By Emily on March 7, 2012
If you’re anything like me, and I hope for your sake you’re not, you might have thought this article referred to cars. It doesn’t. It refers to the celebrity trend that’s been steadily increasing and becoming more widely accepted… Insuring parts of your body.
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Posted in Insurance Industry | Tagged Insurance Explained |
By Emily on March 7, 2012
Fires can start from the simplest of things: cooking, smoking, electrical appliances, romantic nights in with candles, chip pans, fireworks and flame-throwers.
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Posted in Home | Tagged How to, Safety |
By Patrick on March 6, 2012
Do you ever get that sinking feeling that at any moment something is about to go terribly wrong? Well that rumbling in the pit of your stomach may have less to with the stress of a new promotion and more to do with the sickly state of your house’s foundation.
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Posted in Home | Tagged Buying a Home, claims, Environment, Subsidence |
By James on March 2, 2012
Faulty electrics are extremely dangerous, causing 12,500 fires and 2,000 electric shock accidents in the home each year, according to the National Inspection Council for Electrical Installation Contracting (NICEIC).
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Posted in Home, Safety and Security | Tagged Safety |
By Emily on February 29, 2012
If you’re about to enter a tenancy agreement or you’re coming up to the end of your rental period and are slightly concerned that you might get nobbled on your deposit then read on.
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Posted in Home | Tagged Personal Finance, Rent, Rights, Students |
By James on February 23, 2012
Your clothes won’t dry properly, there’s a constant musty smell and your breathing isn’t as easy as usual; welcome to your new damp home.
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Posted in Home | Tagged Buying a Home |
By James on February 23, 2012
Whether you’re an oil rig diver or a nanny, there are always physical risks associated with working (a nanny might trip over a child!). And the figures back this up; in 2010/2011 Health and Safety Executive statistics show that there were 200,000 injuries at work, with 171 proving fatal. But if you think you’ve got [...]
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Posted in Just for Fun | Tagged Safety |
By Patrick on February 22, 2012
There isn’t a homeowner in the country who hasn’t decked out their pad in the latest appliances in an effort to ‘keep up with the Joneses’.
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Posted in Home | Tagged Environment, Facts |
By Emily on February 21, 2012
Dealing with bad housemates is a tricky business. Here is our step-by-step guide on how to get rid of awful housemates. We try the sensible ways first, and then move on to the more fun ways…
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Posted in Home | Tagged How to, Rent, Tenants |
Posted in Home | Tagged Buying a Home, Comment |
Where we live and why – the British home
By Patrick on February 20, 2012
It’s a British obsession, owning a home. It’s almost a rite of passage, you need to get on the property ladder. The more we think like that the more it perpetuates. We all want to buy property, so demand is always high and prices keep rising so property keeps on being a good investment.
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