Thinking About Pets
Did you think about your pets when you planned your new House? Will the House and garden be safe for your pets when you move? Here are some things to think about: Planning Where will the pet sleep at night?…
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Electrical Easement – Fail
It looks like someone forget to check their Title Plan when buying the block. The result an electrical substation in front of their front window. To avoid problems like this Check Your Title Plan I found this photo on the…
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Different Driveway
I see a fair bit of discussion in forums about whether to go for a plain concrete driveway of the additional expanse of an exposed aggregate surface. While I was in Japan last year I saw this concrete driveway which…
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Halloween House – Win
The people in this house have really gone to town for Halloween They even had grave markers and pieces of a skeleton on the front lawn together with police barrier tape! It amazes me the lengths some people go to…
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Contract Security Clauses
Did you realise that there are clauses about a ‘Security Account’ in a Standard Building Contract? No mortgage? If you aren’t planning on a mortgage because You are downsizing, or Got a house loss insurance payout, or Getting a bank loan….
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Can’t find your phone at night?
Perhaps you need a bedroom like this: This is a room in The Icon Hotel, Manila. For more Unusual House Photos, Wins, and Fails, have a look at: What the………………….?
Do You Need A Lawyer?
I hear a lot of people suggesting they get a lawyer to review their house building contract. I”m not that sure that is a great idea, and its going to cost a fair bit of money. Issues using a lawyer…
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Container Homes . . . Before Containers?
With all the publicity about container homes I thought I would publish this picture. This is Habitat 67 in Montreal, Canada, and as its name suggests it was completed in 1967. That is before the ISO standards for intermodal containers…
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Different Roof Drainage
Most of us are used to the traditional Australian roof drainage connecting to down pipes . . . . but this isn’t how everyone sees it. The Hawaii Solution Travelling around Hawaii I was quite surprised to see how many…
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Carpet Fail
I was recently staying in a recently refurbished hotel in Buffalo, New York State. I couldn’t understand why they hadn’t replaced the worn carpet. Then I looked down the corridor and realised it wasn’t wear. It was the pattern of…
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