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Property expert shares five clever ways to keep the cold out of your house amid temperature drops in the UK
THE temperatures have drastically dropped in recent weeks.
And as we all battle to keep our household costs down, there are some clever ways we can stay warm at home WITHOUT turning the heating on.
From the obvious to the often forgotten, property expert Joshua Houston shared five nifty ways you can keep your property warm and cosy.
“This week much of the UK is going to experience temperatures that we haven’t felt for many months,l” he said.
“It’s important that people aren’t caught off guard and are warm enough in their homes.
“These tips should help you keep the cold outside air from entering your property.”
Firstly, curtains.
“Windows are a common place for the outside cold to get into your home, this is because of small gaps that can let in air,” Joshua explained to Household Quotes.
“Close your curtains particularly at night, as this is when it will be the most cold.”
This simple method gives you an extra layer of warmth as it can provide a kind of “insulation” between your window and curtain.
“If you have the spare funds, consider investing in heavy curtains as these will do an even better job at keeping that unwanted cold away,” he added.
Another home decor addition that can make a massive difference is rugs.
“Your floor is another area of your home where heat can be lost and can make your home feel chilly,” he continued.
“You might notice on cold days, that your floor is not nice to walk on due to it freezing your feet.
“So instead add rugs to areas that don’t already have a carpet, this provides a layer of insulation between your bare floor and the room above.”
You should also ensure your home is properly insulated – not forgetting pipes, loft space, crawlspaces and underneath floorboards.
“Loose-fill insulation is very good for this, and is a more affordable type of insulation, with a big bag being able to be picked up for around £30,” Joshua explained.
“It’s easy to place in the smaller areas of a loft and does a good job of keeping the cold out of your home, as well as the heat in.”
How to save on your energy bills
SWITCHING energy providers can sound like a hassle - but fortunately it's pretty straight forward to change supplier - and save lots of cash.
Shop around – If you’re on an SVT deal you are likely throwing away up to £250 a year. Use a comparion site such as MoneySuperMarket.com, uSwitch or EnergyHelpline.com to see what deals are available to you.
The cheapest deals are usually found online and are fixed deals – meaning you’ll pay a fixed amount usually for 12 months.
Switch – When you’ve found one, all you have to do is contact the new supplier.
It helps to have the following information – which you can find on your bill – to hand to give the new supplier.
- Your postcode
- Name of your existing supplier
- Name of your existing deal and how much you payAn up-to-date meter reading
It will then notify your current supplier and begin the switch.
It should take no longer than three weeks to complete the switch and your supply won’t be interrupted in that time.
Another trick you might think obvious is to keep your internal doors closed as much as possible.
“Household members often gather in one room in the evening, and this is usually either the kitchen or living room,” he said.
“This means you only have to heat a small area of your home, and closing the doors keeps the heat in and the cold out.”
And lastly, stop unnecessary drafts as and where possible.
Don’t forget to check cat flaps, chimneys and letterboxes, as they can let in cold air if they aren’t secure.
“Sometimes this won’t always be possible like with your letterbox, but it can at least be secured at night when there’s no post being delivered,” Joshua concluded.
The seven garden rules homeowners need to follow to avoid a whopping £27k in fines – so are you guilty of any?
SEPTEMBER is a peak month for garden jobs.
But there are several rules you must keep in mind if you want to avoid up to a whopping £27,000 in fines, property experts have warned.
First up fences.
“When installing a new fence, it’s customary for homeowners to present the ‘good side’ to their neighbours,” Georgina Read explained.
“While this is more about maintaining good relations, failing to follow your local boundary regulations can lead to disputes.
“For example, if a neighbour complains about a fence exceeding the two-metre height limit, councils may intervene, which can, in some cases, lead to fines.”
It’s also important to avoid pruning protected trees, as making changes to trees protected by a Tree Protection Order without permission could lead to fines of up to £20,000.
Another thing to steer clear of is feeding wildlife in your garden, as any feeding that attracts pests could lead to fines of up to £5,000.
