All news on the topic: Housing

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Family living in hotel after housing firm blamed cats for leak causing hole
Stacey Sell, 39, has been staying at a Premier Inn with her partner Mark Thwaites and her two children for two weeks since the leak caused their ceiling to collapse in Maidstone, Kent
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Couple buy house and live there for 5 years - then find out they don't own it
Jess and Jackie Morecroft bought a dream home at auction and after living in it for five years, a court ruled it still belonged to their previous owner on Australia's Gold Coast
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New homeowner ‘speechless’ to discover huge hidden swimming pool in back garden
John Reynolds from Texas bought the abandoned property, which had previously been owned by a hoarder for 20 years and had been lying empty for a year
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Millionaire who illegally built 'UK's biggest cave' still not knocked it down
Locals have also rubbished claims by accountant Graham Wildin, 70, that he had sold the structure in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, to a Mexican businessman for just £1
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Man overjoyed after finding £47,000 stuffed into walls of new home
Toño Piñeiro was renovating his retirement home when he discovered some Nesquik cans hidden behind the walls - and they contained a small fortune that helped him pay for a new roof
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Mum 'unable to sleep' and at breaking point from seeing 10 mice each day in flat
Mum-of-two Cassie Locke, 31, from Maidstone, has told how she is at "breaking point" claiming to see up to ten mice a day in her home while having a phobia of the rodents
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Multiple gardens flooded with raw sewage after two wigs are flushed down the loo
Foul waste overflowed into residents' gardens after the 'hair-raising' blockage in Bradford, West Yorkshire, which took a specialist team and six tanks of water to clear away
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Grieving son to be kicked out of family home after 63 years weeks after mum died
Gary Brooking, 63, was told he needs to leave the two-bedroom council home in Tilehurst, Berkshire so another family can move in - Mr Brooking cared for his mum for the last 13 years
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Couple told to demolish extension after encroaching 68mm into neighbours' garden
The new extension of the Ashraf family home in London strayed 68mm or 2.68 inches onto their neighbour's land with an overhang at roof level 98mm or 3.86 inches the wrong side of the boundary
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Horrified house hunters slam £550-a-month 'flat-share' with 8 bunk beds in dorm
The furnished flat posted on Rightmove is described as including a 'shared dorm room with six to eight beds' and shared shower facilities - but house hunters have likened it to a 'prison'
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Man who had revenge sex with wife on neighbour's bollard forced to pay her £250
Lee McConnell fell out with pensioner Wendie Bryant after she erected a metal post to stop him parking his VW campervan in her space - then had sex with his wife Dani outside her home
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Incredible $1.9million gold mansion splits opinion with bizarre saxophone design
The 'TunnelRoad' mansion in Berkley, California, worth $1.9milllion was rumoured to have been built after a saxophone was found amid the debris following a devastating fire
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The top 20 neighbourly annoyances - including loud music and ignoring pet mess
Research reveals one in 20 neighbours claim they can't even remember the last time they spoke to the people next door.
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'My friend is demanding I buy her a new oven after I made a mess house-sitting'
The housesitter didn't think she should be expected to replace the oven after her friend tried to hold her accountable for the mess she accidentally made during her stay
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Couple save house deposit by travelling the world dog sitting for strangers
Molly and Garth are living their dream travelling the world looking after complete strangers' houses and pets for free - while saving up a hefty house deposit along the way
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Family house hits the market at just £30,000 - but it needs plenty of work
The two-bedroom terraced property in Farnworth, near Bolton in Greater Manchester is listed on property site Zoopla for just £30,000 - but it needs a lot of work
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Awaab Ishak housing group seeks new £168k-a-year boss after mould death scandal
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) was slammed following death of Awaab, who died following prolonged exposure to mould at the family’s flat
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Mum fumes over fine for parking on her driveway - but some say she deserves it
Jäclyn Clairé was fined $283 (£151) for parking her car on her own driveway, as it doesn't fit in the garage, amid a council crackdown to keep vehicles from parked congesting roads
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Mum trapped in damp home has severe allergic reaction to mould as her eyes swell
A mum says her family have been 'living in hell' for nearly a decade after severe mould in her social housing property made her two-year-old ill and repeatedly made her eyes swell
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Inside epic underground home teen started digging 8 years ago after parent row
After getting into a fight with his parents, 14-year-old Andres Canto began digging a hole in his garden, and eight years later it's become a fully habitable home
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'I went into my sister's home without permission - my husband owns it so I can'
People were left divided after a woman attempted to justify her decision to go inside her younger sister's home without her permission after she suspected her sibling was lying to her
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Couple’s dream home becomes a nightmare as walls 'crumbling' with damp and mould
Josh Bullivant claims he has tried to contact his estate agency, Lovelle, multiple times to try to get someone to come to the house to repair the issues but no-one has come
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Idyllic village has homes for £170k but you need permission to paint front door
Merseyside village Port Sunlight was founded in 1888 by industrialist William Hesketh Lever for his factory workers and today, to preserve the area, new inhabitants must follow strict aesthetic rules
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Angry neighbour makes 'passive aggressive' poster after woman touches their car
The neighbour's furious note was written in red ink and accused an old woman of touching their car among other offences, with their method of getting in touch dividing opinion online
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Couple make snap '10-minute decision' on house and turn it into dream home
Amy Wright, 24, and partner David Lavery, 25, were forced to make a snap decision on buying their first home but have turned it into a gorgeous dream pad