1 Spend money on the architectural features. There is no point blowing the budget on a fancy sofa that sits in front of a draughty or leaky window. When we moved into our new house, there was such a gale blowing through the frames that I wore a woolly hat to watch TV. Likewise, there’s no point paying to heat the street outside. Invest in good windows and you will never regret it.
2 Cast-iron radiators are worth the extra expense. For weeks after ours were installed, I was shouting at people for leaving the heating on during a cost-of-living crisis, only to discover it had gone off two hours earlier but the radiators were still warm.
3 Touch is one of the five senses that is often overlooked when it comes…
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Red UK (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023