We all strive towards a successful formula, and having succeeded, make an effort to redefine or even change it. After centuries of riding on traditional designs for houses, we Australians are shifting gear towards modernist designs, writes Holly Jones on the website realestate.com.au. This may be because of anti-incumbency factor or an urge towards creating more space.
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Property Features on Australian Wish List
Agreed – it’s not exactly a choice between a wife and girlfriend, but it’s surely close enough when you put the practical up against the pleasurable. Holly Jones puts this beautifully on the website Real Estate when she asserts that Australians have almost equal inclination for the bird and the bee. In their wish-list, they pine as much for an extra bedroom as they do for a swimming pool (sorry, slightly less) among property features.
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Utilize House Space – Make Full Use of the Available Space
Old houses necessarily had attics to store unnecessary stuff. However, thanks to a flood of ideas over the years, we can utilize house space in such a way that we won’t need rooms for them.
It is all about visualizing the gaps and spaces in your house and then trying to make them functional. Of course, you always have your basement, attic and garage to fall back on for storage. Here are some ways:
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UV Lights Offer Greater Indoor Air Quality
We are so engrossed in our lives that we start treating our homes as a retreating abode. We habitually ignore the status of indoor air quality and the spread of moulds at different areas of our home. This (even if we don’t realize) takes its toll on our health and reduces our longevity. We can improve the air quality level only too well by installing UV lights. Here’s how.
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The Significance of Ventilation Exhaust Fans
The secret to a healthy life can be found in two natural elements: Air and Water. If we breathe good air and drink neat water, we have a better chance of remaining fit. It is thus an imperative to ensure quality air movement indoors. Ventilation exhaust fans are an essential cog in that wheel and a necessary fixture in homes because of several below-mentioned reasons:
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How Dream Homes Have Changed Over the Years
Times change and so do the priorities of different generations. This has been beautifully encapsulated by Venessa Paech in her article for realestate.com where she trends down the home-setting needs of three distinct generations post World War 2.
It is engaging to note how the assumptions of dream homes changed for these three generations as the world progressed.
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Upgrade Your Home’s Energy Efficiency When Renovating
It does not matter whether you are looking to renovate a fixer-upper, an old home or a home with “heritage” tag, you will need to renovate keeping the gospel of energy efficiency in mind. Neglecting this aspect could have been a mistake in the past but today it is nothing short of a crime.
If the addition you are planning on is spread over more than half of your existing home area, the Building Code of Australia will require you to keep up with six star energy ratings (stars indicate how energy-efficient your home is).
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Questions To Ponder Over While Choosing The Right Home Size
Do you know Australia has surged past America in terms of house size for the first time? We are certainly getting stuck with the idea of bigger homes. In fact, homes in NSW are statistically three times bigger than the average homes in United Kingdom. Phew!
This said, territory of the question- what house size do we actually need? – deserves being visited. The answer may vary for different homeowners but the essential criteria of measurement remains the same. Here is looking at a few of them.
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