England has a reputation for eccentricity – and as I’ve discovered, its hotels proudly keep up this tradition.
I’ve reviewed some of the best hotels in the land, and many have quirky features that help make the stay even more memorable.
Or are peculiar through and through.
Here, I’ve picked out a few of my favourites, from a sea-tractor transfer to a floating spa, and from a moat to a wig closet and a wellbeing concierge service.
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Israeli troops claim to have captured holiday homes belonging to numerous Hamas leaders, including a property that the terror group’s chief in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, vacations in.
Dubbed ‘Gaza’s Bin Laden’, Sinwar was elected leader of Hamas in Gaza in 2017, and is considered to be one of the masterminds behind the bloody October 7 attacks.
He was raised in Khan Younis and is believed to have had multiple properties in the southern city, which Israel’s forces have been increasingly
Homeowners who faced enormous bills and were even made homeless due to flooding have told how they improved their properties to stop it happening again.
More homes in Britain are at risk from flooding as the country suffers increasing rainfall, with the Met Office reporting six of the 10 wettest-ever years have occurred since 1998.
Flooding can be catastrophic, ruining irreplaceable possessions, causing enormous damage to properties and even forcing families from their homes for months or even years. The
The Greens are doubling down on their demand for a two-year rent freeze and an end to negative gearing tax breaks for landlords even though several senators own multiple investment properties.
The party’s deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi is a particularly savvy investor, owning with her husband Omar an inner-city Sydney terrace now worth an estimated $1.9million, a house near popular Lighthouse Beach in Port Macquarie, on the NSW mid-north coast, and land in Pakistan.
Senator Nick McKim, who is also
How would you like to spend a night in a converted windmill, or a futuristic ‘alien’ mansion or perhaps a treehouse in the branches of an ancient oak in the heart of the Dorset Woodland?
These weird and whacky properties may sound familiar. They are just some of the homes that featured in George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces. And now you can stay in them.
But be warned, renting some of these bizarre homes does not come cheap.
So here are
The days of flipping properties could be over due to ‘unrealistic’ selling prices and the soaring costs of supplies, experts have suggested.
Building materials have been steadily rising in price for years, and 2023 is to be no exception due to inflation still wreaking havoc on the economy.
Meanwhile, demands for housing and other buildings continue to increase, making the cost of construction and hiring workers more expensive.
It means the work of a so-called ‘flipper’ – who buys and
A landlord with a $45million property portfolio has revealed how he’s had to increase rents on his properties by up to $200 a week to cover his soaring mortgage bill. rising interest rate payments.
Eddie Dilleen, 31, owns 78 investment properties across Australia and collects about $33,000 in rent each week and told FEMAIL his clever investment strategies have kept him safe from economic pressures so far.
The financially-savvy decision to charge renters more comes as thousands of Australian families
They’re billed as the most ‘awe-inspiring’ homes that have made the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)’ House of the Year shortlist… and the second episode of Grand Designs: House of the Year did not disappointment with a remarkable set of homes.
In the second programme of the series, airing tonight on Channel 4, Kevin and his co-presenters, architect Damion Burrows, Natasha Huq and design expert Michelle Ogundehin, visited five properties battling it out for a place on the
Die Königin starb am Donnerstag, dem 8. September, auf Schloss Balmoral, das angeblich ihr Lieblingsschloss aller königlichen Residenzen ist, die sie häufig besuchte. Einige Tage vor ihrem Tod wurde die verstorbene Monarchin in einem der Zimmer in Balmoral abgebildet und gab königlichen Fans einen Einblick in die Innenausstattung des Herrenhauses.
Der Raum verfügte über einen großen Kamin mit einer goldenen Uhr in der Mitte und zwei Kandelabern auf beiden Seiten davon.
Es gab auch Blumen, goldgerahmte Gemälde und zwei salbeigrüne
