House of the year

13 JANUARY

It is raining sideways in north Wales when Nick Knowles joins our Zoom. He has just come off site at a DIY SOS Big Build, soaked, wind-blown and apologising for being late. There has been, he explains

SO YOU CAN’T PIN DOWN YOUR OWN TASTE? Bella Evennett-Watts OPENS UP HER LITTLE BLACK BOOK TO REVEAL WHERE TO FIND INSPIRATION…

Some people have an aptitude for seeking out properties that might be classed as diamonds in the rough, others have an innate knack for sourcing brilliantly priced interior finds. Simon Fenwick, it qu

Whingeing about the appalling state of things has become the national pastime. And for good reason. A lot has gone wrong in living memory. Nothing works well – if it works at all. You pull a lever and

There are several details throughout this listed townhouse in Hampshire that betray its varied history. ‘It was once a sheriff’s house and used to hold a lock-up. The door on the downstairs loo is sti