Under the Hammer

IN the 1980s open-plan living was considered an innovative design feature. The design has allowed a Seacliff property to accommodate a modern family.

A HENLEY Beach house designed as a quarter of a circle has become a modern-day icon in the seaside area.

THE simple blend of old and new attracts house hunters in droves to renovated period homes.

BRINGING new life to villas in disrepair has been Mark Noris' passion for the past 10 years.

MANY people would say one complete renovation is enough for a lifetime, but the owners of a Goodwood house are ready to do it all again.

THE lure of Melbourne has struck two consecutive owners of this Joslin bungalow, putting the prime house on the market twice in seven years.

POLITICAL instability has struck Prime Minister Julia Gillard's ministry over allegations about inappropriate behaviour by a Cabinet minister.

WOLLONGONG split the NBL's dreaded "doomsday double" tonight by beating Adelaide 96-82 at the Brett Maher Court.