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This seaside house in Deal, Kent, didn’t stand out from the crowd when its current owners first saw it –…

Swapping London for rural life was an easy decision for Kate and Arnold, who were keen for their children to…

Faced with a dated bathroom colour scheme and a layout that didn’t flow, home owner Claire Sanderson had plans for…

This was the ugliest, smallest house on one of our favourite roads in the village – ‘little more than a…

Despite having their hearts set on buying a Victorian property, when the owners initially viewed a dated four-storey house with…

When it comes to older homes, designing the perfect kitchen can come with its challenges and this was no exception…

Last year, when judging the Best Home 2024 category in our yearly Reader Home awards, Ideal Home’s editorial team sifted…

Moving into this detached four-bedroom property in Dunfermline, Scotland, the home owners were faced with magnolia painted walls and a…

When Catherine and David Wells decided to downsize and found this four-bedroom cottage in Nottinghamshire, the brand-new kitchen was a…

Having initially decided to sell the property as they’d outgrown it, these home owners had a re-think and opted to…

Having already renovated three properties over the years, the owner of this stunning home was keen to get her teeth…

With a growing family and after a bigger home to upsize to, this home owner decided to keep it in…