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AROUND five million homes around the UK – or one in six – are at risk from flooding, while the number of exposed properties is also likely to increase because of climate change and extreme [...]

TACKLING draughts and turning down the thermostat could save money and cut household bills as the colder temperatures begin to bite. Turning down the heating dial by just one degree can save [...]

WE’VE RECENTLY stumbled on a survey that reveals the top 20 features buyers look for in a home. The report was commissioned by GoCompare.com Mortgages. Not surprisingly for us, warmth and [...]

IT IS being reported that adopting simple measures such as loft and cavity wall insulation would mean households across the country could cut energy costs by hundreds of pounds by 2020. Well, of [...]

COLD and damp are just some of the effects experienced in more than 5 million uninsulated homes with cavity walls across the country, a Government report has revealed. The English Housing Survey [...]

More details have been released by the Government following the launch last month of their Green Deal to help homes pay for energy improvements through savings on their fuel bills. The cashback [...]