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Maybe you have no outdoor garden space, or would like to grow food that isn’t eaten by the local wildlife just as it is ripening; if so, an indoor garden pod might be just the thing you need. Sydney-based Urban…

An IKEA swivel chair has been recalled over fears it could collapse, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) warned this week. The anthracite-coloured ODGER Swivel Chair is made of a wood plastic composite seat, aluminium tubing legs and rubber…

If you have always wanted to live in a tree house, but on the ground, your dream home has come on the UK market for a mere £2 million. Dubbed the ‘Invisible House’, the Warwickshire home has a mirrored facade…

Australia’s housing markets ended the year on a slightly lower note, the latest Corelogic Home Value index shows. Nevertheless, despite the falls, the result barely made a dent in gains made over the previous years. After the monthly rate of…

Following years of booming demand, residential building work is now likely to ease back until 2026, Master Builders Australia (MBA) is predicting. Even though about 200,000 new homes need to be built each year to accommodate long-term population growth, that…

Moving disturbs everyone’s routine but can be particularly stressful for pets, as they have no comprehension of what is happening, or why their world is changing. Pets that spend most of their time in cages and aquariums are relatively easy…

Approvals to build new apartments dived in November last year, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The new figures show that the total number of dwellings approved fell 9.0% in November, in seasonally…

A passion for the natural world has turned into the creation of furniture using ocean-borne plastic for Brazilian furniture designer Guilherme Wentz. Wentz’s first collection was inspired by nature and the ocean, but he fast progressed from awe at its…

Having a story to tell prospective buyers about your home can often add interest and maybe value, so imagine having a 1,000 year-old house to talk about! Great Tangley Manor in Surrey, UK dates back to 1016, according to the…

While most Australians were enjoying the holidays, it would have been easy to miss the myriad changes and new laws that came into effect this week. Apart from changes to prescription medications, Covid-19 rules, and tertiary education, several of the…