Pictures show the partially refurbished home in the Guarda municipality of the country – with bags of packed-up belongings littered across the house as the family plotted their escape amid racist abuse.

Des Thomson, 50 and Sinead Finnegan, 40, were left distraught after finding their beloved Osprey Hotel, in the Scottish town of Kingussie, in ruins when they arrived home from Sri Lanka on December 19.

Luke Budworth, 29, was shocked to uncover a series of friezes at his home in North Yorkshire. The paintings feature scenes from a 1635 book called Emblems.

Marvel star Jeremy Renner has been injured at his remote mansion in Reno, Nevada, where he keeps scores of snow plows and fire trucks.

Eliza Owen, the head of research with real estate data group CoreLogic, said Australian home owners in poorer suburbs risked losing money if they spent too much on renovations with a grant.

A former Vogue beauty editor and mother-of-two has revealed the eight lessons she learned when renovating her dream home. Sigourney Cantelo. from Sydney, shared the tricks with FEMAIL.

Paul and Rowena Williams bought the 102-bedded Plas Glynllifon, near Caernarfon in Gwynedd, Wales, two years ago and plan to have it open for business by 2020.

Karina and Craig Waters from Perth in Western Australia purchased the Chateau de Gudanes in the south of France back in 2013 and immediately began restoring the sprawling property.

Indian Township, Maine is home to the Passamaquoddy tribe, which has been struggling with the issues of rampant joblessness and lack of funds for public safety and other tribal services (according to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, the…