There are various things a bank valuer looks into while scrutinising a prospective property. In several cases, a valuer can begin with the land size. This size is of paramount importance and often enough, it has been noticed that inconsequential small houses on big land sizes have sold for millions. This is not hard to fathom. After all, the earth is not expanding any and by the passing day, land is becoming an even more precious commodity.
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Ways In Which Home Improvement Can Go Sour
A common theme recurs in all the home improvement projects. Whether you are renovating, extending or adding, there will always be unforeseen expenses and certain set of changes (structural or otherwise) which may surprise you.
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Fusing the Modern with the Heritage
You cannot look to build a modern, state-of-art kitchen in a traditional setting. Conventional houses will scream with the use of such contrast. The imagery, instead of appealing, may just give a feeling of chalk and cheese. No aesthetic comfort in it, mind you! Faced with such design dilemma, what can be your best recourse towards maintaining parity between the old and the new?
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Open Plan Living: Top Tricks to Create A Great Room
When you think of an open plan, the vision processed in the head is one that of a really large room, grand in style and huge in compass. This, however, is far from true. Open plan, on the other hand, has become a brilliant alternative for all those houses which suffer from space cramps and need a quality multi-purpose room which can encapsulate the theme of all the rooms. Is it possible? Can it be done? Open plan living is not a “work in progress” anymore. Architects and home designers all across the globe are executing it in many of their undertakings. Let us find out all about it and discover that one little known fact about this new design phenomenon.
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Building A Sustainable Home
If you are willing to spend time on the major design principles, you can give your home the ‘sustainable’ touch without forking out additional costs. Simple recyclable non-toxic materials and recycled products can do the trick for you. How about straw bale walls for insulation and a magnesium oxide board working as a cladding? How about a metal cage exterior with crushed brick finish?
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Making Effective Use of Recycled Materials In Your Home
Certain building design ideas follow the need of the hour and they are praised for their execution by everyone. One such idea is building with recycled materials. If you are working on a modest budget, you need to be careful with the design aspect and also the selection of materials. Recycled materials, sourced from local places can be an environment-friendly and cheap option of designing. There is a host of recycled materials in the market and most of them can be put to effective use.
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Not Enough Australians Identify Asbestos, Says Survey
Che Chapman writes an article for The Coffs Coast Advocate which talks about the ignorance of homeowners when it comes to identifying asbestos. A reliable survey finds out that only about 46% of homeowners are confident they could recognise asbestos.
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DIY Craze Fuelling Popularity of Hardware Stores
A few stunning stats reveal to us that while the number of people visiting music stores and newsagents have fallen by at least 20% over the last year, the number of visitors queuing up to hardware stores (brick and mortar) have increased. The immense popularity of the present-day hardware stores can be put down to our obsession towards owning our own homes and getting on with the DIY home renovation projects.
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