Yearly Archive: 2014
Vertical Garden – Fail
I was walking along a Melbourne street the other day and saw this sad ‘Green Wall’ on the front of a building. Someone has gone to a lot of trouble to set up this vertical garden. . . . ….
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New House Insurance
Your builder has given you a handover date . . . so you need to organise property insurance to start on that day. How Much House Insurance Will You Need ? Well you have only just finished building so isn’t the price…
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Sisalation or Sarking
Sarking is the sheet material which can be put over the roof trusses before the final roof covering is installed. It’s normally standard on a metal roof as it prevents condensation on the underside of a roof from dropping onto the ceiling below….
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Tree Hugger’s Fence – Win
Love a tree but need to put up a fence? The owner of this house has gone a long way to make sure the tree hasn’t been damaged. For more Unusual House Photos, Wins, and Fails, have a…
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Paying Contractors
Sponsored by CheckVault The advice you always get about paying contractors is “Don’t pay until the works are complete.” Easy to say. . . . . but most small contractors want payments up front! Why Contractors Want Up-Front Payment I…
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Builders ‘Security’ Fence
These days all the builders provide, at our cost, a 1.8m high ‘Security Fence’ around the site. When you ask them “Why is it there? “. . . They say “Its for Occupational Health and Safety and/or to prevent theft. ” If…
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Do You Like Beetles?
How would you like this in your new home? It’s a armoire (a standing cupboard used for storing clothes) Here are a couple more photographs showing it partially open You can find even more photos at Dornob.com For more Unusual…
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What Is A Project Home Builder?
If you are new to thinking about having a new house built you may have heard the term ‘Project Home Builder’ and wondered what it means. Project Home Builders base their business on building large numbers of houses using a limited range…
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Specification
Control of costs is really important if you don’t want to run over budget on your new home. One of the key areas in controlling costs is understanding the specification of the house. One of the traps that many people…
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Stealth House ?
It’s actually known as the ‘Black Desert House’, built in the desert near the Joshua Tree National Park in California. The house is built around a central courtyard, which is set to a backdrop of black walls, midnight quartz, high-gloss anthracite and…
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