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Kelly Hoppen enters the Dragons’ Den
Interior design maven Kelly Hoppen MBE is joining the BBC's Dragons' Den. Paphitis and Devey left the show after Series 10, leaving one more available spot in the Den for a screen-friendly investor.
Sorting out the Bugger’s Muddle: Tricky, risky, but it’s cheap
Buying Agent turned developer Alan Page's quest for an honest profit has got complicated as he takes a punt on a short lease wreck in W8...
Chilled Out Entertainer
Samsung launched its first ever 'smart fridge' at the CES exhibition in January - and it's pretty darn cool in every sense.
The ten projects that made Finchatton: A retrospective
In conversation with Andrew Dunn and Alex Michelin, founders of luxury property development firm Finchatton.
What happened to second homes in 2012?
Well, the number of second homes in England rose again in 2012, according to recent data from the Department of Communities and Local Goverment.
As Houses: Doettling launches most safe safe yet
Ever felt like your safe or vault wasn't quite showy enough?
The Destruction of Arcadia: Heritage under siege
As English Heritage prepares to celebrate the birth of heritage tourism with the 1913 Ancient Monuments Act, Britain's great estates are under siege from growth and progress, says William Cash from Upton…
Nest: the next generation thermostat
Whilst a thermostat might not necessarily generate a lot of excitement, bear with us, because the Nest is no ordinary home heating control.
Finchatton’s next step: The Lansbury
Finchatton has just released its most ambitious project to date. The Lansbury, a boutique multi-unit development, sits in the heart of Knightsbridge on the corner of Basil Street overlooking Harrods.
Planning exposed… BBC2 tonight (31st Jan)
The Beeb's latest documentary-fodder, "The Planners," which follows planning applications and the "contentious processes behind them," gets underway at 8pm tonight with an episode about building on greenfield…
Premiership’s £100m homes game kicks off
In case you didn't know, it's that time of the year when Premiership footballers have to think about trading in their neo-Doric columns for neo-Georgian ones, and it could mean as much as £100m to the…
View from the Shard gets sketchy
Stephen Wiltshire, the celebrated British artist who draws remarkably detailed cityscapes from memory, has pen-and-inked the panorama from London's newest visitor attraction.