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"We played Tetris with the floorplan of our Sixities bungalow in Hackney Wick to create a courtyard home"

Clare Charman and James Curtis fell in love with the first house they saw — but not its layout. Luckily they had the skills and the friends to help transform the space.

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Are we witnessing the slow death of Peckham? How residents are battling big business to save the area's soul

The south London neighbourhood has never been so happening — which may be its downfall. As luxury housing and rising rents loom, residents are battling ‘gentrification on steroids’

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Inside the stylish Hackney infill house built by two architect friends on the site of a derelict garage

Architects Alexander Hills and Anthony Engi Meacock joined forces – and resources – to carve out a clever self-build house from a dilapidated old garage

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London starter homes for under £350k in these top first-time buyer postcodes

With a budget of £350,000, first-time buyers in the know don't need to sacrifice village vibes or a hipster lifestyle to get on the ladder. Here are the postcodes to push to the top of your property search

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How to flood-proof a home: 'after a storm swamped my basement flat I renovated so it wouldn't happen again'

After a storm swamped his basement flat, Christoph Halstenberg added flood proofing to his priorities for a planned renovation

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Renovations of the year 2023: the best London home makeovers and extensions to inspire your project

Think beyond the box-on-the-back extension – these Londoners prove home renovations needn't be predictable

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Inside Mr and Mrs House of Sunny's fabulous Sixties time capsule Camden home

Cult label House of Sunny founders Camilla and Sunny Williams are settling into their Sixties Camden mews house in time for Christmas as they grow their burgeoning property portfolio

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How to host now: Ravinder Bhogal, Max Hurd, Sky McAlpine and Henry Holland's tips for a stylish soiree

From setting a stylish table to serving the chicest food and drink, here's how experts in the art of entertaining put together the perfect evening

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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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