
Look out for overgrown gardens if you want to spot a potentially empty property
(Picture: PA)Have you seen a building that looks a bit off? Maybe it’s got broken windows, or the lights are always off? It turns out that just spotting and reporting one of these buildings could earn you up to £10,000.
Government data shows the UK currently has 238,306 homes in England classed as “long-term empty”, meaning they have been uninhabited for more than six months. In all, over 600,000 homes are currently vacant.