How to Start a New Garden From Scratch
A guest post by Dianne Lampe Harvesting your own flowers and vegetables from your garden backyard is one of the most rewarding endeavours for homeowners. You need to make good preparation if you’re to avoid making costly mistakes later. A…
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Poor Building Quality In The News
For anyone who thinks they can just leave everything to the builder this recent report in the Melbourne Age makes depressing reading:Faulty Building Crisis. A lot of the issues relate to damp, particularly: Leaks through the ceiling. Leaks through rendered foam…
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Where You Left It – 5 Moving Tips For the New Homebuyer
Guest Post by Hubert Dwight You’re finally getting out of the rental apartment and into your own home! It’s an exciting time, but it can also be pretty stressful. You have to make sure you’ve packed everything properly so nothing…
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Sea Views
Should You Get A Micro Inverter Solar system
I’m just in the process of getting a solar power system for my latest house. One of the changes since I last bought a system is that micro inverters are now more common than they used to be…….so I thought I…
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Changes To Improve Your Property
Guest Post by Hubert Dwight There’s nothing wrong in improving your property from time to time, even if it’s spending money. Ultimately, it’s your property and it’s going to stand strong with you as one of your prized possessions or a…
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Interesting Fence
House on Jacks
What do you think about this house built on jacks so it can be raised above flood water? I think it’s crazy because: What happens if the jacks fail to work? What happens if the jacks aren’t long enough? There…
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Clever Design Tips and Tricks to Solve Your Small Bathroom Dilemmas
Guest post by Hubert Dwight If you’ve got a tiny bathroom, it can be really annoying to have to read article after article of luxury renovation tips. They’re all designed for the kind of broad, sweeping spaces that wouldn’t look…
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Landscaping Ideas
I’m the sort of geek that follows a facebook site called Engineering and Crafts. The pictures below are some great ideas for anyone wondering what to do with small and shaded areas of their land. Want to follow this site?………..the…
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