Space is a big motivator when it comes to buying a house; sometimes it seems as if people start planning to buy a bigger house the moment they move into their current one. And yet, after years of ...

Before you even think about transforming a subterranean space beneath your house, you'll need to check the rules around planning permission for a basement conversion. The process for how to convert a ...

Dear Amy: My good friends want to downsize for retirement, but the major repairs needed on their house will prevent them from making enough on the sale to buy their next place. They asked me to ...