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Donnachadh McCarthy: The Home Ecologist
July 25th, 2007They are orange, mauve and pink, but they also claim to be green. Some of the first homes to be built as a result of John Prescott’s Design for Manufacture competition are on sale this summer at Oxley Woods, Milton Keynes.
The competition was to design homes to be built for less than 60,000 but […]
My Home: Dress Designer, Julia Clancy
July 18th, 2007Clothes take up a large part of my home. There’s a railing all along the hallway from one end of the house to the other and it’s packed full of dresses, ball gowns, tulle and jackets. It makes it nearly impossible to walk by without catching something in your trail.
I searched for a long […]
Huge increase in those forced to default on mortgages payments
July 11th, 2007Britain faces a mortgage crisis with payment arrears rising sharply as 18 million homeowners struggle to meet the fifth rise in interest rates in less than a year.
It is being predicted that high earners who have stretched themselves to buy a home will join less prosperous social groups in experiencing problems as they juggle […]