Travelling between Santos and Guarujá, on Brazil’s south-east coast, can involve a ferry crossing or a longer route around the…
On a January morning, while the house is still quiet, the radiator may already have been running for an hour…
A loft conversion, garden room or modest extension can turn into an expensive problem when the work on site…
Queues through Mottram and Hollingworth are a familiar problem for people travelling between Greater…
A stack of firewood beside the back door is convenient when it is raining and you want to refill the…
A crumbly corner, a hairline crack or a patch that will not stay put can make an otherwise good DIY…
A bridge for walking and cycling should solve an everyday problem: getting safely over a road, railway or…
Saving for a plot can take years, but buying the land is often only the beginning. The cost of foundations…
A window can look clean while holding water in a place most people never inspect: the drainage channel along…
An outbuilding, hardstanding, container or extension can become an expensive problem if it has been installed…
It is easy to assume that every major undersea tunnel begins with a giant boring machine cutting through rock.
A paint tray is cheap, familiar and perfectly suitable for many small decorating jobs. But for a ceiling, a…
A broad strip of fresh tarmac south of Wrocław can look like a finished road from a passing car, but…
Timber cladding can transform a plain extension or tired rendered wall, adding warmth and texture without…
Rigid, glass-fronted solar panels work well on many homes and commercial roofs, but they are not the answer…
Moving into a tiny house can sound like a simpler, cheaper route to having a home of your own. Yet…
Feeling stuck is not always caused by having too much to do. Sometimes the difficulty is that the laundry, an…
A sink that drains slowly is easy to put up with - until washing-up water lingers in the bowl, food…
A drinks collection can become clutter surprisingly quickly: bottles end up on the worktop, glasses fill a…
The autumn clock change can create more confusion than it ought to: the oven disagrees with your phone, an…
It is an easy bedtime habit: lock the front door, leave the key in the inside of the lock and…
