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'I made £700 by reporting my neighbour - I'm gobsmacked and overjoyed'
Ayyesha said: "I’m 30 this year, I didn’t have an 18th or a 21st, so this money will definitely go towards a celebration this year"
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'No one will rent my house because of the smell - it's so bad it makes me sick'
Landlord Neeru Saxena, who owns a property in Wavertree, Liverpool, says she struggles to find tenants because of a build-up of smelly rubbish in the alleyway behind the house
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Massive surge in UK homes up for sale - see how your neighbourhood compares
There were a total of 720,540 properties on the market across England in the second quarter of the year, research by property purchasing specialist House Buyer Bureau found
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Couple renovating home find incredible 200-year-old feature under kitchen floor
A couple were shocked to discover a 200-year-old well hidden underneath the kitchen floor in their home while renovating it - and have since decided to turn it into an amazing feature piece
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Househunters gobsmacked to find cannabis farm hidden in £25,000 home
The two-bedroom terrace in Liverpool is up for auction - and it appears to have been previously transformed from a liveable home into a drug-making cave
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Council must pay £30,000 after accusing man of stealing part of his own garden
Christopher Pinto faced years of legal threats from Labour-controlled Haringey Council over the around 460 square-foot piece of land at the bottom of his garden in London
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Tenants can't work from home despite staggering £1,400-a-month rent for bedroom
Spareroom advertises the bedroom at a flat share in Hackney, east London, but working from home is limited because of the size of the property which is near a park and other amenities
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Untouched house frozen in time which is like stepping back into the 1960s
In a house in in Dresden, Staffordshire, time has stood still as it appears to be out of the 1960s with original decoration remaining after the occupant died
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'Londoners are destroying our seaside town with eyesore newbuild monstrosities'
Residents of a road in Tankerton, near Whitstable in Kent, have been dismayed by the looks of recent new builds thrown up near their homes, until a new one was proposed
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'I made a huge mistake with council house garden - and it's going to cost me'
A woman has warned renters to be careful when it comes to using their garden space, as she made a huge mistake that's going to be expensive to fix when she moves out
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'We're being forced out of our seaside town by Airbnbs and second homes'
Competition for housing is fierce in Falmouth, Cornwall - largely due to the increase in people desperate for a second home to rent out - and locals are not happy
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'My mortgage has already more than doubled - I'm considering selling'
Following Bank of England's decision to hike interest rates to five per cent, single mum Abigail Tunstall has shared the struggle it will cause her and millions of others across the UK
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Residents ridicule fence built over path - and no one knows who put it there
The developer, Avant Homes, said it didn't put it up while Redcar and Cleveland Council believes a member of the public erected the fence rail in Guisborough, Teesside
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Map of areas where house prices are rising and falling the most - see full list
The average house price in the UK was £286,000 in April, which was £9,000 higher than 12 months earlier. However, it was £7,000 lower than the recent peak in September 2022
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Three-bedroom house is a steal for just £19k - but only bid if you like a gamble
A terraced home in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, is up for grabs in an online auction and bidding is set to close on Wednesday - but buyers can only see a photo of the exterior of the property
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You can get paid £68k to move to beautiful remote island - but there is a catch
Ireland's government has launched its "Our Living Islands" scheme in a bid to boost the population in offshore communities - and is inviting people to live in seclusion
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Homeowner in 'horror film' after finding hidden 'frozen in time' flat in attic
A man has taken to social media to share how he discovered an entire house hidden inside his attic - and has drawn up plans for what he wants to do with the extra space
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'I dream of buying my first home - but I've had to cut my savings by 75%'
Michelle Steele, who lives with son Louis, used to put away £100 from her salary each month but now can only afford to save £25 - a reduction of 75% since costs went up
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Inside seemingly normal home for £1.2million with very wacky interior
The mansion appears 'normal' on the outside but house hunters have said is a 'headache' has hit the market in the US for $1.6million around £1.2million
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One-bed bungalow on sale for £220k but it's so tiny it looks like a garden shed
A bungalow in St Andrews, Scotland, that is advertised on Rightmove for £220,000, has been mocked online by people saying it looks more like a garden shed as it's just 24 sq m (259 sq ft)
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Green-fingered man makes jungle behind his city home to escape UK heatwave
Dr Simon Olpin, 70, has been passionate about nature since he was a boy but due to his deathly fear of flying, he has never been able to travel the world and see any jungles
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Couple who bought 'crack den' home for £225k spend £2m and 10 years restoring it
Couple Reg and Elizabeth Price bought Roswarne House in Camborne, Cornwall, in 2013 and spent ten years restoring it to its former glory - after turfing out drug addicts
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'We moved to France and bought an entire village for the price of one UK house'
Liz and David Murphy were shocked at how far their money could go across the channel after selling their three-bedroom Manchester semi-detached home for £400,000
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Man builds 10ft privacy fence after complaints about dogs but makes things worse
Carl Kurtz heard complaints from his neighbour, Dustin Earnhardt, after he build a 10-foot tall privacy fence to resolve a dispute over his barking dogs at his home in South Carolina
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Man finds 1million copper pennies while cleaning out late father-in-law's home
John Reyes, an estate agent, was helping his wife, Elizabeth, clean out her dad's home last year when they discovered more than one million copper pennies hidden away in his garage