DIY home inspections
Caught up in the property market? Use our handy checklist when you are house hunting. When you're spending many thousands of dollars on a new home, a few hundred dollars spent on a pre-purchase home inspection is a good investment. With a ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Building a Dog Kennel
Scott Cam reckoned his best mate, Lizzie, deserved a beaut new home, so he knocked together this top doghouse. Lizzie's kennel design has a number of simple features that make it easy to look after as well as long-lasting. The whole roof can be ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Gardening with clay soils
Nigel visited a housing development in Sydney's north-west called Kellyville Ridge. The area is experiencing massive housing development and growth. There are a lot of new homes being built, therefore there's plenty of landscaping to be done. The ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Permanent care explained
For various reasons, some parents are unable to care for their children. Once the courts decide that a child can't live with their birth parents, the Department of Human Services and other organisations work to find them a new home. For various ... [... more]
Better Health |
Jane Isenberg
Jane Isenberg taught English to urban community college students for close to thirty years. She has been writing mysteries ever since she experienced her first hot flash. Her copies of Modern Maturity are delivered to her new home in Amherst, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Drought Proofing the Home Garden
Neville's ambition has been to build a sustainable home for his family. So while there is a fair bit of work still to be done to his new home, the basics are in place. The house is built on a solar passive design with a solar hot water system on ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Deborah Blumenthal
Black Diamond was the fastest, the best. After every race he'd stand with a wreath around his neck while cameras clicked and smiling people called him champ. But when he stumbles and hurts his leg, all that vanishes. Black Diamond's new home has ... [... more]
Random House |
Miles Hyman
Black Diamond was the fastest, the best. After every race he'd stand with a wreath around his neck while cameras clicked and smiling people called him champ. But when he stumbles and hurts his leg, all that vanishes. Black Diamond's new home has ... [... more]
Random House |
Home Cabling System
This user-friendly system allows you to link all your electronic services (phone, computer, cable TV, etc) together. The use of technology in Australian homes, especially new homes, is increasing rapidly. Australians grasp and use new technology ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
Railway hideaway
From public transport to child's playroom to new home: who would have thought a rail carriage could have so many uses? Someone obviously forgot to tell George Cegg's dad that when the kids ask for a locomotion, they mean a model train set or ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
Ermington makeover
With the auction day upon them, the Bauders decide to set their reserve at $520,000, needing a minimum of $500k in order to move to their new home. The bidding is pretty competitive, until the home finally goes to a young family - coincidentally ... [... more]
Location Location |
TV Room Makeover
This TV room had a layout that just wasn't working. The solution was to create a new access to the laundry in the middle of the wall, block up the old doorway and build a new home for the TV and video in the corner. Remember, before you cut the ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
