Yearly Archive: 2014
Thinnest House
This 1m wide building was designed by German architect Nils Holger Moormann as a garden house. It includes living, dining and reading rooms all with open sides. The exterior walls have cupboards for gardening implements, tableware, and a barby. The door even…
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How Many Construction Inspections?
Well I do my own inspections, so for my houses they have been at least once week. . . . . but if you are paying $4-500 an inspection for a professional you might want to consider the options below!…
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Solar Power – No North Facing Roof
Conventional wisdom has been that you needed a North facing roof to mount your solar panels . . . . . . but it might be time to re-think! Cost of Panels In the early 1990 when people first really…
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Steel Knitting Balustrade
Here is an unusual balustrade I saw during a recent weekend away. It’s at the Old Convent at Daylesford, Victoria. The convent is now an art space, with a cafe and bar, Well worth a visit if you are in…
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Quirky Rome Apartment 2
Earlier this week I posted about the quirky apartment we have rented in Rome. Here are a couple more photographs. The first shows the wall that separates the entrance hall from the Bathroom / Laundry. The wall is a translucent…
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Quirky Rome Apartment
I am on holiday in Rome at the moment. When I travel, rather than stop in a Hotel, I prefer to rent an apartment and feel a little bit more like a local. The apartment I am renting here is…
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Teapot Chimney
I saw this whimsical chimney while I was out and about in Melbourne’s South East Suburbs the other day. It was on a 1930 house with a few Art Deco features. It certainly made me smile! Sorry about the picture…
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Onsite Stormwater Dention – Why
If you want to redevelop or subdivide an existing urban house block, you might find that a planning condition is that you will need to provide On-site Stormwater Detention (OSD). You may also find it is a condition on individual…
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Types of Floor Joists
Build a single storey house on a slab and you don’t need joists . . . . but if you have a suspended floor, or you have a two storey house, your structure will need joists. When I first started…
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Forever Home
I often hear people talking about ‘Our Forever Home’ . . . . . . . well this is a $2,000,000 Forever Home. Some of the features include: Located in extensive ‘Gated Community’. Very quiet neighbours. Marble lined walls. Air…
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