Up to 1.3 million homeowners could be trapped in freehold
contracts that tie them to rising and unregulated fees. Many new-build estate
residents who already pay council tax are being charged uncapped 'management
fees' if their local authority does not take on the upkeep of the area. Campaigners are calling it 'the new leasehold scandal'
and say homeowners are now struggling to sell or remortgage. Read more on
Mailonline.
Country diary: The challenge of making a thatched roof pine-marten proof |
Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
Still, as a local told me, ‘you cannae blame them wanting somewhere to live’
That...
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