“Homeowners need to manage wildlife feeding responsibly to avoid attracting unwanted visitors,” Georgina, director of Paving Superstore, said.
“While feeding birds is generally encouraged, attracting pests like rats can lead to an abatement notice.”
Keep an eye on your hedges, as letting them grow to high could lead to finds of up to £1,000 if a neighbour complains under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003.
And it’s vital to obtain planning permission for certain aspects of changing up your green space.
This includes installing decking.
“Many people don’t realise that you need planning permission if your decking is more than 30cm high or covers over half your garden,” Georgina said.
“If you break these rules, the council can issue an enforcement notice under Section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and failing to comply can lead to prosecution and unlimited fines, which means the penalty could be substantial depending on the case.
“My advice is to always check with your local planning office before starting any big garden project.
“It’s much easier to get permission first than to deal with problems later.”
The same applies to paving, if it’s over an area larger than five square metres.
The seven garden rules you MUST stick to
- Fences cannot exceed two metres
- Pruning protected trees can lead to fines of up to £20,000
- Be cautious when installing decking
- Feeding wildlife can lead to fines of up to £5,000
- Letting your hedge grow too high could cost you £1,000
- Make sure any paving you install has proper planning permission and drainage
- Check with local planning authorities as your first point of call
As well as seeking planning permission, you will need to ensure there is proper drainage in place.
“Failure to do so could result in enforcement action and potential fines,” she said.
In fact, it’s a good idea to check with local planning authorities as your first point of call before making any drastic changes to your garden.
“Staying informed is key to enjoying your outdoor space without the stress of legal repercussions,” Georgina concluded.
I’m a hot mum and love posing in tiny shorts – trolls say I’m too old, but I don’t care
A SELF-PROCLAIMED ‘hot’ mum has hit back at trolls who say she’s too old to be posing in tiny shorts.
Jane Jules, from Scotland, is not afraid to show off her figure in skimpy clothing and doesn’t let the fact that she’s a mother affect her desire to express herself.
She regularly posts pictures of herself posing in tight gym gear and lingerie on her Instagram account, where she has over 5,000 followers.
In a recent picture, Jane sported a Scotland football top, and a pair of tiny hot pants.
She had large fake eyelashes, and her hair was done up in French plaits, which she fiddled with playfully.
Jane captioned the image: “Who’s watching the England game with me?”
Unfortunately, the post was commented on by one troll who decided to make a comment about Jane’s age.
“Aren’t you a bit old to be wearing very little??”, they said cruelly.
However, Jane stood up for herself, and hit back at the troll.
She said: “Sorry didn’t think there was an age limit on what you can and can’t wear!”
Fortunately, Jane also received many positive comments on her appearance.
One person said: “Beautiful.”
Another commented: “Love it.”
A third said: “Hottie.”
And Jane isn’t the only self-proclaimed “hot mum”, who has been the victim of trolling revcently.
Jen Ferguson, 33, often proudly shows off her bikini body online, but has opened up on the backlash she has received from haters.
In a recent clip posted on Instagram, we saw the mum-of-four pose in her home, as she proudly showed off her assets in a tiny gingham string bikini.
Tips to age well
There are a number of habits you can take up to care for your health and wellbeing as you age.
Age UK shared the following tips:
- Do things that you enjoy everyday – whether that’s cooking, seeing friends or enjoying a good book
- Stay hydrated – drink six to eight cups of water a day
- Eat plenty of fruit and veggies to lower your risk of heart disease and certain cancers, have beans, pulses, fish, eggs and meat to repair your body after injury, starchy carbs for energy dairy to help keep bones strong
- Manage long-term health conditions to prevent them progressing or having a greater impact on your health
- Quit smoking and reduce alcohol intake to no more than 14 units a week
- Make mental health a priority and get treatment for it, as it can also impact physical health
- Make sure you’re getting quality sleep
- Keep socialising – and call a friend or loved one if you can’t make it out the house
- Be physically active to lower the risk of depression and dementia, heart disease, stroke, Parkinson’s and some cancers
She styled the look with some jewellery and styled her blonde hair in loose waves.
