Exchanging houses with my mum and dad was the best decision my husband, Tom, and I made. They wanted to downsize and we wanted to upsize, so it made sense. We both lived in 1930s houses five minutes a

This house has been our family’s home for 60 years, and it’s lovely to have that continuity. My mum was born here on the living room floor, and it used to belong to my late grandparents. It’s set over

During the 20 years in her minimalist detached home in Enfield, north London, Gemma Hosking had resisted her Welsh husband’s suggestion they move back to his home country many times. But, with ageing

I was pregnant with our second child when we started house hunting during Covid, taking advantage of the stamp duty freeze. We’d outgrown our small house and the layout didn’t work for a young family.

After fully renovating and extending their last home – a three-bed semi near the seafront in Scarborough – Lauren and Jamie were keen to take on another project. Although they didn’t need to move, Jam

Moving into a bigger house 11 years ago, while pregnant with their youngest son, Heidi and Matt Stone knew they’d have to do lots of the renovation work themselves. Over the years they have worked thr