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BUILDING IN A FLOOD-RISK AREA

Extending, renovating or improving your home doesn’t always require planning permission. Our planning expert reveals what you can typically do to your property without it…

One of the biggest, and costliest, jobs for renovators comes with updating an outmoded heating and plumbing system — surveyor Ian Rock’s guide explains all you need to know

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On the verge of starting this self-build, a late change of design proved to be the making of this Devonian house on a bend