Yearly Archive: 2014
Moving In – Bad Weather
Have you thought about bad weather when planning your move? New house sites are not the cleanest and you don’t want to be treading mud and dirt into your new house. Even just wet boots can make a mess of…
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Weird Bank
Space Ship? Star Wars AT-AT Walker? or Bank Head Office? Don’t laugh too much, your new home mortgage may be with this Bank! Well as unlikely as it seems this in the Global Headquarters of my Bank . . . ING. The…
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Do You Need A Formal Dining Room?
Go round most Display Homes and you will see a Formal Dining Room . . . . . but why do you need it? Photo from www.home-designing.com If you look round the options for eating a meal will be: The ‘Island…
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Silt Pits
Any drainage system should have silt pits at regular intervals. This includes both stormwater systems and agricultural drains. In the case of the above photo this is a combination drain and grate silt pit. (As the water can become stagnant…
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Skinny House
No this isn’t the entrance to a big house . . . it’s the whole house. It is another of those small Japanese houses Those Japanese architects certainly don’t go for the McMansion approach. If you want to see more photos…
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Soakwells
In Western Australia you are required to dispose of storm water on your block, rather than to a public storm water drain. There are also many areas that don’t have public stormwater drains including many beach side areas. In either…
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Wardrobe Location
Get your wardrobe location wrong and you could finish up with mouldy clothes! I have recently seen a few house plans with built in wardrobes along an external wall . . . . Not a good idea. The Problem Basically there…
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Door Bells – Fail
In my experience door bell buttons are unreliable, so I can understand that they need to be replaced. The thing is if one isn’t working then wouldn’t it be best to remove it . . . . . something…
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Polished Concrete
So you like the idea of Polished Concrete. . . . but with costs ranging from $55/m2 to $120/m2 there are quite a few things to think about. Slab Design and Construction Quality of finish starts with the design and specification of the…
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Quick Build ?
One of the reasons that people may choose a builder is the promise of a ‘Quick Build’ . . . . . but how realistic is that promise? Getting the house finished quickly might be attractive to you so here…
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