Renovations - how not to blow your budget.
Posted at 4:58 AM | Filed Under Home Design
Renovation costs always blow out no matter how much I try as a professional to keep it under control. The client always wants more than they can afford
As an architect with heaps of experience in renovations there are some golden rules I would like to pass to the home owners out there to help them [...]
School: almost back to normality
Posted at 8:49 AM | Filed Under Home Design
The kids are all in school! Our five year old twins started kindy this year! No more preschool fees! Five days a week of free daycare! I can pick up all 3 kids from the same place! No more worrying about whether or not my mother-in-law can take care of [...]
Time to have some fun
Posted at 2:05 AM | Filed Under Home Design
Now I can have some fun… I am about to start designing a dwelling on the beautiful shores of Lake Macquarie in Australia.
The site is located on the end of a head land that juts out into Lake Macquarie and is surrounded by native Australian bushland. The allotment is also absolute waterfront and the restrictions [...]
Dealing with tradesmen
Posted at 2:45 AM | Filed Under Home Design
When you commence a Do-It-Yourself improvement, or you operate as a home builder then you are going to have to deal directly with tradespeople.
Tradespeople are now highly paid workers, and sometimes not as skilled as you would expect. In the last decade there has been unprecedented demand for their services and their charges have skyrocketed.
When [...]
Building - it always costs more than you expect
Posted at 9:16 PM | Filed Under Home Design
Building – it always costs more than you expect…
Brace yourself…
So you have a budget of $200,000 for your new home… you will need to put in a great deal of your own time and effort to achieve this.
Most people don’t expect a new home to cost as much as it does. Be prepared, [...]
My husband and I
Posted at 5:12 AM | Filed Under Home Design
My husband and I are currently looking to buy a new house and part of the reason I want to leave our current home is because we have a serious Bush Turkey problem.
One of my passions in life besides architecture is gardening and this week I am at WAR, yes WAR with those DAMN BUSH [...]
I am really getting over home renovations and DIY clients
Posted at 9:48 PM | Filed Under Home Design
I am really getting over home renovations and DIY clients, the clients are great but the jobs are always tedious and the costs are never known until the job is done – usually much more than the client wanted to spend. Take it from me: don’t undertake large renovations - just knock the damn thing [...]
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