Elegant Simplicity
An efficient way to gain more floor area and living space to accommodate your growing family’s needs is by adding a second storey to your home. This is especially the case if your property already extends to the boundary set-back lines.
Adding an additional floor to your home can really open-up your floor plan. It also lets you maximise space and tends to capture much better views.
Find out what significant issues you should be aware of before proceeding.
If your garage is nothing more than a place to store stuff you barely use anymore, you may have considered if converting that space to something else is worthwhile.
However, there are certain things you need to keep in mind should you decide to convert your garage.
You may want to add a second storey to your home because of your growing family or you just need more space for entertaining guests. Adding a second storey to your property is an exciting milestone for you and your family.
Large renovations require more than just a great idea and a fun Pinterest board. Adding a floor to your house needs careful planning and a design that works well with your existing house.
Here is the process, broken down into seven steps you can easily follow to add a second storey to your home. I’ve also included advice on one aspect of adding a second floor that almost all homeowners struggle with the most.
One of the biggest drawcards about living in Sydney’s northern suburbs is the natural beauty and living close to the bush. Unfortunately, with the wonderful lifestyle close to the bush comes the danger of living on bushfire prone land.
Managing bushfire risk is both a planning and emergency management challenge. Importantly there are specific construction standards that apply when you want to build a new home or renovate on Bushfire Prone Land.
If you’ve been thinking about renovating your home for a while now, but somehow find yourself delaying – I may just have the answers for you.
Having been involved in hundreds of extensive home transformations over the years, here are my top reasons to renovate your home.
One of them is particularly often overlooked.
When building a house or adding an extension to your existing home, you may excitedly think about all sorts of things — the theme, the fixtures you want or simply the extra living quality. But it is very rare that people think about the shadows in home design. Shadows that their new home or home extension may create.
For me (and you), shadows in home design play a critical role in every building and renovation project. Let me explain why and give you a few tips to keep your neighbours as friends.
If you are thinking of renovating your bathroom or your kitchen in your new home… please stop.
Before you start picking out the tub and tiles and tearing down the cabinets, take some time and think long and hard about what you are about to do.
Don’t get caught up in the rush of renovating that you end up making short-term decisions and miss out on better options for your family.
They make it look so simple, but renovating to add value to your home is more complicated than DIY home renovation shows would have you believe. There is also a great deal more design, planning and money involved — so you want to make sure that you are investing your money into renovations that will eventually see returns.
The question is, how do you know you are investing in the right improvements?
