Renting

  • LifestyleAOL

    London's most expensive rentals

    Rental flats can sometimes be pretty grim, especially in London. What's billed in the property particulars as a modern bijou apartment too often turns out to be a mould-ridden hole. But it doesn't have to be that way. If you're

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  • LifestyleAOL

    Six tips for securing a perfect rental property

    With many people completely priced out of the property market and a desperate shortage of council housing, private rentals have become the norm. The number of households renting more than doubled between 2001 and 2014, and at least 1.8 million

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  • NewsAOL

    Lighthouse living on a shoestring

    Calling all would-be hermits: how about a small, simple place to live that's about as far away from everywhere else as you can get? See also: Seven houses with sea views - for under £100,000 See also: The UK's most spectacular sea

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  • NewsAOL

    Your own deserted island for the price of a London room

    Five hundred pounds a month won't get you much living space in most of the UK right now, but it could get you a farmhouse on its very own island. For the same price as a flat-share in London, the new tenant of Ynys Giftan will get an

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  • EntertainmentAOL

    Ellie Goulding moves into flash south London mansion

    Singer Ellie Goulding has started renting a luxury mansion in south London and is said to be considering moving her new boyfriend in. The six-bedroom house, believed to be worth as much as £6 million, is double-fronted and built in a

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  • BusinessAOL

    Buy-to-let: The pros and cons

    The budget was widely seen in the property business as a kick in the teeth for buy-to-let landlords.While chancellor George Osborne announced that capital gains tax was to be cut, he explicitly excluded buy-to-let purchasers from the new rates.

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  • LifestyleAOL

    How to live in London for £150 a month

    Looking for a cheap place to rent? Some canny people have found a way to live in London for just £150 a week. Share and Care is a service that pairs up those looking for a home with people who need a little help round the house. In return for

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