Write For Us
We publish guest pieces from people who know a corner of running a home better than we do. The bar is the same one our own guides clear: if you cannot say where a claim came from, it does not go in.
- First-hand or properly sourced
- 700 words minimum
- Never AI-generated
What we are looking for
Four kinds of piece, all of them about running a home. Anything that could have been written by someone who has never done the job is not one of them.
The job you have done a hundred times
Trade or deep hobbyist knowledge: what a plumber, electrician, cleaner, joiner or appliance engineer knows that the manual does not say. Our favourite kind of submission.
A method, properly sourced
A cleaning, maintenance or repair method explained with its limits and its materials warnings, and referenced to manufacturer guidance or a standard.
The repair that taught you something
A first-hand account of a job, including the part that went wrong. We are more relaxed about polish here if the story is genuinely useful. Photos help a lot.
Something you actually researched
A question about the home you went deep on. Send your data and sources with the pitch, because they are the reason we would run it.
What we turn down every week
- Anything AI-generated. Not as a draft, not “AI-assisted”. We check, and it is an automatic no.
- Content published elsewhere. It has to be original and stay exclusive to us.
- Link placements dressed as articles. We do not sell links and a thin piece built around one is obvious.
- Absolute claims. “This always works” fails our standards, so it fails here too.
- Anything under 700 words. Below that, use the comments on a relevant guide instead.
- Sponsored or paid-placement pitches. Deleted without a reply.
The standard your piece has to clear
This is our internal checklist, not a softer version of it. Our editor runs guest pieces through exactly the same gate.
- Safety warnings present and above the method they apply to
- No absolute claims: nothing “always works”
- Sources named for technical and safety claims
- Limits stated for each method
- A “when to call a professional” threshold, with a real trigger
- Materials compatibility addressed where a method could damage something
- A short bio establishing why you are the person to write this
Our editor may edit for clarity, structure and house style. You are agreeing to that by submitting. Anything that changes your meaning gets checked with you first.
How to pitch
- Send the idea, not the finished article
A paragraph on what you want to write, what you are basing it on, and why you are the person to write it. A full draft is welcome but never required, and we would rather shape it with you first.
- Include your bio and your evidence
Two or three lines on your background, plus your sources or data if the piece leans on them. For first-hand accounts, photos of the actual job are worth more than a portfolio.
- Email it with the right subject line
Send to [email protected] and start the subject line with 1106. It is a spam filter, and pitches without it are genuinely not read.
- We answer within two working days
Yes, no, or a question. If it is a yes we will agree the angle and the length before you write.
Credit, and what you keep
Accepted pieces publish under your name with your bio, unless you ask to stay anonymous. You may include one link to your own site or work in the bio: if the piece is good, telling readers where to find more of your writing is the least we can do.
Guest pieces are labelled as guest contributions. We do not pass other people's work off as our own, and we do not strip your byline later.
Looking for something ongoing and paid rather than a single piece? That is the Join Our Team page.
Read the standards before you pitch. It is the difference between a yes and a no.Sourcing, language rules and the safety bar, in full.
Read the editorial standards