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What I Own: We left London for our £850,000 Brighton home — then we found asbestos

Metro

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June 27, 2026

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It hasn't been plain sailing.

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Fark

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· Jun 25, 2026

Check out this property in Salisbury, England: for a 30 percent stake, the rest belonging to the local Wiltshire Council, this lovely three bedroom house could be yours. You might want to sweep the house for bugs and replace the doorknobs, though [Awkward]

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Health & wellbeing | The Guardian

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· Jul 6, 2026

John Lewis dishwasher leak forced buyers into hotels for eight months

My elderly parents’ home was left uninhabitable, and they are owed £3,300 for repairs they had to fund themselvesMy elderly parents spent much of last year dealing with what should have been a straightforward insurance claim after a dishwasher installation by John Lewis caused a leak. Instead, it became a year-long ordeal, marked by repeated failures and an almost total absence of accountability. Continue reading...

Daily Mail

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· Jul 5, 2026

The priciest places to live in the UK: See how your cost of living compares

The priciest places to live in the UK: See how your cost of living compares

Metro

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· Jul 11, 2026

What I Own: I bought my four-bedroom £450,000 Cornwall villa in cash

Four years later, it's on the market for £795,000.

Irish Mirror

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· Jul 3, 2026

Batman mansion now abandoned and reclaimed by nature as it's left to rot

A former mansion, once on of the grandest houses in the UK currently lies empty and desolate

Commercial Observer

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· Jun 25, 2026

Union Investment, Nuveen Sell Retail Property at 1511 Third Avenue for $46M

Union Investment and Nuveen Real Estate have offloaded a retail property on Manhattan’s Upper East Side for 46.1 million, property records made public Wednesday show. The joint venture sold 1511 Third Avenue, a four-story retail building in the Upper East Side’s Yorkville neighborhood, to San Francisco-based real estate investment management firm Stockbridge, according to the []

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Related coverage for "What I Own: We left London for our £850,000 Brighton home — then we found asbestos": Fark — Check out this property in Salisbury, England: for a 30 percent stake, the rest belonging to the local Wiltshire Council, this lovely three bedroom house could be yours. You might want to sweep the house for bugs and replace the doorknobs, though [Awkward]. Health & wellbeing | The Guardian — John Lewis dishwasher leak forced buyers into hotels for eight months. Daily Mail — The priciest places to live in the UK: See how your cost of living compares. Metro — What I Own: I bought my four-bedroom £450,000 Cornwall villa in cash. Irish Mirror — Batman mansion now abandoned and reclaimed by nature as it's left to rot. Commercial Observer — Union Investment, Nuveen Sell Retail Property at 1511 Third Avenue for $46M