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Want to be an Airbnb host? This Aussie start-up will help organise everything
Is this the future of Airbnb?
Data suggests women more likely to buy a home solo than men
The number of single first home buyers has decreased, but the ratio of women to men among that group is increasing.
Architects build luxury cabin high up in the trees in Sweden
A bit more upmarket than the tree house in your backyard.
Community vs infrastructure: How living in a new housing estate stacks up
Detractors argue that some estates look like “Lego-land,” but what is it really like to live in a new estate?
Psychologists reveal what your household clutter says about your state of mind
Meanwhile, a too-clean house can be just as revealing.
What to see this weekend
Domain’s pick of the best properties open for inspection across the state.
You Wish: Not a grand home – by Brighton standards
St Ninians Road, on Brighton’s waterfront, has some of the city’s most valuable houses.
House of the week: A showcase of smart, ecological design in Preston
Thanks to the thinkers and makers creating a new Melbourne one smart idea at a time.
A high benchmark of adaptive reuse
Melbourne warehouse project an exemplar of all that is worth doing when adapting an old building for a new use.