Melissa is the assistant property editor at The Times and The Sunday Times and works on both titles’ award-winning property sections, Bricks & Mortar and Home. She has picked up a few awards herself, including lifestyle and interiors journalist of the year and consumer magazine journalist of the year. She writes news and features about the entire housing market, from affordable rentals to luxury new builds, and loves finding out what goes on behind closed doors at Britain’s most extraordinary homes.