| Association of British Insurers | Useful advice on a range of insurance issues, including building, household and mortgage protection. |
| BBC Homes | Very wide-ranging collection of ideas and advice for furnishing, decorating and DIYing your home -- plus info on maintenance, security, finance, and buying and selling. Sign up for newsletters, get stuck into the forums, bypass the hard sell for BBC property programmes ... |
| Good Schools Guide | Check the status of schools in the area - postcode-searchable directory of state and independent schools with Ofsted results, parents' comments and other useful information. |
| Home Stagers | Began life when the founder hit problems trying to sell her own home in a difficult market, developed into a franchised network of interior design consultants, and includes this free and very full collection of articles, tips, case studies, financial tools, advice and networking for anyone interested in increasing a home's financial potential. |
| HomeEverything | Free service that can compare a selection home improvement companies in your area -- "the best companies that have achieved gold standard reputations on the basis of outstanding workmanship and highly competitive prices ... We have filtered out maverick companies that cut corners and / or over charge". |
| How to buy a home in England and Wales | This online booklet from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (a 254kb download in PDF format) covers everything you need to know about mortgages, conveyancing, insurance and budget planning. (The CML has several useful consumer publications on this page.) |
| IAmMoving | Tell everyone your new address -- simple and free change-of-address service. |
| OffGrid | Well-designed website for "people, places or buildings without mains water or power". Lots of how-to information, networking and classified ads. |
| PeriodProperty | Primarily a properties-for-sale site, but it also lists a good range of products and craftsmen across the UK for older properties. The site also has an agony uncle who will advise on problems such as modifying listed buildings or repointing walls with lime. |
| Property Medics | A good-looking and well-filled website for property improvers: "for the first-time buyer, seasoned homeowner or DIY landlord we're here to help you achieve the best from home ownership". |
| QuickMoveNow.com | A number of agencies have sprung up offering a quick sale. This one seems more up-front than most; it simply pays "up to" 90% of the appraised value of your home based on the opinions of three independent local estate agents. There are no charges to obtain an offer on your home, and they might even pay up to £500 towards solicitor's fees. |
| Salvo | A partial but still pretty good directory of architectural salvage yards and auctions. |
| Snagging.org | "Empowering new home owners" claims this site, which provides advice and forums on snagging lists (post-sale problems with new houses) plus some links. |