If you live in a Victorian terrace, a Georgian townhouse, or any period conversion built before the First World War, there is a reasonable chance you are cohabiting with sash windows – and an equally reasonable chance that the upper sash of at least one of them hasn’t been properly Continue Reading

If you’ve ever stood before a jalousie window armed with a spray bottle and misplaced optimism, you’ll know that cleaning these louvred beauties is about as straightforward as assembling flat-pack furniture without the instructions. Those elegant horizontal slats that looked so charming in the estate agent’s photos? They’re secretly harbouring Continue Reading