With our summers getting hotter and winters colder, homeowners are constantly looking for ways to escape the extremes without running up higher bills. The uptake of solar power systems is increasing exponentially, yet there are other ways to utilise the…
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When is a house not a home? Maybe when it is a water pumping station disguised as a residence to assuage concerned neighbours. Since the 1970s, the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, has been hiding the ugly yet essential infrastructure…
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For the dedicated follower of fashion, Pantone has decided that its Colour of the Year 2024 is 13-1023 Peach Fuzz – a ‘velvety gentle peach tone whose all-embracing spirit enriches mind, body, and soul’. Announcing the decision, Pantone Colour Institute…
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Australian home values surged in 2023, new data shows. CoreLogic’s national Home Value Index rose 8.1% in 2023, a significant turnaround from the 4.9% drop seen in 2022, though well below the 24.5% surge recorded in 2021. December’s 0.4% increase…
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The Christmas holidays might be over for some, but we are all still enjoying as much time outdoors as possible, whether relaxing by the pool, gardening, or entertaining family and friends with a barbecue. Unfortunately, we aren’t the only ones…
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Approvals to build new apartments jumped again in November, 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 1.6% in November, in seasonally adjusted…
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Most of us like to fill our gardens with flowers and shrubs, but that didn’t work for a homeowner in Toronto, Canada, who has spent the past 20 years covering every inch of her front garden with dolls. Not surprisingly,…
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Home values have showed no signs of slowing down over the past year, according to data released this month by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The latest figures show that the total value of residential dwellings in Australia in the…
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Anecdotal reports suggest that Christmas Beetles have not been showing up in past few years, in the numbers we are used to seeing. If you see any this year, take some photos and let the scientists at inaturalist.org know, so…
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Do you feel just a little guilty about the mountains of wrapping paper abandoned in your home on Christmas Day each year? Australians use more than 150,000km of wrapping paper during the festive season, CSIRO tells us. Here are some tips…
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