"I loved the concrete floors, 13-foot-high ceilings … and that it was a pretty neutral canvas to work with," the renter says.

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Work being done on a new roof at the Southampton Arts Center, funded by Southampton Village. COURTESY SOUTHAMPTON VILLAGE Work being done on a new roof at the Southampton Arts Center, funded by ...

you know you still got it. In his first stop on his 2025 Past and Present tour, David Gray enthralled a sold-out MGM Music Hall at Fenway. Rising to fame with his album White Ladders—the UK’s 11th ...

One of London’s largest and oldest thatched roofs, on a 15th-century Tithe Barn, is currently being removed and replaced with fresh thatching as part of a large restoration project. Upminster tithe ...

Five homes lost roofs and walls and a further 11 properties were damaged during a severe thunderstorm in Marble Bar. Asbestos is concerning authorities, with a watch and act alert issued.