The Best Brands for Your Bathroom
Guest post by Hubert Dwight The bathroom is no longer just another room in your home. Neither is it a place just to take a shower nor a place to stock your towels. The modern bathroom is a place of rejuvenation,…
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Electric Underfloor Heating
Watching ‘The Block‘ it seems Electric Underfloor Heating is very trendy these days . . . . so here are some of my thoughts: Advantages Provide a stable heat. Safe, with no very hot temperatures. Each room can be run…
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Science Fiction House – Win
What do you think about this Alien / Predator themed Theatre Room? and this Attic Music Room that looks like the deck of a Starship? All hidden in the ordinary looking Swedish House. Could be yours for under $400,000.. The…
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Concrete Paving – Key Joints
I have previously talked about the importance of Well Designed Concrete Paving so here is a product that will help you achieve that. It’s called the Connelly Key Joint A galvanised steel strip forms a keyway in the vertical face of the…
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Reasons to Re-Build
Knock Down and Rebuild, or Renovate? It may be the only house you can find in the area you like is dilapidated, like this one. You may already live in the house but it no longer suits your family’s needs….
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Facade Fail
I think this is the Creepiest looking new house I have seen. The combination of Victorian Gothic Features, and a block well above the road level, don’t go very well together. When I saw it my first thought was ‘The Adams…
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Birthday Celebrations!
It’s the anewhouse Blog‘s 4th Birthday! Over the journey I have Published over 570 posts Sold over 1,700 of my anewhouse Guides Increased the monthly site visits to 9,000. To all of you blog followers . . . . . and…
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Architect or DIY
A guest post by Adrian Savi In my over 10 years of experience as an architect, I have seen more and more people thinking about doing an architect’s, an engineer’s or a trades mans’s work. It might be a whole house, a house addition,…
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Dangerous Number
I saw this house number a couple of weeks ago. Wondered what that white backing to the numbers was. Got a bit closer and the photo below is what I saw Looks suspiciously like asbestos cement! …
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Design – Controlling Costs
When you are planning a custom home costs can quickly run away with the initial budget! Just watch a few episodes of ‘Grand Designs’ and you will see people with costs out of control! If you are planning a custom…
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