Making money from your home

As the cost-of-living crisis deepens and life at home becomes more expensive, we are looking at ways of making our personal spaces pay for themselves a little. While some schemes – such as the Government’s Rent a Room – are well-established, offering up to £7,500 tax-free each year, or well known, like Airbnb, newer money-making ones are gaining momentum post-pandemic. There are plenty of inventive ways to embrace this ‘sharing economy’.

Take AllotMe (), which allows you to list your garden for would-be vegetable growers to rent, launched in May 2021. ‘Most of our hosts