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After The Deposit
If you decide that you want a house built by a builder you will normally be given a budget price and asked to pay a deposit. What happens next? These are the steps that follow in progressing to a full…
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Safe Hot Water
Did you know that around 90 Australian children are admitted to hospital each year due to scalds from the water from the tap, with many will requiring skin grafts. Disabled and the elderly are also more at risk of scalding…
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5 Things To Consider When Choosing The Right Tile Grout
Guest Post by Chad Singson If you’re planning to replace the tiles in your bath or kitchen, besides choosing the right tiles, you’ll also need to find the tile grout that perfectly fits the look you’re going for. (Tile grout…
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Separate Toilets?
Most house plans show a toilet in the master bathroom but a separate toilet in the other bathroom……………. Why? Maybe it’s because you don’t want visitors to see the bathroom, but where are they going to wash their hands? Is…
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Room Height
Rooms with higher ceilings always seem lighter and more spacious. They can feel cooler in summer as the heat rises above your head, not so good in winter though! They are better for fitting ceiling fans, probably the cheapest form of…
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Downlights – 5 Reasons to Think Again
Downlights are very popular and can give dramatic light effects so you seem them a lot in show houses, and shops ……but I won’t have them again. A but harsh? . . . . here are my reasons why. The…
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Planning Electrics – Remaining Rooms
With the main rooms covered in previous posts I will cover the remaining rooms with this post. Dining For a dining table in the kitchen area an extra double socket close to the table should be enough for any cooking…
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Controlling Noise
Looking at a lot of design magazines and web sites I see a lot of hard minimalist interiors. Perhaps looking like the photo here. Some of the key words seem to be ‘Industrial’, ‘Scandy’, ‘Warehouse’ or ‘Loft’ styles. The Problem…
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Ceiling Fans
If you have tall rooms a ceiling fan can make a real difference to your comfort without large bills. Summer While a ceiling fan does not lower the temperature it will make the room feel cooler by: The breeze improving…
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Twin Basins – Is It Worth It?
When we first came to Australia and started looking at display houses we often saw En-Suites with two wash basins. We thought it looked fairly classy so that’s what we got in our first Australian new house. Ever since we…
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