Downsizing pensioner uncovers remains of a long-lost palace in back garden where he is building a bungalow – solving 200-year-old mystery but landing himself with a £15,000 bill Charles Pole, 81, discovered a 700-year-old Bishop’s Palace under his lawn The discovery in Wiveliscombe, Somerset has excited local historians, who believed the Palace had been at … Read more
Pandemic pushes older homeowners into thinking about downsizing earlier than planned By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 19 January 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 19 January 2021 The pandemic has pushed nearly two million older homeowners to think about downsizing earlier than planned, new figures reveal. The survey of those … Read more
Nissan is targeting ‘downsizers’ by offering business class comfort and tech at economy class prices with its next generation British-built Qashqai compact SUV, say bosses. The interior of the new sports-utility vehicle – to be built at the Japanese firm’s Sunderland factory, whether or not there is a trade deal over Brexit – is said … Read more
Back in 1976, we lived in a flat in Paddington. With two two-year-olds — my son, Daniel, and adopted daughter, Li-Da — having frequent tantrums and my late husband, the writer Rayne Kruger, needing quiet, a country house looked like the answer. In those days, the Cotswolds were a rural backwater and properties were cheap. … Read more