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London's hottest postcodes: the areas where buyer demand keeps rising despite the downturn

Home sales are falling across London but some micro-markets are bucking the trend. We take the temperature of the top 10 hottest spots

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Artful lodgers: everything you need to know about being a lodger or hosting one in your home

With the cost-of-living crisis hitting renters and homeowners alike, taking in or becoming a lodger can help make ends meet

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Starter homes for under £300k in these London areas first-time buyers need to know now

Buying a first home somewhere you actually want to live in London is a challenge but there are neighbourhoods matching relative affordability with cool village vibes. Here's where to look

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Open House Festival: our essential guide to the homes to visit — from a 57th-storey penthouse to an artist’s basement bunker

Each year, Open House gives Londoners a sneak peek of some of the capital’s most impressive — and usually off-limits — buildings

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The Superloop effect: London’s bus boost promises better suburban links — so which areas are set to benefit most?

With London’s outer boroughs soon to be connected by a circular suburban bus network, we discover the neighbourhoods ready to shine

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Bold overhaul sees ‘awful’ Hackney house transformed into colourful side-hustle home for one London couple

A bold renovation can really pay off, as Zoltan and Yana — who earn up to £900 a day by hiring out their living room for photoshoots — found out

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London’s creative quarters: the prized urban villages seeing a midweek renaissance as more people WFH

London’s high streets are booming thanks to the growth of home-working, but it’s in some of the capital’s most creative quarters that the change has been felt most keenly

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How one architect transformed this ‘almost impossible’ Sixties house in Dulwich into an award-winning family home

Helena Rivera had her work cut out repurposing her Sixties home in a Dulwich conservation area for her family. We take a look at the award-winning result

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Tower Bridge Moorings: the floating community offering a unique way to beat London’s housing crisis

This riverside setting is an oasis of calm for one thriving community who have found a unique and romantic way to navigate the capital’s housing crisis

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Recipe for change: inside the ‘liquorice allsort’ London mews house transformed by chef and writer Gizzi Erskine

Chef and writer Gizzi Erskine is leaving her vibrant home — and her beloved east London — for a new life south of the river

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Lights-on London: affluent areas are trying to lose their ghost town reputation — but are they getting it right?

A ‘lights out’ ghost town reputation has damaged parts of central London. Can a new wave of development bring it back to life?

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London’s hottest interior designers: the names you need to know when planning your home makeover

An interior designer will guide your style choices and help you avoid renovator’s remorse. Olivia Lidbury finds London’s top names to know now

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As Haringey’s warehouse district is lined up for redevelopment the creative community is fighting back

A Haringey warehouse complex has been home to artists, performers and other creatives for more than 20 years. Now their way of living is under threat

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Acton regeneration row: residents clash with developers and Ealing council over skyscrapers in the suburbs

A building boom is set to change the west London skyline. We speak to residents and would-be homeowners who worry they will be priced out by developers courting wealthy overseas investors

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Hidden in plain sight: a subterranean Camden infill house built across three back gardens

Like an architectural iceberg, this light-washed house by the architects at vPPR spans the ends of three north London gardens

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Breaking all the first home rules: inside a bold, Nineties-inspired Finsbury Park flat — where the bathtub takes centre stage

Designer Alex Holloway’s Finsbury Park flat shows even first-time renovators don’t need to play it safe

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Mid-century masterpiece: one Hackney couple’s extraordinary renovation of a dark and gloomy terraced house

This Hackney couple ripped up the rulebook in their bold transformation of a gloomy terraced house.

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Renovations of the year: the most inspiring extensions and more of 2022 — plus one remarkable new build

Courtesy of a crop of bold homeowners, these creative projects prove that it pays to think outside the box – quite literally

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Hosting Christmas: how to decorate on a budget with big impact, low cost creative projects

With lavishly expensive tablescaping feeling a bit out of touch this year, a little creativity and resourcefulness can go a long way to deliver a show-stopping festive home on a budget

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Inside Bell Hutley’s west London basement flat, transformed into a whimsical hand-painted home on a shoestring

Artist Bell Hutley tapped into the ‘imagination of her mind’ to liven up her two-bedroom Labroke Grove flat.

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Location houses: the Londoners hiring out homes for TV shoots — and earning up to £15k a year

Hiring out your home as a shoot location can be an attractive side hustle, but do you have the right space and mindset to make a go of it?

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‘My seven steps to keeping your energy bills down’: Kunle Barker shares his top energy-saving tips

From big-budget renovations to a £20 tweak, here’s how to save energy and spend less on your household bills without reducing your quality of life

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Getting the wow factor: meet the couple who went all-in on their renovation of a tired house in Islington

A leaky conservatory, careworn decor and awkward layout were just some of the challenges to overcome to turn a former rental into a forever home

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Space-saving hacks: how an interior designer created a two-bed home in a tiny dilapidated cottage in Peckham

Undaunted by taking on a ‘house of horrors’ interior designer Laura Lakin cleverly transformed a tiny, dank Victorian cottage into a bright, new home with room for guests

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How a Barbican-inspired extension added a multi-functional kitchen/art gallery to this Victorian terrace home

Gallerist Katherine Oliver wanted more than just a new kitchen — she needed somewhere to display art, too. Explore her new living space, complete with concealed picture hanging system

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