Open Home Inspection Times for Saturday 19th May 10:00am – 7 Astaire Place, McDowall 10:45am – 12 Farrow Street, McDowall 11:30am – 5 Rigg Place, McDowall 12:15pm – 5 Eastwood Place, McDowall 1:15pm – 12 Myron Street, Chermside 2:15pm – 1 Walpole Street, McDowall

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Oh to live in Darwin at this time of the year! Temperatures in that city this week are expected to average 32 degrees, with overnight lows of 21. For the rest of us, the pre-winter chill is certainly starting to bite. As we move into the colder months, here are 10 ways to warm up [...]

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  Many small businesses operate from the owner’s home. This could mean the factory is a shed in the backyard and the office a corner of the kitchen or dining room table. For others the business can have a separate section of the home or permanent structure on the property used exclusively by the business. [...]

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Open Home Inspection Times for Saturday 12th May 10:00 – 10:30am – 4 Mangifera Close, Wights Mountain 11:15 – 11:45am – 78 Paramount Circuit, McDowall 12:15 – 12:45pm – 5 Eastwood Place, McDowall 2:15 – 2:45pm – 1 Walpole Street, McDowall 3:30 – 4:00pm – 3 Somers Street, Cashmere

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Open plan living is in vogue at the moment – but how do you turn a big open space into a cosy interior that’s easy to live in and doesn’t feel like a warehouse?  It’s all about zoning and creating intimate areas without walls. The best place to start is from the ground up.  Use [...]

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    10:15 – 10:45am – 5 Eastwood Place, McDowall 11:15 – 11:45am – 78 Paramount Circuit, McDowall 2:15 – 2:45pm – 1 Walpole Street, McDowall  

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Conditions are favourable for home owners to dip their toe into the property investment market. That’s the view of leading agent Madeleine Hicks of LJ Hooker Everton Park. “When investing in property it is important to buy at a low point in anticipation of securing a quality gain in a rising market. Conditions are now [...]

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The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates by 50 basis points in an unexpected move that should provide welcome relief to many homeowners. The reduction takes the official cash rate to 3.75 percent. Damian Smith CEO of financial comparison site RateCity called the RBA’s decision "a very big move". "They haven’t moved rates [...]

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Many of us could spend hours (possibly weeks) pouring over pictures of hip homes in interiors magazines, and dreaming … If you’ve ever pondered the secrets of these pads’ photogenic success and wanted to emulate them, here are a couple of general tips: Story time: Most photoshoots capture pictorial vignettes – the sofa, the casually [...]

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Open Home Inspection Times for Saturday 28th April   10:15 – 10:45am – 9 Kline Place, McDowall 11:15 – 11:145am – 78 Paramount Circuit, McDowall 2:15 – 2:45pm – 1 Walpole Street, McDowall  

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