research team, whose MyHomeLife survey regularly polls our visitors to find out how they see the housing market.
Back in May – just as prices were beginning to pick up again – they were pretty downbeat. Only 11 per cent thought prices were recovering while 23 per cent expected them [...]

For over three decades now we’ve been a nation gripped by house price ups and downs, famously keen to discuss the subject at dinner parties, bars and work.
And quite right too. There are half a dozen UK house price indices available these days – including our own one – each offering a snapshot of the [...]