How mother and daughter built dream home in South London garden

How mother and daughter built dream home in South London garden

Julia Jude, 48, a psychotherapist who has two grown-up daughters, bought a small Victorian terrace for her and her youngest daughter, Elyse, who is now 22. As often happens, Julia bought in Forest Hill, the area of south-east London she knew and liked. Even though there was nothing wrong with the house, according to Elyse it felt “like a dolls house” and the rooms were dark.

The Rise of Peckham

The Rise of Peckham

Peckham – once known as the dodgy side of London, now seen as one of the most thriving areas to date. But why the sudden rise in this new hipster location? It may have something to do with the vast number of modern art and music scenes available in the area, as well as the immense number of restaurants, cafes and coffee shops opening up every day.

Tech unicorns transforming London areas: from Broadgate to Battersea becoming hubs for cool new homes and barista workshops

Tech unicorns transforming London areas: from Broadgate to Battersea becoming hubs for cool new homes and barista workshops

This is not a scene from a George RR Martin novel or Tove Jansson fantasy, but global tech giants and so-called unicorns — private digital companies valued above $1 billion — are setting up in Battersea, Fitzrovia and Broadgate.

Price gap between asking and sold prices across the capital reaches £27k

Sellers are “shooting themselves in the foot” by not lowering their price expectations as London establishes itself as a buyers’ market, according to Rightmove's latest house price report.

Why Londoners are buying houses in the new cool countryside 'banker belt'

Why Londoners are buying houses in the new cool countryside 'banker belt'

There was a time when ownership of an elegant country manor was confirmation of a successful career — witness all those Victorian industrialists who ploughed heaps of cash into Robert Adams mansions approached via wrought-iron gates and a long drive through landscaped acres.

£4.5m Lake House proves being green doesn't mean you have to compromise on luxury or style

£4.5m Lake House proves being green doesn't mean you have to compromise on luxury or style

You wouldn't assume that a £4.5 million house with a helicopter hanger and helipad, party room and recording studio would also be one of the UK's most sustainable homes.

Is running an Airbnb in London more hassle than it's worth?

A chap in my office is going on a three-week business trip next month, so he decides he will let his one-bedroom flat in a trendy part of south London via Airbnb. But he is appalled that its automated pricing system suggests he charges a nightly rate of just £27.

Why Cape Town is running out of water

Why Cape Town is running out of water

Running dry: At the edge of Khayelitsha, a township in Cape Town, Ntombi Mlityalwa is filling a huge old paint tin from a standpipe, with which she intends to do laundry. As water gushes, she says that it is not always so easy. Read more here on TheJournal