Moving experiences

Having left the convenience of London behind for a slower pace of life in Andalusia, Micaela Sharp details why living an inconvenient life can come with a host of benefits

Bored of your second home? Try someone else’s for a change

The ‘most wonderful time of the year’… for estate agents? We dive into the ‘The Boxing Day Boom’ phenomenon

Always the empath, our agony aunt Fiona talks cleaning, compromise and control

We consider the good, the bad and the ugly

Ever had to up sticks at short notice? Here’s how to move house quickly and efficiently, without having to abandon all your possessions to the winds

Writer Fiona McKenzie Johnston advises on how to move out of your long term house seamlessly, however much stuff you've accumulated along the way

There is something quintessentially charming about a thatched cottage. Just the thought of one brings up scenes of rural tranquility. We ask three owners of thatched cottages what it's really like to live in one…

Looking for a place to call your own? This is what you need to know

House & Garden's friendly resident decorating columnist and agony aunt Fiona McKenzie Johnston considers how to get over a house you've been attached to, and how to create a new home when you're still in mourning for the old one

Moving away takes courage but what about the challenges that come with returning to a place you used to know? Seven people share their own experience

A year on from her essay deliberating a quieter life in the country, our contributor explains why she still hasn’t left Zone 1.

Elizabeth Bennett talks to four homeowners about their experiences undertaking a project abroad.

The UK places that provide alluring alternatives to capital life

The interior designer reflects on the selling of his storied family home in Milan and the search for a new place to call his own in the complicated terrain of Venice

Our resident agony aunt and decorating expert Fiona McKenzie Johnston dives into the idea of one home lasting a lifetime, and whether that's something we should really be striving for

Ros Byam Shaw, owner of a 16th-century house in Devon, speaks to her fellow restorers about the process of bringing these history-filled houses into the modern world

Loos in turrets, bad Wifi reception and the occasional friendly ghost: Rebecca Cope investigates the realities of living in a castle

Our resident agony aunt Fiona McKenzie Johnston advises a reader who is (reluctantly) on the verge of a countryside move