Welcome back to the Househunter. The housebuying season is officially open – not that it ever goes away but this time of year tends to be the start of the busy period. Last year television presenter Amanda Lamb kindly guest-blogged a post on how to sell your house – sound advice which is always relevant,…
WHO is going to use that room? WHAT are they going to do there? WHEN are they going to be doing it? It’s that simple, but you’d be amazed by how many people either don’t think to ask those questions or think they don’t need to. And missing out on this key step means you…
At the time of writing the clocks have gone forward and the weather has gone backward. There was a brief moment when it looked like Spring which, given that we had just moved into British Summer Time, wasn’t a moment too soon. Then the heavens opened and dropped about three days of rain before breakfast.…
Those of you who follow me on instagram will be familiar with my sitting room and, more importantly, the chaise longue in there. I bought it for The Mad Husband as a 40th birthday present from the local junk shop. It cost £250 and we have both always loved it. When we moved here and…
I hope you will forgive me a little mini-break here. Many of you will be away on holiday for the next few days or busy with friends and family rather than house-hunting or blog-reading. I tend to only take a break from publishing over Christmas but this year, having been so busy with the book…
The great car manufacturer Henry Ford, founder of the eponymous car company, famously said: “Any customer can have a car painted any color (sic) that he wants so long as it is black.” He said a great many other wise things too but it is this which concerns us today. Only today we’re not talking…
So I don’t normally get all cutsie and Easter about these things but these are, as the song goes, a few of my favourite things and they just happened to have bunnies on and one of them was for a good cause so it seemed appropriate for the time of year. If you’re trying to…
Linda Boronkay has one of those dream jobs. A job that you can barely imagine exists never mind actually having it. An interior designer who has worked for and with Martin Brudnizki, Tara Bernerd and Tom Dixon and who, last year, was appointed as Design Director of Soho House. That means she gets to work…
Happy Monday to you all. Or Tuesday if you were doing something else yesterday and are reading this on catch up as it were. Not going regional this week but just featuring some of my favourite rooms that I have seen round and about. First up is the newly decorated bedroom of photographer Leo Holden,…
Good morning everyone. Full of the joys of Friday? Ready to hit the streets and find a property to splash that fantasy cash on? Walk this way to a warehouse conversion overlooking the river – that’s me sold already. It has one/two bedrooms and is on the market with The Modern House for £825,000. It’s…