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Spotlight on Wood Green
Affordable, with good Tube links and acres of sports fields and conservation-area homes, Wood Green and Bounds Green are family favourites.
Spotlight on Rickmansworth
This wealthy suburban town is famous for its watery setting and has spacious homes and good schools within a 30-minute commute to London. No wonder it's in high demand.
Be a master chef at home
The stars of TV’s MasterChef, John Torode and Gregg Wallace, are making it easier to create speedy suppers at home based on the show’s favourite recipes. Do try this at home.
Find a rated tradesman
Want to add value to your property, make your house a home, or sell your place fast? With 1,000s of tradesmen nationwide, rated and recommended by previous customers, this is the smart way to find a reputable tradesman.
Buy of the week: Balham beauty
A sharp new makeover has been applied to this four-bedroom Victorian house. Polished wood floors, high ceilings and big bay windows give space and light to the reception rooms while glossy cabinetry features in the kitchen/dining room. Price: £875,000.
Swap of the week: Wartling, East Sussex
Take £800,000 to this Grade II-listed corker where you can gaze over Pevensey Marshes towards the South Downs. There’s bags of family space, with six bedrooms and four reception rooms, while tennis courts and a cottage are found in the large gardens.
Life-changer: Gravesend, Kent
This oast by the coast comes with open farmland and a church for neighbours. Yours for £850,000 it has all the ingredients for a great B&B: six bedrooms, four reception rooms, a huge attic and a farmhouse kitchen, plus three acres of stables and paddocks.
Spotlight on Wood Green
Affordable, with good Tube links and acres of sports fields and conservation-area homes, Wood Green and Bounds Green are family favourites.
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Change just one thing... the bathroom
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Get the most from your boiler
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An army of tulips
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