What Is The Focal Point?
What is the ‘Focal Point’ of your new living room going to be? This is something to think about when you are planning your new house as it will involve the layout and furniture of the room. Generally there are…
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Paint Isn’t Always An Improvement!
Some of you who live in the Sydney area may be familiar with the Colyston Green House. For the rest of you . . . enjoy! If you want to find out more check out the story in the Daily…
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Why LEDs Are A Great Investment When Building Your New Home.
Guest Post by Hubert Dwight One of the most important elements when building your dream home is lighting design. There are several enchanting lighting options that you can opt for, however the wrong choice of lighting may lead to extortionate maintenance costs…
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Floor Loadings
One of the things with blogging about houses is you can’t stop looking at buildings. I was on holiday in Cairns a couple of weeks ago and looking out of my hotel saw this balcony. What a great idea to have…
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Homes for the Homeless
No these aren’t Beach Boxes. They are tiny homes for the homeless. The 6sqm ‘houses’ cost around $7,000. They were built in the backyard of a church in Nashville by the local Pastor. For more information check out www.theatlantic.com For…
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Extra Rooms
Over the years I have seen many builders put up many reasons for making houses bigger and more expensive. Here are some of the additions that you wouldn’t have found in many houses 30-40 years ago. En-Suite Walk in Robe Rumpus…
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The Scream House
I’ve talked before about houses with faces. . . . so here is another . . . . and this is the face it seems to be inspired by: I found this on the website Ugly Belgian Houses For…
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AHD or TBM
Some a site plan will say the levels relate to AHD and other times the levels will relate to a TBM . .. but what is the difference? AHD – Australian Height Datum Between 1966 and 1968 sea level was measured at…
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Garage Door Fail
Think these garage doors look nice? But why isn’t there a car in the garage? Could it be because there isn’t room to fit the car because the doors open into the garage? (taking around 1.0m off the effective length of…
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Is Low-E Glass Worth The Money?
What is Low-E Glass? It is a normal glass that has an extremely thin, transparent coating applied. (Single glazed low-E glass is peculiar to Australia) The coating reflects part of the ultraviolet, and infrared light, while allowing most of the visible light…
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