She revealed that trolls will often say to her: “Mums shouldn’t wear bikinis.”
However, she was keen to clap back, as she wrote: “We don’t play by the rules here.”
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I ordered a cute starfish curtain tie from Temu for my nautical theme – it stunk when it arrived, then I realised why
A WOMAN who ordered a starfish curtain tie from Temu was left disgusted when she figured out why it smelled so bad.
Kelly explained that she’d seen the cute homeware addition on the budget site, so decided to order one.
But when it arrived, she couldn’t work out why it “stank of shellfish”.
In a video on her TikTok page, Kelly explained the situation, and revealed that she’d broken one of the legs to see what was inside.
Holding the broken leg apart to reveal the contents, it was clear to see there was some kind of skeleton beneath the surface – leading Kelly to believe it had, at one point, been a real starfish.
“Aww Temu!! Ick Ick,” she captioned the video.
Kelly’s video comes after someone else shared a clip of a croissant lamp that had attracted hundreds of creepy crawlies.
When they broke it open, they discovered that it appeared to be a real croissant that had been covered in resin to make the lamp.
“Have y’all heard about a girl that ordered a croissant lamp and it was real?” one person captioned the video.
As another said: “The croissant lamp now starfish…. do not order any stuffed animals!”
“Open it and make sure it doesn’t have organs,” a third commented.
But others insisted Kelly’s discovery inside the starfish is entirely normal.
“Do people not realise most starfish that are hard are just dead starfish?” one wrote.
“Temu literally states it on the item that it’s a natural starfish and smells slightly, read the description!” another insisted.
To which Kelly replied: “‘Starfish inspired cotton curtain ties’ is what I purchased.
“It should be obvious that I wish I read the description rather than run off ‘inspired’!”
“It’s very common to use actual sea creatures for decor,” a third wrote.
“In my seaside county they sell dried out starfish all the time.”
Why is Temu so cheap?
TEMU exploded onto the scene in late 2022, with people all over social media raving about the low prices.
The company is a Chinese-owned digital marketplace – essentially an online shopping app where people are connected to the retailer directly while the app takes care of the shipping element.
The frenzy over the app is not completely unfounded either as it offers a wide variety of products, including fashion, make-up, electronics and furniture.
According to a report from the US House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Temu takes advantage of a trade loophole that allows the company to ship duty-free goods directly to the US.
The loophole is called the de minimis exception and it means they can ship goods valued up to $800 (£643) to the US without it being inspected or taxed by US customs.
Temu connects customers directly to manufacturers and only manages how the items are sent to customers.
It means Chinese vendors can essentially sell their products directly to customers and ship it without building a network of warehouses across the globe.
By doing this, they cut down on huge costs and ensure the product itself isn’t marked up extra.
While many of the products seen on the Temu app are from brands with extensive, original collections, many more are dupes of designer brands.
“When you buy a starfish and get what you ordered,” someone else said sarcastically.
“Wouldn’t have ordered had I known it was real,” Kelly hit back.
“That’s the point!”
How vicious teen battered ‘kind hearted’ mum to death with bat after she gave ‘lone girl’ lift on freezing cold night
LOCKING up as she left the local supermarket where she worked, grandmother Toni Abad was excited to get home, and looking forward to spending time off with her family.
Tragically, the 58-year-old would never make it home because lurking in the shadows of the car park was one of her soon-to-be killers, petite teen De’Asia Page.
Her only ‘mistake’ that harrowing winter night was to kindly offer a lift home to the shivering, vulnerable looking 18-year-old.
As a parent, her caring nature kicked in – but she could never have predicted this would lead to her being bludgeoned to death by De’Asia’s deranged boyfriend Jared Kemp, 18…
‘The perfect grandmother’
It remains a mystery as to why anyone would want to hurt a woman who was a pillar of her local community, and incredibly popular.
A divorced mother of four with five grandchildren, Toni always valued her family above above all else and they were top priority.
Speaking on Hayu documentary Snapped: Killer Couples, Toni’s son Mike Chamblee says: “People were just drawn to her – her personality. You could just tell they all really cared a lot about her and the feeling was mutual.
