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Heart-shaped houseplants

By Adam Nobel

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, so we found some indoor plants with heart-shaped leaves, as a change from the traditional chrysanthemum. Possibly the most beautiful is the Anthurium, which not only has heart-shaped leaves, but takes it up a notch…

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Noisy neighbours? Keep it down

By Adam Nobel

For most people, home is a haven away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. However, recent trends of building big houses on small blocks, along with an increase in both the size and scope of entertainment systems, has…

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No signs of slowing

By Adam Nobel

Housing finance shows no signs of slowing down, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The value of new housing loans rose 17.9% since March 2023 to $27.6 billion, after a 3.1% rise in…

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For sale: world’s most expensive home

By Adam Nobel

Rather than flowers, you might prefer to thank your mum by buying her the world’s most expensive home currently on the market. Once owned by both the Rothschild Family and the King of Morocco, Chateau d’Armainvilliers is a 100-room chateau…

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It’s not the kids

By Adam Nobel

International students make up only four per cent of Australia’s rental market and are not to blame for the housing crisis, it has been revealed in a landmark report released this week by the Student Accommodation Council. The study shows…

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The answer lies in the soil

By Adam Nobel

Way back in the 1960s, in the BBC comedy Beyond our Ken, Arthur Fallowfield, aka comedian Kenneth Williams, resolved any and all of life’s issues by wisely pronouncing “Well I think the answer lies in the soil”. Arthur might be…

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Paint your home perfect

By Adam Nobel

Choosing the right colours to paint a room can be a challenging decision that many of us baulk at, opting instead for the no-fail white. Yet colour can both express your personality and make your home more interesting. To take…

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Revisit the guest room

By Adam Nobel

Would you sleep in your spare room? It’s easy to neglect the space if it does not get used often. Worse, it becomes a ‘thrown’ room, where everything that doesn’t have a natural home gets stashed until you get round…

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Inspected: all good

By Adam Nobel

If you are thinking of selling your home, consider having a pest and building inspection carried out beforehand. Not only will it alert you to any potential issues in time to get them fixed, but it will reassure buyers that…

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In with the old and new

By Adam Nobel

British furniture retailer Habitat is celebrating its 60th anniversary with a collection featuring collaborations with emerging designers alongside iconic archive pieces. Among the classic favourites revived by the affordable design house are updated versions of the 1960s chicken brick, the…

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