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Blazes in outbuildings rose by 16% last year as workers raced to add offices, bars and gyms to their homes As the first Covid lockdown hit, workers in Britain opted to turn their sheds into offices - shoffices - and bars, but the trend has led to a surge in outbuilding fires. Data from freedom of information requests by the insurer Zurich found that blazes in sheds, garages and conservatories rose by 16% in 2020 compared with the previous year. Continue reading... ...

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Draughty homes contribute to 14% of the UKs greenhouse gas emissions, but a wave of eco-refurbs is changing that UK government failing to help local leaders achieve net zero When Boris Afinogenov moved to Liverpool from Lithuania in 2011, he knew that most Britons preferred to live in houses rather than the Soviet-era tower block he had left behind. But in a rambling Georgian property, he quickly found himself missing his cosy old flat. The idea of every home having its own boiler was also alien to him: in his town there were two municipal boilers for the entire population. Continue reading... ...

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We wanted to bid on a property. But auctioneers speak quickly, and this one had a strong Glaswegian accent My girlfriend Claire and I had both been to Scotland just once before: me as a kid; Claire for a medical school interview. Im English, shes Canadian, and we met in the French Alps in 2016, quickly grew close, travelled around Europe, then got it into our heads that we should move to Glasgow. Wanting a project, we looked at auction listings and found an apartment in Pollokshields, Southside . It needed some love, but the starting price was �10k. Before deciding to bid, Id spent a few nights sleeping in my van across the street from it. I liked it. With Claire away, I ventured to the sale alone. It was my first time at a property auction. I took my seat and waited patiently. The problem was auctioneers speak fast, and this one had a strong Glaswegian accent: I was really strugglin...

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MPs and builders want tax cut included in government strategy to cut emissions from home heating Ministers are resisting calls to reduce VAT on green home improvements, despite pleas from MPs and builders , as they prepare to set out a national strategy for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from home heating. Heating Britains homes accounts for about 14% of the UKs greenhouse gas emissions, and that number has barely budged in the past decade. This year, ministers scrapped the green homes grant , a scheme to subsidise insulation and low-carbon heating systems, after only six months. This left the UK with no plan to bring homes into line with the governments commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Continue reading... ...

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With so many Australians still disrupted by the pandemic, home improvement projects can restore a sense of control I have grown tired of my one-bedroom apartment. It started last year, when we were first plunged into lockdown. As it turns out, a bedroom, bathroom and living area is a very small space to share with a partner 24/7. The build-up to claustrophobia was gradual - at first, spending chunks of time at home surrounded by my things felt novel, comforting even. Then the familiar became overly familiar. So we bought new cushions, swapped our coffee table and organised the linen closet. Those stopgaps worked. Continue reading... ...

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As I stumble around in glasses, a new book reminds me that a dose of daylight can work wonders on your eyesight For weeks, Ive been struggling to get hold of new contact lenses. Whether because of Brexit, the pandemic or some other unknown factor, my prescription is always unavailable. This has never happened before and Ive worn soft lenses since I was 18, when I begged my mother to buy them for me before I went to university, the better that I might espy all the boys I hoped to get off with at a distance. These days, I dont mind how I look in my Coke bottles as much as I once did. But even so, I cant say that Im happy. My sunglasses are a no-go, ditto my reading glasses. Worst of all, behind my spectacles swotty thickness, I feel (ironically) slow-witted and lumbering, as if Im moving around in thick fog. Continue reading... ...

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This new chapter seems to mostly involve arguing about what to buy. Whats wrong with trial and error When my boyfriend and I moved into our own flat, we were congratulated on our new chapter. I didnt get it: wed already been living together for several years in a shared place, so the move seemed more like a minor upgrade. It turns out that everyone was being vague about what this chapter actually is. Which is understandable: Congratulations on opening your new chapter of arguing about what mundane crap you need to buy is far too long for a card. Rug underlay, a jigsaw, a storage thing to put another thing in - products with dozens of versions available and thus requiring research to make the right choice. I had no idea starting a new chapter with my great love would feel quite so much like a public-sector organisation tendering for a water cooler. Continue reading... ...

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