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It might seem a little ghoulish, but a house that was riddled with bullets in the American Civil War was still being lived in as a family home right up to 1969. After an intense battle near Fredericksburg, Virginia, ‘Innis…

A home cantilevered over a sea-side cliff has been named Home of the Year, the highest accolade in the 2024 HIA-CSR Australian Housing Awards, announced this week. Suspended on the edge of an unbelievably steep slope, the home moulds to…

Some home loan lenders have made accessing financial assistance so difficult that more than one in three Australians dropped out of the application process at least once, according to a new ASIC report. The report, ‘Hardship, hard to get help:…

With all the rain the eastern states have been having lately, it is not surprising that mould has made an appearance again. Sometimes it is pink, sometimes green or black – is there any difference between the colours? Pink mould…

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…