Mortar Home was founded on a simple observation: housing is the largest financial decision most people ever make, yet most coverage is either a sales pitch or a spreadsheet. We built the magazine we wanted to read — rigorous on the numbers, generous with the ideas.
What we cover
Six desks power Mortar Home: Buying, Selling, Mortgages & Money, Renovation & DIY, Interiors & Design, and Market News. Live market feeds from listing services and lender rate sheets back the numbers, and every cost figure is sourced and dated.
The Mortar Home team
Mortar Home is written by three staff writers who together cover the whole of home life — every desk, every budget.
Elena Whitlock writes about all home topics for Mortar Home. She explores design, gardens, home care, fixing things, and moving. Her stories also look at buying homes, saving money, and new home tools. She likes to start with a simple question: what would help you? Elena likes drawing room plans and looking for used furniture in local shops. She also likes long walks through different parts of town. Her writing is calm, clear, and easy to follow. She breaks big choices into small steps readers can think through. Her goal is to help people plan homes that work for them.
A home should make daily life easier, says Marcus Alder. He writes about all home topics for Mortar Home. His articles include gardens, room ideas, home care, repairs, moving, and buying. He also looks at money choices and useful home tools. Marcus likes turning a list of jobs into a simple plan. He enjoys old tool books, wooden boxes, and keeping tidy notebooks. His writing explains what to check before taking the next step. He asks how an idea might fit different homes and daily routines. Readers can expect clear answers, useful lists, and plenty of room for their choices.
Priya Hensley likes to ask how a home feels and works. She writes about all home topics for Mortar Home. Her articles explore rooms, gardens, repairs, moving, home costs, and buying choices. New home tools and everyday care are part of her writing too. Priya enjoys making pottery and taking pictures of details in buildings. She likes walks that give her time to look around. Her writing helps readers compare ideas in plain language. She considers how a change might affect comfort, money, and daily life. She wants people to choose what suits their homes and the way they live.
How we work
We do not accept payment for coverage, we label every sponsored placement, and corrections are published promptly and transparently. The full standards are in our Editorial Policy.