“She was just an amazing mother. We would always get together on Christmas eve, and have a huge dinner – mum looked forward to that so much.”
Michaela Chamblee, Toni’s granddaughter, adds: “She was the perfect grandmother, just amazing.”
Lured into the path of her killers
She was also greatly admired by her co-workers, and she enjoyed her job as deli manager at the supermarket in the small town of Fairburn, Georgia.
Sadly, it was after finishing her shift there at around 11.30pm on the cold winter’s night of December 21, 2017, she was tragically lured into the path of her killers.
That night, as one of Toni’s co-workers would later tell police, Toni was approached by stranger De’Asia Page, who’d been pacing around outside the store.
Cara Convery, Fulton County District Attorney, says: “This female approached them wearing a black jacket that had a fur hood on it. She asked Toni to give her a ride home.
“Looking at this young woman who was very thin, really small build – [Toni] wasn’t willing to leave her there alone.
“[Toni’s co-worker] remembers being distinctly concerned that Ms Abad would say yes, because of the kind of person she was.”
Atlanta Police Detective Kevin Leonpacher says: “It’s four days before Christmas, it’s cold outside – this is the South Atlanta winter, and you have a young lady asking for help getting a ride.
“I’m sure when Toni walked out of her job that night she really just saw the face of one of her children when they were 18 and they needed help.”
Toni and her co-worker then went their separate ways – and that was the last time Toni was seen alive.
‘She was begging & pleading for her life’
On the drive, unsuspecting Toni followed De’Asia’s directions ‘home’ to a quiet road – which is where De’Asia’s boyfriend, 18-year-old Jared Kemp was lying in wait.
However, before they came to a stop, Toni caught a glimpse of a gun on De’Asia’s lap – and quickly realised her life was in danger.
Explaining what happened next, Attorney Cara Convery explains: “Ms Abad makes a move for her life essentially, and reaches out and there is a very brief struggle for the gun.”
Detective Leadpacher says: “While this is going on, Jared has emerged…and has smashed the driver’s glass window.
“So while he beats the glass, the victim crawls out of the passenger seat and ends up outside the car.
“She was begging and pleading for her life. She talked about Christmas being just a few days away and the fact she had a young granddaughter and the fact she just wanted to make it to Christmas to see her.”
However, Toni’s killers showed her no mercy.
South Fulton County Police Detective Nikkita Moss says: “Jared Kemp came up to the victim and started striking her several times with the baseball bat until she fell to the ground.”
The pair threw Toni’s body in the boot of her car before Kemp fled on foot, while De’Asia wiped down the car and dumped it.
Severely beaten to death
The next day local police received a call about a suspicious vehicle with a shattered window parked behind a waffle restaurant five miles from the murder scene.
Upon inspecting the car, the officer at the scene found Toni’s body – still wearing her work uniform with her name badge on the front – in the boot.
“There was so much evidence of suffering, so much evidence of fear.”
Attorney Cara Convery
Detective Leonpacher says: “She had significant injuries to her head and her face so she was severely beaten to death.”
Detective Moss says: “The medical examiner was able to determine she was killed by blunt force trauma to the head.”
However police were baffled as they tried to work out the motive, as while Toni’s mobile phone was missing, her keys and wallet had been left in the car, and her credit cards and ID were still in her wallet.
Whatever the reason, the scene was harrowing.
Attorney Convery says: “There was so much evidence of suffering, so much evidence of fear.”
Blood spatters & broken glass
Police spoke to Toni’s colleague who had seen her last, and were quickly able to locate Toni’s missing phone where the murder took place.
With the investigation gathering pace, Police took a still from the supermarket CCTV footage and began asking people in the area if they recognised De’Asia.
They made a breakthrough in a nearby restaurant.
Cara says: “One of the detectives just casually asks ‘hey, have you seen anybody meeting this description?’ did you see anything last night? Young girl, puffy jacket?’ and they said ‘oh yeah she’s here all the time.’”
