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Spring is the best time of year to sell a family home, and gardens are a big part of why.
The council's financial position has been making national headlines, the government has appointed ministerial envoys to oversee reform, Birchwood Park is being sold to Goldman Sachs, and proposed cuts include street lighting reductions and service reviews.
Not all money spent on a home comes back when you sell. Some improvements consistently produce a return above their cost. Others, despite feeling significant when you are living through them, make little difference to what a buyer is prepared to offer.
British houses are built to retain heat, not release it. A spell of hot weather in May or June exposes this quickly, particularly in older properties with solid walls and small windows. If your home has turned into a radiator, here are the tips that actually make a difference, and the ones that are more myth than method.