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Current at: 25 September 2008
Create a 'new' home with a colour change
Maybe you would like to make changes to your home but don’t have the money or the inclination to undergo a major renovation. One quick and relatively inexpensive way of affecting a transformation is through a new colour scheme.
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Current at: 23 September 2008
Sliding glass walls for the best of both worlds
Have the best of both worlds through the installation of glass sliding walls which still allow uninterrupted views when closed and have configurations to suit any arrangement, from the dining room to the home theatre.
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Current at: 18 September 2008
Super Bathroom is your home health studio
Sixty years ago a sizeable proportion of Australian homes still had outside toilets? Moving the loo inside was at the cutting edge of bathroom design in and since then bathrooms have been the greyhounds of home design.
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Current at: 27 August 2008
Overcoming The Eight Second Barrier
Research in Britain suggests that it takes just eight seconds for a prospective home buyer to decide against buying a property - or to keep an open mind and investigate further. In other words, first impressions count for a great deal.
It means that the approach to the home you want to sell and the front door take on an importance disproportionate to what lies inside.
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Current at: 27 August 2008
Designing A Workshop That Works
Domestic workshops are a difficult subject. They tend to be intensely personal places and people who own and actually use one jealously defend their modus operandi as “working for them”. Any attempt to impose a system or lay-out for such places is often deeply resented.
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Current at: 06 August 2008
Planning A Kitchen For Purpose And Pleasure
Kitchens and bathrooms, once dismissed as the necessary but purely utilitarian parts of the home, are now often the jewels in its crown.
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Current at: 08 July 2008
Inspections a must for home buyers
After 12 consecutive interest rate rises [to March] no-one is looking for additional costs when buying a house, but the very fact that money is so tight could lead prospective buyers into making economies that will cost them dearly down the track.
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Current at: 08 July 2008
Putting problem floors in their place
Floors are among the most unforgiving parts of the home. They demand attention, will penalise anyone who tries to short-change them, and even when attention and expense is lavished, will not necessarily stand out.
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Current at: 13 May 2008
Homes that beat the affordability crisis
Housing affordability seems to have been on everyone’s minds in the past few months, with the gloomiest forecasts suggesting it will be at least 15 years before wages and home prices get back into balance.
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Current at: 13 May 2008
Keeping drains safe from root invasions
How to stop roots from invading your drains
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Current at: 12 May 2008
Turning a wall into a window on the world
Tips to change a bare wall into an extension of your garden
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Current at: 12 May 2008
Take precautions to ensure a healthy home
Asthma is one of the most widespread and little understood diseases in Australia. Its effects can be mitigated by designing and maintaining homes which keep allergens to a minimum.
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Current at: 18 February 2008
Creative Technology = Smart Kitchen
Families come in various shapes and sizes, but the one constant in many homes is that everyone in the family is busy. In the kitchen, it's often about making the most out of what little time you have to cook. Luckily appliances are getting faster and smarter to help you maximize your time without compromising the quality or the taste of your food.
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Current at: 05 April 2007
Advantages of new homes
When you buy a brand new home, you get the best of both worlds – all the traditional value you expect in a home, plus the advantages that only a newly built home can provide.
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Current at: 04 April 2007
Checklist against your future needs
Imagine trying to tow your caravan or boat into the backyard of your newly built home and finding the rear access just a few centimetres too narrow. Or finding that the family room isn’t as big as you initially thought, and there’s not enough room for all your furniture needs.
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