Author: Adam Nobel

Nominations have opened for the 2024 Sustainability Awards, showcasing building projects, products and companies at the forefront of ecologically sustainable design in Australia. This year there are 18 categories across Projects, People and Innovation and entries of any size, type…

If there is one room in your house you’d like to improve but don’t know where to start, it’s possibly the bathroom. Yet unless the plumbing’s dodgy or the tiles are intolerable, it is possible to ‘lift’ a dingy bathroom…

The world’s richest cities – those with the most millionaires – were named this week, and four are in Australia. Wealth migration firm Henley and Partners has just released its annual World’s Wealthiest Cities Report, placing New York at the…

Building approvals ticked up again in March, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The latest figures show that the total number of homes approved rose 1.9% in March (seasonally adjusted), after a 0.9%…

New standards have been set in place to reduce the risk of harm through toppling furniture, the ACCC announced this week. Furniture suppliers will now be required to provide safety warnings to consumers about the hazards, after the Assistant Treasurer,…

This Sunday (20th May) is World Bee Day, time to take stock and check that we are all doing what we can to protect, support and encourage the delightful little pollinators who play such a crucial role in the well-being…

The announcement in this week’s Budget of $90.6 million to boost the number of skilled workers for the housing sector has been broadly applauded by the housing industry. The package includes measures to help attract more apprentices into the industry,…

Have you installed lighting in your home for a specific purpose, such as to highlight artwork or a workspace, or perhaps to create a warm, cosy space for enjoying a cuppa and chat? When your home is on the market,…

Many households have at least one or two old mobile phones stuffed away in a drawer because we don’t really know what to do with them. Now, we can use those phones to make a real difference in the lives…

Housing values lifted again in April, as diminished supply continues to trump high interest rates and inflation. Australian home values continued trending higher in April with CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index (HVI) rising 0.6%. This was on par with the…