Understanding Display Homes
I have compared the Cost of a Display Home with the price for the advertised price of the standard house, so here are what the differences are: What you won’t get in the Basic House (unless there is a ‘Special Offer‘) Premium…
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Great View . . . . But?
How would you like a spectacular view like this from your Dining Table? Just a few problems getting to that dining table. To give you a clue here is the outside view of the ‘House’. You would need to climb a couple of…
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Instantaneous Electric Water Heater
No Gas Supply? . . . . .No room to put a heat pump Well an Instantaneous Electric Water Heater may be an option. This is a unit in apartment we used to rent As you can see its very…
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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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