property Archives - Pounds and Sense https://www.poundsandsense.com/tag/property/ A UK blog covering personal finance and much more from an over-60 perspective Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:28:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://www.poundsandsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/coffeespecs-150x150.png property Archives - Pounds and Sense https://www.poundsandsense.com/tag/property/ 32 32 Why You Should Beware of Going ‘All-In’ on Electricity https://www.poundsandsense.com/why-you-should-beware-of-going-all-in-on-electricity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-you-should-beware-of-going-all-in-on-electricity https://www.poundsandsense.com/why-you-should-beware-of-going-all-in-on-electricity/#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:43:37 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=14158 In my update today, I’m focusing on a topic that has become of growing concern to me in recent months. Over the past decade, UK households have been encouraged to electrify almost everything. Cars are going electric. Gas boilers are being phased out in favour of heat pumps. Even cooking is increasingly moving from gas […]

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]]> https://www.poundsandsense.com/why-you-should-beware-of-going-all-in-on-electricity/feed/ 2 Why Growing Numbers of Over-50s are Buying Park Homes https://www.poundsandsense.com/why-growing-numbers-of-over-50s-are-buying-park-homes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-growing-numbers-of-over-50s-are-buying-park-homes https://www.poundsandsense.com/why-growing-numbers-of-over-50s-are-buying-park-homes/#respond Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:18:02 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=14028 Today I’m looking at a growing trend among older people: the switch to park home living. I am grateful for their assistance with this article to my colleagues at Compass Insurance – leading specialist providers of park home insurance. What Is Park Home Living? As the UK faces a growing shortage of accessible single-storey homes, […]

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]]> https://www.poundsandsense.com/why-growing-numbers-of-over-50s-are-buying-park-homes/feed/ 0 How to Prepare for Winter Blackouts https://www.poundsandsense.com/how-to-prepare-for-winter-blackouts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-prepare-for-winter-blackouts https://www.poundsandsense.com/how-to-prepare-for-winter-blackouts/#respond Mon, 27 Oct 2025 12:08:20 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=12628 Unfortunately winter blackouts look increasingly probable in the UK. There are various reasons for this. High among them is the transition away from fossil fuels to electricity. The latter will increasingly come from renewables like wind and solar. While they are (arguably) more environmentally friendly, renewables are less reliable than fossil fuels and produce significantly […]

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]]> https://www.poundsandsense.com/how-to-prepare-for-winter-blackouts/feed/ 0 My Investments Update – October 2025 https://www.poundsandsense.com/my-investments-update-october-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-investments-update-october-2025 https://www.poundsandsense.com/my-investments-update-october-2025/#respond Sat, 04 Oct 2025 13:58:57 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=13838 Here is my latest monthly update about my investments. You can read my September 2025 Investments Update here if you like. I’ll begin as usual with my Nutmeg Stocks and Shares ISA. This is the largest investment I hold other than my Bestinvest SIPP (personal pension). As regular readers will know, in June I transferred most of the money in […]

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]]> https://www.poundsandsense.com/my-investments-update-october-2025/feed/ 0 Could a Smart Thermostat Save You Money? https://www.poundsandsense.com/could-a-smart-thermostat-save-you-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=could-a-smart-thermostat-save-you-money https://www.poundsandsense.com/could-a-smart-thermostat-save-you-money/#respond Thu, 14 Aug 2025 09:47:07 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=13709 As I write this, the UK is enjoying a period of fine summer weather; but of course autumn and winter will be along soon enough.  With energy prices continuing to rise, it’s more important than ever to explore ways to cut your home heating costs while staying comfortable.  An increasingly popular solution is a smart […]

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]]> https://www.poundsandsense.com/could-a-smart-thermostat-save-you-money/feed/ 0 My Investments Update – February 2025 https://www.poundsandsense.com/my-investments-update-february-2025/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-investments-update-february-2025 https://www.poundsandsense.com/my-investments-update-february-2025/#respond Mon, 03 Feb 2025 11:04:36 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=13023 Here is my latest monthly update about my investments. You can read my January 2025 Investments Update here if you like. I’ll begin as usual with my Nutmeg Stocks and Shares ISA. This is the largest investment I hold other than my Bestinvest SIPP (personal pension). As the screenshot below for the last twelve months shows, my main Nutmeg […]

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]]> https://www.poundsandsense.com/my-investments-update-february-2025/feed/ 0 P2P Property Investment Platform Assetz Exchange Rebrands as Housemartin https://www.poundsandsense.com/p2p-property-investment-platform-assetz-exchange-rebrands-as-housemartin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=p2p-property-investment-platform-assetz-exchange-rebrands-as-housemartin https://www.poundsandsense.com/p2p-property-investment-platform-assetz-exchange-rebrands-as-housemartin/#respond Sun, 19 Jan 2025 10:15:31 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=12973 As regular readers of Pounds and Sense will know, I’m a fan of P2P property investment platform Assetz Exchange and have invested through them myself. AE have recently rebranded as Housemartin, so I thought I should write an update about this. You can read my original detailed review of Assetz Exchange (as it was then) […]

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]]> https://www.poundsandsense.com/p2p-property-investment-platform-assetz-exchange-rebrands-as-housemartin/feed/ 0 My Investments Update – December 2024 https://www.poundsandsense.com/my-investments-update-december-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-investments-update-december-2024 https://www.poundsandsense.com/my-investments-update-december-2024/#respond Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:11:39 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=12804 Here is my latest monthly update about my investments. You can read my November 2024 Investments Update here if you like. I’ll begin as usual with my Nutmeg Stocks and Shares ISA. This is the largest investment I hold other than my Bestinvest SIPP (personal pension). As the screenshot below for the year to date shows, my main Nutmeg portfolio […]

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]]> https://www.poundsandsense.com/my-investments-update-december-2024/feed/ 0 Here’s Why I’m Not Doing EDF Energy’s ‘Sunday Saver’ Challenge https://www.poundsandsense.com/heres-why-im-not-doing-edf-energys-sunday-saver-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-why-im-not-doing-edf-energys-sunday-saver-challenge https://www.poundsandsense.com/heres-why-im-not-doing-edf-energys-sunday-saver-challenge/#comments Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:13:49 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=12608 Recently my energy supplier, EDF Energy, has been sending me invitations to sign up for what it calls its ‘Sunday Saver’ challenge. The way this works is that you sign up to shift some of your electricity usage on weekdays away from peak hours (4pm-7pm). When you hit your target (which is set individually for […]

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]]> https://www.poundsandsense.com/heres-why-im-not-doing-edf-energys-sunday-saver-challenge/feed/ 86 My Investments Update – September 2024 https://www.poundsandsense.com/my-investments-update-september-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-investments-update-september-2024 https://www.poundsandsense.com/my-investments-update-september-2024/#respond Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:26:01 +0000 https://www.poundsandsense.com/?p=12494 Here is my latest monthly update about my investments. You can read my August 2024 Investments Update here if you like. I’ll begin as usual with my Nutmeg Stocks and Shares ISA. This is the largest investment I hold other than my Bestinvest SIPP (personal pension). As the screenshot below for the year to date shows, my main Nutmeg portfolio […]

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