Think it’s a good idea to knock down that wall in your unit? Well, it pays to pause before swinging any hammers when renovating units otherwise you might end up with a hole in your finances as well as your wall.
Renovations
How to work out how much your renovation will cost
Consider these four tips when pricing up your next renovation.
Nine things you should know before you renovate
Renovating a house can be a massive undertaking. Here’s nine things you should know before you start.
Pinterest: home owner’s friend or foe?
Hands up if you’ve ever lain awake at night, eyelids heavy, sleep beckoning; yet trapped in a kind of hypnotic trance of interior decorating madness as you scroll through picture after picture of perfect homes on Pinterest?
Why you shouldn’t render your brick home
I’m here to convince you that rendering is not the only way to overhaul a brick home.
From ‘just-liveable dump’ to dream home: see this beach house’s beautiful transformation
“Ultimately we decided that we would build to get exactly what we wanted.”
Thinking of renovating? Five Questions to ask before taking the leap
It is by far the best way to get the renovation result you’ve been dreaming about.
Want to renovate your home but don’t know where to start? A step-by-step guide to renovating
Don’t wait until you are half way through your renovation to discover that you should have painted the walls before laying the solid timber floors or that the wiring should have been finished before the new ceiling went in.
Don’t do it yourself: the renovation injuries plaguing amateurs
The enduring popularity of TV renovation shows continue inspiring viewers to get to work, but health experts warn DIY amateurs risk more than they could save.
How architects fix costly building and renovating mistakes
Sometimes, mistakes are relatively easy to rectify while others come at a cost.