With winter upon us now, most outside activity over the next few months will be almost synonymous with cold and blustery conditions. Home usually offers a warm sanctuary, but if it is allowing the chill winds to enter, then heating…
Approvals to build new houses reached yet another new high in April, according to data released this week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Overall, however, the figures show that the total number of dwellings approved fell 8.6% in…
Australia has its Big Banana, Merino, and Prawn, but would you live in such an icon? Dubai – never one to shirk at outrageous architecture – has announced plans for a skyscraper in the shape of a clothes peg. Designed…
For eight centuries, the city of London has been paying rent to the Queen on property first leased in 1211. No-one knows exactly where the actual properties, consisting originally of a forge and a piece of moorland, are situated but…
Australia’s insurance giants have agreed to set fairer definitions of ‘fire’ following action by over 47,000 consumers, some of whom were caught short following last year’s bushfires. Consumer group Choice has confirmed that all major Australian insurers have now made…
Buying a home for some Australians has become a family affair, with new research showing more parents providing financial assistance to their children. Research released this week by Mortgage Choice shows that nearly 60% of respondents would consider gifting or…
Short, straight, long or winding, the path leading to your front door has an impact on both the way your house looks and how you feel about it. Although it is often considered purely functional, the pathway is an important…
Trees and nature have emerged as a major theme for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021, but nowhere so much as in the installation by Danish architecture studio EFFEKT. In answer to the biennale’s theme (‘How will we live together?’), EFFEKT…
If you enjoy optical illusions, a new line of rugs designed by Alain Gilles of from YO2 Rugs will leave you happily questioning your sanity. The rugs come in three distinct styles based on geometry, perspective and false impressions. The…
Property investors are flocking back to the market after a hiatus through 2020, new research shows. ME bank’s latest Quarterly Property Sentiment Report revealed that first home buyers, on the other hand, are growing less confident. First home buyers recorded…
