Living

The future of housing

THE MOD has been examining how to modernise the way it provides accommodation to families. The current system works if you are married and living in S...

Homes fit for heroes

A FORMER Army barracks near Salisbury Plain is being transformed into a housing project with homes on a unique veteran campus. The site of former Ers...

Settling in style

Mel Prescott-Davies and her soldier Chris Green bought their Victorian terrace in Staffordshire through the Forces Help to Buy scheme and soon got to ...

Postbag: What an absolute shower!

OUR family moved to our current SFA in Larkhill in December 2011. On move-in it was apparent the property lacked any form of shower, not even an over-...

Postbag: CEA scrutiny is unfair

WE HAVE recently undergone the stress of having our Continuity of Education Allowance (CEA) certificate queried and been vindicated. The process has b...

Maintenance basics

Want to fix common problems in your home yourself this winter and beyond? Let Army&You guide you through the basics... HAVE you ever call...

Money-saving expertise

No matter how good a deal you strike over the cost of a new house, there is no getting away from the fact that moving is an expensive business. But ho...

Managing mortgages from overseas

We asked Forces Financial's Victoria Theodorou (pictured below) for her top tips on how Army families based overseas can begin the process of arrangin...