In The Lady (www.thelady-magazine.co.uk 13th April 2012) Alison Steadman says that her most treasured possession is “a glass necklace that belonged to my grandmother.  It’s not…

…very effectively, we thought. Homesitters’ management team returned last week from participating in Sterling Insurance Company’s ‘Sterling Presents’ road shows at four venues across the…

The property:  300 year old farmhouse, rather inflammable The symptom:  Horrid smell of hot plastic in the larder The source:  Found to be in the…

An interesting article from Alice Thomson in The Times this week: ‘ Tough times divide people.  We only remember the wartime spirit during the Second…

A rather sad – and slightly odd – story from the Daily Telegraph 081011.  “A burglar broke into a £1 million home after realising that…

Apparently, scarf (silk square) collecting has been discovered.  It is possible that this is a rumour encouraged by people of a certain age, but see what…

First, contact Homesitters (Homesitters.co.uk or 01296 630730).  Because while you are thinking about Probate, whom to contact, waiting for their reply – the word will…

In conversation, a client mentioned that he has 4,000 books  (he’s not a collector – they have simply accumulated over the years), which prompts the question…

Good stuff, insurance; expensive, but worth it. Except that you can’t replace the really important thing like photograph albums, the christening robe, the squidger’s first…

This week, one of our clients reported as follows: “We discovered that the heat pump for the swimming pool was frost damaged, and had to…