Plain guides, cited figures
Cottage buying guides
Every public figure carries its source and date; where a number is a proposal rather than a rule, it says so.
- What a cottage really costs
What a cottage really costs
The price is the start of it. Here is the honest cost picture for a cottage purchase, figure by figure, with the source beside each one.
- Buying a listed cottage
Buying a listed cottage
A third of our demonstration cottages are listed. Here is what the listing means, where the official record lives, and what to check before you commit.
- Second homes and holiday lets: the 2026 rules
Second homes and holiday lets: the 2026 rules
The tax treatment changed in 2025 and the registration landscape is changing again. The current position, as the sources state it.
- What a cottage costs to run
What a cottage costs to run
The purchase is the start. Thatch, stone, oil tanks, listed consents and EPC bands all shape a cottage's running costs — here is what to check, and what we can and cannot put a number on.