You look at your Energy Performance Certificate [EPC] and see a big D staring back at you. Underneath, it tells you that your home could potentially become a B. So, if you're thinking of selling, should you spend money getting it there? Perhaps. But a better EPC rating doesn't automatically mean you've made a good investment. Some improvements can make your home warmer, cheaper to run and potentially more attractive to buyers. Others can cost thousands of pounds for surprisin

So, you decide to update the bathroom... It sounds straightforward. New tiles, perhaps a better shower screen and a fresh colour on the walls. Then the choices begin. Ceramic or porcelain? Large format or smaller tiles? Matte or gloss? Plain or patterned? Which grout? Which trim? What works with the light? What will still look good when the latest social-media trend has moved on? Before long, you have 30 tabs open, a phone full of screenshots and no clearer idea of what to bu

At the end of the day, politics will continue to change, and people will still need to move. Governments change, policies change and new housing announcements appear regularly. This can leave homeowners wondering whether they should move now or wait to see what happens next. However, people rarely move because the political conditions are perfect. They move because their family needs more space, their work has changed, they want to be closer to relatives or their present home