Latest Property Advice

• Convert Your Loft
  

  Published 23rd Mar 2007

  A good loft conversion is one of the best value ways of expanding your living space, and chances are it’ll recoup its costs when it comes to selling your home

• How to beat Inheritance Tax
  

  Published 12th Mar 2007

  With Gordon Brown edging closer to Number 10, experts are advising people across the UK to reassess their wills to beat his stranglehold on Inheritance Tax (IHT)

• Tenancy Deposits
  

  Published 12th Mar 2007

  Wondering if you can: Charge two months rent in advance

• Reduced VAT for French renovation work: new ‘simplified’ guidelines
  

  Published 18th Jan 2007

  The French tax authorities have issued new ‘simplified’ forms for people hoping to pay reduced VAT on their home renovation

• Your guide to successful home improvements
  

  Published 24th Nov 2006

  Nearly half of us have undertaken some sort of home improvement in the past year and upgrading your home is on the agenda for over a third of us throughout 2007

• Surveyors in France
  

  Published 18th Nov 2006

  Just because the French don't use surveyors doesn't mean that you can't

• Do you need a survey when buying a home in France?
  

  Published 18th Nov 2006

  British people should take at least as much care when buying a property in France as they would in the UK