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1. 1. Life in the city's heart

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 29 June 2005 WITH all the new apartment blocks going up in Manchester you are spoilt for choice if you want to live in the city. But how do you decide which is right for you? We asked the team from estate agents King Sturge to tell us just where they decided to live - and why.

2. 2. How to get on the property ladder

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 27 January 2005 APPARENTLY, the only places in the north west where first-time buyers can afford a house are Bootle and Nelson. If you don't fancy living there, what are the options? Read our special report on how to get on the property ladder.

3. 3. Designer Wayne's a Northern soul man

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 27 April 2005 WAYNE Hemingway is talking housing. The man, who with his wife Gerardine re-wrote street style in the 80s with their Red or Dead label, has adopted a new guise and his aim now is to redesign the way we live.

4. 4. £1,800 maintenance charge a year and worth it

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 20 July 2005 AT £1,800 a year the service charge at Granby Village is one of the highest in the city. But Irene Heald, who has lived in the George Wimpey development for 13 years since buying off-plan, maintains that residents get a lot for their money.<BR>

5. 5. Let's spend the night together

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 31 October 2005 Is your home a sanctuary where you enjoy spending time with your partner or is it simply a place where you bump into each other occasionally?

6. 6. Find your Paris match

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 09 February 2005 PARIS is reputedly the most romantic city on Earth, but is there anything in the French capital that could entice shrewd property hunters in search of a profit?

7. 7. Designs on getting new estates right

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 23 November 2005 SO which housing estate would you rather be going home to? The one in the top picture where you walk to your front door past a central communal garden and lots of trees or the second, below, where you have to negotiate parked cars and wheelie bins and you only know which house is yours because of the curtains?<BR>

8. 8. Clocks change means it's time to save energy

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 26 October 2005 THE CLOCKS go back this weekend, which means the lights go on earlier, the heating gets turned up and the tumble dryer drains the national grid.

9. 9. Green dream in the city

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 09 March 2005 IT is one of the most iconic new buildings in Manchester. A round green drum topped by solar panels and a windmill that sits just behind Oxford Road station with the sluggish River Medlock winding its way past by the railway arches.

10. 10. Retiring abroad

    Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 25 May 2005 PEOPLE decide to retire abroad for a whole host of reasons. But with the whole world to choose from, it can be difficult to weigh up the pros and cons of particular locations and the type of property available.

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