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Valuing on square footage alone is lazy, crude and plain wrong - it's how you use the space that counts, says Simon Barnes... 

So now we know when a house is not a "house" (more on last year's Hosebay ruling here), what then constitutes a "flat" in the eyes of the law?

Architects should be able to create something thrilling and dynamic with our homes, says Doer Upper Alan Page, but that's rarely the case these days...

In the second part of this fascinating series, Nicholas Kingsley explores the family's magnificent seat, Acton Round Hall, and finds out how to catapult a piano with the wonderfully eccentric new owner...

Residents should take ownership, advice and - most importantly - pride if they want to create a communal garden that really binds their community together, says PrimeResi's landscape design guru Barry…

71% of art collectors have bought art online, with 25% of the serious buyers (those spending more than £75,000 a year on art) putting down up to £50,000 based on little more than a JPEG image, according…

In the first in a new series, Nicholas Kingsley, Head of Archives Sector Development at The National Archives, shares with PrimeResi his extraordinary research into the great landowning families of the…

The best buyer does not always emerge from the sealed bids process, so why are some agents so keen to push the envelope, asks James Bailey... You hear a lot about "sealed bids" in prime central London.

As the nation comes to terms with the sad news of Margaret Thatcher's passing, Trevor Abrahmsohn explains why she will be so terribly missed... We have lost our national treasure, Margaret Thatcher.

As Lonres releases its Spring Residential Review, William Carrington urges the government to be careful of playing fast and loose with the property industry...

The decision of the Upper Tribunal in the recent case Executors of Lord Howard of Henderskelfe v Commissioners of HMRC could prove momentous for owners of heritage property.