It’s one of the quickest ways to give a home a facelift, but painting like the pros requires patience, attention to detail, a steady hand and yes, tedious preparation. It’s a messy business, with lots of bending, twisting and negotiating ladders, and inevitable dithering over the crucial colour scheme. Decide up front who lands the [...]

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Looking for an authentic, tropical thatch look, native to the cultures and civilisations of Indonesia, Polynesian or the Caribbean? Balinese styled huts are a great compliment to many rear gardens and offer shelter and privacy. These structures are designed to customer’s individual requirements and are generally finished with a genuine thatched roof. The Balinese styled [...]

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Creating privacy in your garden can be as easy as well considered planting. If the space is very narrow, the best solution is to put up a trellis and cover it with a well behaved evergreen vine. The other possibility is bamboo- but be sure that you plant a clumping bamboo, rather than a running [...]

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So you’re renovating your bathrooms and kitchen area, choosing colours, tiles and appliances. It’s true that quality and fashionable appliances add value to your property or at least make it more attractive to potential buyers. “Bathrooms and kitchens sell homes. Quality fixtures and fittings add that special touch to your property, making it visually superb [...]

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Renovation is a favourite strategy of many property investors. The idea of buying that run down property, putting in some hard labour and a few dollars with the intent of reaping big rewards has a certain “appeal.” The problem for many is discovering the winning fix me up projects and what to do with them [...]

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Applications have opened for Ten’s new 2011 reality competition show, The Renovators, to be produced by Shine Australia, and to air in the second half of 2011. Have you got the skills to transform the country’s worst house into a real estate goldmine? The search for Australia’s best renovator has begun. The Renovators is an [...]

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Larrikin carpenter Scott Cam, of Channel Nine’s Domestic Blitz, gives us his top ten tips for home reno projects. Scott tells us about essential tools for the DIYer’s toolbox (see our DIY section), the move towards building with sustainable wood products and gives us an insight about builders’ beer etiquette. What are essential tools for [...]

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The days of only looking for a property through the paper have changed, with the majority of people these days starting their search online and loving the flexibility of being able to set up alerts and notifications so they get told when a property that meets their search criteria becomes available in the marketplace. Purchasers [...]

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Homes will be where the easy access is, says new building code to promote mobility. A minimalist step-free shower; a corridor wide enough for a sofa; and a front entry you don’t have to wrestle the pram up. These features are part of a voluntary building code to be released today by the Parliamentary Secretary [...]

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Don’t let the slow real estate market keep you from having the home of your dreams. You don’t have to move, you just need to improve. And this is the perfect time to do so. Never before have all the stars been so perfectly aligned to facilitate the remodelling needed to give you your perfect [...]

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