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Transform Your Home with Upscale Design: Expert Tips for a Refined Look

Authored by Val Watson
Posted: Mon, 07/08/2024 - 4:18pm

Creating a luxurious and refined home involves more than just selecting beautiful furniture and decorations. It requires a careful balance of colours, textures, and styles to create an elegant and cohesive space. If you’re looking to transform your home with upscale design, follow these expert tips to achieve a sophisticated and polished look.

Choosing a Colour Palette

Selecting the right colour palette is essential in creating a refined home. Neutral tones such as beige, cream, and grey are often used in luxury interior design because they provide a timeless and elegant...

home at The Orchard in Exeter

Local housebuilder set to release exclusive, gated development of five luxury homes in Exeter

Bishopstone Homes are preparing for the release of their upcoming development of luxury new homes at The Orchard in Exeter following an increase in demand for luxury, economic housing within the city.

The Orchard is an exclusive, gated collection of five luxury homes featuring four and five bedrooms situated on the edge of the popular city of Exeter.

Following the success of their previous development: Amberley Gardens in Kingsteignton, the team at Bishopstone Homes have worked tirelessly to review changes in homebuyer requirements in order to further enhance their new homes and...

Skill-sharing brings Devon people together, whatever your age

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 02/23/2022 - 9:28pm

TV PRESENTER and journalist Steph McGovern is supporting a new skill-sharing initiative celebrating the talents that older people in Devon can share with the younger generation.

It is all part of the #GenerationWOW campaign (which stands for wonderful older wisdom) from Specsavers Home Visits, together with u3a (University of the Third Age), which gives older people a platform to pass on their skills and life experience to others.

New research reveals that 50% of over-60s in the South West believe they have valuable untapped knowledge going to waste, yet 46% feel that...

290 new affordable homes for local people in Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Mon, 01/31/2022 - 10:24pm

Local housing association Aster Group is set to build 290 new affordable homes in Devon after securing nine new development deals, representing one of its biggest ever single investments in the county.

The new affordable homes for local people will be built in locations including:

  • 102 in Cranbrook, Exeter
  • 61 in Matford, Exeter
  • 22 in Swan Park, Dawlish
  • 17 Mead Park, Bickington
  • 17 Larkbear Tawcroft in Barnstable.

Construction is already underway at Mead Park and Larkbear Tawcroft, with the first tranche of...

Brits set to splash out £500 on Christmas gifts this year, yet half don't know if they are covered under home and contents insurance

Co-op Insurance is urging people in the South West to check their home and contents insurance policies as new YouGov data* reveals that half of people in the region (49%) who celebrate Christmas don’t know if pricey presents are covered under their current policy.

Despite the widespread confusion, research from the insurer reveals that a tenth (10%) of those who celebrate Christmas will spend over £500 on gifts in their household and one in every 25 (4%) will spend over a staggering £750.

Confusion comes as big ticket items may need to be listed separately with home...

Grants available for stair lifts and other works to adapt homes

People who may need a stair lift in their home are being encouraged to apply for a grant.

Disabled Facilities Grants are available from Exeter City Council for those who cannot use their homes freely or safely.

People who are registered or could be registered disabled can apply for grants to adapt their properties.

Grants are also available for works including widening doors, installing ramps or bathroom adaptions.

Applications for stair lifts are no longer means tested, making funding more accessible for those in need.

To find out...

Grants available for stair lifts and other works to adapt homes

People who may need a stair lift in their home are being encouraged to apply for a grant.

Disabled Facilities Grants are available from Exeter City Council for those who cannot use their homes freely or safely.

People who are registered or could be registered disabled can apply for grants to adapt their properties.

Grants are also available for works including widening doors, installing ramps or bathroom adaptions.

Applications for stair lifts are no longer means tested, making funding more accessible for those in need.

To find out more,...

Testing will be the cornerstone of our way out of COVID-19

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 03/05/2021 - 10:47pm

Testing for coronavirus is going to be the cornerstone of our transition back to normal life, Steve Brown, Director of Public Health Devon, has declared.

With schools and colleges opening up again, and restrictions set to gradually ease over coming weeks and months – subject to the latest data at the time – testing is going to be a vital part of keeping case numbers down, he explains.

“Over coming weeks and months, we are going to see a lot more movement of people – students returning to education, more people getting back to work, the loosening of restrictions on how...

David Lloyd

David Lloyd Clubs opens its (virtual) doors free to all

With Lockdown 3 and nearly a year of restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic taking a physical and mental toll of the nation’s health, David Lloyd Clubs wants to do its bit to help by opening its doors (albeit virtually) for the first time. With health, fitness and wellbeing content previously only available exclusively to its members, the UK’s largest health club is today making its David Lloyd Clubs @home available free of charge to the nation.

In response to the recent news that nearly half of the UK population are exercising less during the current lockdown than during the...

New support available for workers having to self-isolate

Financial support is being made available to employed or self-employed people living in Exeter who are having to self-isolate as a result of coronavirus and cannot work from home.

The new national scheme is being administered by Exeter City Council on behalf of the Government.

It applies to people who have been told to self-isolate by NHS Test & Trace since 28 September, cannot work from home, will lose income as a result and are in receipt of one of a number of qualifying benefits.

The support will take the form of a single payment of £500.

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