Police identified her, and learned she was a recent high school dropout, who had recently been left homeless after a fight with her mother.
Detective Kevin Leonpacher says: “De’Asia, like a lot of 18 year old girls, wanted to be independent, and that led to a lot of altercations at home… Things got tumultuous with her mother and she eventually left the house.”
Teenage rebellion hadn’t always been a problem – until months before when she’d grown close to Jared Kemp, causing her, according to friends to “withdraw from everybody.”
Former reporter Jaquitta WIlliams says: “Jared came from a good family. He was charming, he was handsome, popular by all accounts.
“[But] at some point in high school Jared began hanging out with a rougher crew, getting into a lot of trouble.”
Heartbroken… and angry
With her image and name circulating within the media, De’Asia quickly turned herself in to police.
She admitted she had accepted a ride from Toni Abad, but initially claimed they were blindsided by two men who attacked them.
However police quickly dismissed her version of events, before receiving a call from nearby Chattahoochee Hills police who revealed Jared was there too, to also proactively speak to detectives.
Former reporter Jaquitta WIlliams says: “Jared claimed he wasn’t dating De’Asia anymore, in fact it was a very brief fling, he really didn’t know her that well, but he wanted to come forward to investigators because he didn’t want his name tied to a murder.”
Upon learning of Jared’s denial, De’Asia suddenly changed her story.
Former reporter Jaquitta WIlliams says: “De’Asia was clearly heartbroken that Jared was denying their relationship and she got angry.
“She immediately changed her story to police and told them Jared was responsible for the whole thing and Jared was the one who killed Toni Abad.”
‘They intended to kill her’
With nowhere to sleep, De’Asia revealed they had come up with a plan to steal someone’s car for the night so she could have somewhere to rest – and says it was never supposed to end in murder.
While she distanced herself from the actual physical attack, Detective Leadpacher says: “We do believe that De’Asia actively participated in the violence that night, and certainly helped load Toni Abad’s body into the trunk of her own car.
“Even if they intended to just carjack Ms Abad, the fact they so egregiously and so aggressively bludgeoned her – that speaks to a level of violence that leaves only one conclusion – the moment they arrived on that road they intended to kill her.”
5 must-watch Hayu true crime shows
- Deadly Cults – In this series, investigators uncover and expose the dark world of cults that kill. Each episode focuses on a different cult, looking at the behaviour of their leaders and followers.
- Snapped: Killer Couples – Each episode reveals the shocking story of a couple who have committed murder together. A spin-off of series Snapped, which chronicled lives of women who lost control and were charged with murder, the show has aired 17 seasons, each with ten episodes.
- In Ice Cold Blood – Hosted by Ice-T, this series exposed outrageous tales and shocking true stories involving sex, money, murder and sometimes a fatal cocktail of all three.
- Charmed To Death – A series following the true stories of manipulative and deceptively dangerous criminals who use their charm to cheat, steal and lure unsuspecting victims into romantic relationships, ultimately leaving a wake of devastation and death.
- The Girl In The Box – Colleen Stan relives what it was like to be kidnapped, imprisoned in a box, and how she bravely escaped. The 20-year-old’s ordeal all started when she accepted a ride from Cameron Hooker, and she was kept captive for nearly a year…
‘Driven by a motivation to kill’
De’Asia was then officially charged with murder, and the following day an arrest warrant was issued for Jared, before he was taken into custody on Christmas eve.
They seized his phone and discovered a flurry of calls to De’Asia on the day of the murder lasting hours – meaning they were a lot closer than he tried to let on.
Page was offered a plea deal in exchange for giving evidence against her former lover, and sentenced to 30 years.
In October 2019, Kemp was convicted of murder, felony murder, armed robbery, and aggravated assault and sentenced to life in prison.
Detective Leadbacher adds: “I believe De’Asia was an immature, impressionable young lady that was homeless and desperate and she was doing partly what she wanted to do and partly what others had convinced her to do.
“I believe Jared… was driven by a motivation to kill.”
All episodes of Snapped: Killer Couples are available to stream on Hayu.
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