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D.I.Y-sore: The botched renovation which has taken four years The derelict-looking house stands out like a sore thumb in a street of smart houses and neighbours claim it is devaluing their homes by £20,000.

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The derelict-looking house stands out like a sore thumb in a street of smart houses and neighbours claim it is devaluing their homes by £20,000.

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Homeowner, 63, hit with £2,250 legal bill and threatened with ASBO for refusing to trim 32ft-high conifer hedge

63-year-old Sheila Spiers has been ordered to cut the 32ft hedge in her garden (pictured) by six feet in the next month or she could be given an ASBO. Miss Spiers said she will not cut the hedge because it is home to pigeons and bats. Neighbours say it blocks light into their gardens in Evesham, Worcestershire. Miss Spiers said the tree does not boarder her neighbour's garden and shouldn't be classified as a hedge. ...read

Tony Martin has another run-in with teenage burglar but this time lets him run off with a 'Come back again and I'll sort you out' warning

Repeat: Tony Martin, who killed an intruder in 1999, has been burgled again and he chased the intruder off his farm

The Cambridgeshire pensioner said he wished he had tried to stop the thief, but was afraid to defend his property after being locked up in 2000.

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London really is THE millionaires' playground: More 'ultra-high net worth' individuals live in English capital than any other city on Earth, new figures reveal

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The UK capital is home to more multimillionaires than any other city in the world - a staggering 4,224 in total, according to new figures.

Barratt builds up hope of economic recovery after government housing scheme helps to boost its business

Unsure: Critics argues that Help-To-Buy is a 'short-term political fix'

The housebuilder reported a sharp rise in business since New Year – particularly following the launch of the Government’s Help to Buy scheme.

Labour plots 'Bridget Jones tax': Party accused of demanding an end to council tax discounts for singletons

Singleton: Renee Zellwegger as Bridget Jones in the 2001 film Bridget Jones Diary

In a formal submission to ministers, the Local Government Association is calling for the power to end the 25 per cent discount offered in recognition of the fact single people place fewer demands on local services.

Grandfather, 69, banned from selling award-winning flowers outside his home 'in case he distracts drivers'

Colourful display: Pensioner Joe Poultney, has been ordered to stop selling flowers outside his home in Barlaston, Staffordshire, in case it distracts passing drivers

Joe Poultney has been ordered him to stop selling the plants, used to raise hundreds of pounds for charity every year, by Stafford Borough Council chiefs who claim the colourful bouquets distract drivers.

Can I 'swap' houses with my parents so that we can continue to live in the same area - and reduce stamp duty?

House swap: What are the implications of selling our homes at knockdown prices to family members?

My parents want to downsize and my wife and I need a bigger home - can we swap houses and each pay less to reduce stamp duty?

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Tory to be sued by expenses watchdog over £54,000 profit on taxpayer-funded home as it is revealed MPs made £1m profit through selling property

Tory MP Stewart Jackson claims he is being 'bullied' by the expenses watchdog

Stewart Jackson vowed he will not pay £54,000 – the amount the watchdog said represents his constituency home’s increase in value while he was claiming mortgage interest on his expenses.

How investors are going back to buy-to-let for a good return on their money

Let the good times roll: Buy-to-let once more appears to be a lucrative option for some

For those entering the buy-to-let market the chances of finding suitable tenants have seldom been better as renting becomes a way of life for hundreds of thousands of young professionals.

Mortgage advert blunders making comparing home loans an even tougher task

The Post Office has since corrected its advertising mistake.

It can be hard enough working out whether a mortgage is a good deal, but inaccurate adverts slipping through the net are making things worse.

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Life-size dollhouse inside New York's Grand Central train station lets visitors take a tour of Target's new homeware line

The 1,540-square-foot installation, which was open to the public on Tuesday for just one day, has two floors and seven rooms, all of which are decked out with the retailer's products. The front walls were left off the house so that spectators could peek inside each of the rooms. Visitors could even take a tour of the interior to get a closer look.

Diana's favourite interior designer and top London hotel open doors to five-star nursery suite... and they're hoping Kate and Wills will come to stay

Grosvenor House and nursery designers Dragons of Walton Street collaborated to design the suite, which will cost £6,270 for three nights.

Just vantastic! Head-turning campervan opens up to reveal secret compartment at the flick of a switch

Impressive: This camper van is guaranteed to turn heads after engineers used Thunderbirds-style technology to double living space at the touch of a button

The new invention transforms the T5 Doubleback into a 26ft long home on wheels and doubles the living space. The inside of the ‘pod’ reveals luxurious seating for five people which can be rearranged to make a huge bed, with a foldaway table.

Beam me upgrade! First class on Airbus A380 looks like Starship Enterprise

The interior was designed by Marc Newson and includes leather seating, LCD touch panels, plants and sheepskin-covered beds

The first class cabin of Qantas's A380 super-jumbos looks astonishingly like the U.S.S. Enterprise in Star Trek - although you'll have to settle for earthly routes such as London to Sydney.

Black and white buildings, red phone boxes and even a village pub... remind you of anywhere? Yep, it's China

Quaint: Newly-wed Chinese couples pose in the streets of Thames town

With its mock Tudor buildings, cobbled streets, red telephone boxes and a Gothic church, this could be a English town, but bizarre settlement is actually in the People's Republic.

Ben Stiller loses out as he sells stunning New York home for $8.9m... five years after buying it for $9.6m

Ben Stiller puts his stunning New York home on the market for $9.6million

Ben Stiller has lost over $1million from the sale of his New York home. The actor put his luxurious city pad on the market for $9.6million after he his wife Christine Taylor purchased the duplex in 2008 for $10million. Despite advertising it for $400,000 below the buying price, the comedian has walked away with much less money than he hoped for. ...read

That should solve the money worries! Real Housewives' Sonja Morgan puts her Colorado ski home on the market for $9m

Feast your eyes! Real Housewives' Sonja Morgan selling Colorado ski home at Rocky Mountain high asking price of $9 million

And now that the Real Housewives Of New York star has a 23-year-old boy toy to keep her company, she has little use for her luxurious mountain home anyway.The 49-year-old ex-wife of J.P. Morgan heir John Morgan has listed her sprawling Telluride, Colorado dwelling at a not-so-modest price of nine million dollars.The couple divorced in 2006 and she's now selling the home in an effort to separate marital assets and get on with her life. ...read

Kelsey Grammer sells his Beverly Hills mansion for $6.7 million... (making a $200K profit in just one year!)

Through the keyhole: Kelsey Grammer and new wife Kayte snap up $6.5m Beverly Hills mansion

Forced to sell home after latest show Boss axed

Larry Ellison buys up nearly TWENTY-FOUR properties in Malibu worth more than $250m

Billionaires Beach: The properties doted red are believed to be owned by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison along Carbon Beach, Malibu, California

Not content with owning an entire Hawaiian island worth $500 million, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has decided to buy Malibu, California - or at least an exclusive chunk of it.

Real Housewives of Miami star and plastic surgeon husband do battle with neighbors over their plans to demolish historic $9m mansion

Real Housewife of Miami star Lisa Hochstein and her plastic surgeon husband are facing opposition from Miami Beach preservationists over there plans for their Star Island dream home.

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