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Time and place: Lord David Steel
I attended a boarding school in Edinburgh while my family lived in Kenya, so,
when it came to my student days, living with my parents was something of a
novelty.
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Brief encounter: do we really need an energy performance certificate?
Our two-bedroom bungalow has been marketed by estate agents since February
2007. It was made clear from the outset that we did not require a home
information pack (Hip). Last week our agent rang to say that we would
require an energy performance certificate (EPC) by October 1, 2008, or he
could be fined. The cost is £95. Is [...]
New housing in the Islington City Basin
The Regent’s Canal is the cross-town backbone of a mellow weekend in northeast
London. There are joggers, strollers, cyclists, canoeists, canal boats and
last weekend, a couple in an inflatable dinghy, tucked under a blanket,
enjoying a couple of beers.
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Top 10 tips for the perfect autumn garden
1. Tidy up!
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Grade II listing for Catford’s prefabs
The Excalibur estate in Catford consists of 187 steel-and-aluminium homes. It
was constructed in the 1940s by prisoners of par; at the time, the
properties were considered to be the height of luxury, with a bath, indoor
lavatory and a small garden.
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Upwardly mobile: Orlando Bloom
In fameland you can get paid to turn up to parties. Developers have long been
wise to this and often rope in a celebrity to put their name to a building
project in return for a few bob. But Aquitainia, one of Dubai’s squillions
of fancy new towers de farce, is paying four celebrities. At last Thursday’s
launch party, [...]
Locals happy to bid farewell to bollards of Fort Grosvenor
The news that the US Embassy is to depart from Mayfair, W1, in favour of Wandsworth, SW8, caused an almost audible sigh of relief to flow from the mansions of Upper Brook Street to Mount Street, home of the hip Scott's restaurant and Christian Louboutin shoe shop. For the residents of Mayfair, deliverance from concrete [...]
B&B rescue plan sparks mass mortgage product withdrawal
The number of mortgage products available in Britain fell by more than 11 per cent between Monday and Tuesday, as the intensifying financial crisis prompted dozens of lenders to withdraw their most competitive rates, giving brokers and customers just a few hours’ notice.
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Mortgage approvals sink to another record low
The balance sheets of British banks are contracting at an almost unprecedented rate, with disastrous consequences for lending and the health of the wider economy.
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Mortgage approvals sink to another record low
The balance sheets of British banks are contracting at an almost unprecedented rate, with disastrous consequences for lending and the health of the wider economy.
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