Straight answers about running, keeping and selling a home: what things cost, what the paperwork means and what to do before it becomes a problem.
A step-by-step guide to buying your first home in the UK, from saving a deposit to getting the keys. It covers what lenders look for, the Lifetime ISA, stamp duty in each nation, the real cash needed for a £275,000 home and the paperwork worth keeping once you move in.
The Renters' Rights Act 2025 changed every private tenancy in England on 1 May 2026. More arrives in stages: the landlord register from 15 December 2026, an ombudsman expected in 2028 and the Decent Homes Standard in 2035. Here's what's in force, what was due by 31 May 2026 and what's coming, each with its status and source, then a checklist to work through.
A week-by-week checklist for selling a house in England or Wales, from twelve weeks before you list to the day you hand over the keys. It covers the paperwork, valuations, choosing an agent and a conveyancer, the EPC, small repairs, leasehold packs, your mortgage and what to keep afterwards.
From 15 December 2026 landlords in England register themselves and each home they let on the government's Register your rental property service, with regions called forward a month apart and the last deadline on 14 November 2027. Here's every deadline, how the £65 fee works and what to have ready before your turn comes.
The TA6 is the Law Society's property information form that sellers in England and Wales complete through their conveyancer. The buyer relies on every answer. Here's what changed in the 6th edition used since 30 March 2026, what each part asks about, how to answer it well and the documents to gather first.
Almost every home has an EPC and almost nobody reads past the letter. This walks through each part of the certificate, which recommendations tend to be worth doing and what is changing: redesigned EPCs for England and Wales are now expected in the second half of 2027, with Scotland on its own timetable.
A service charge demand arrives once a year as a single figure with little behind it. You have more right to question it than most leaseholders realise, from section 20 consultation to the receipts behind the accounts, while most of the reform in the headlines isn't law yet.
The boxes can wait. This is a practical moving-in checklist for day one, the first 48 hours, the first week and the second week: the readings, safety checks, admin and paperwork that take minutes now and turn into a small research project six months later.
Buildings insurance asks what it would cost to rebuild your home, not what it would sell for. The two can be far apart. Here is what a rebuild figure includes, how to work yours out for free, when you need a surveyor instead and what an underinsured claim actually looks like.
