Lose the luxury and save loads on levies
Blame it on overseas holidays to posh hotels or trips to serviced apartments in Surfers and the Gold Coast, but there was a trend in apartment block design a few…
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When our property market became a space race
Space: the final frontier – or, for those in the Sydney property market over the past year, the financial frontier. For the biggest trend in pandemic-plagued 2021 has turned out…
How to make working from home work for you
Love it or loathe it, the ability to work from home has become one of the most profound social changes of our lifetimes, writes Sue Williams in Domain. For some,…
How to get a bigger bath into a much smaller space
Bathroom Chronicles, Part 11. Well, we’re in the home straight, so to speak. Or, to put it another way, we are no longer going round the bend. The shower screens…
Forum: Space invader demands squatters rights
It’s amazing how often this old chestnut comes up and it reminds me of friends who had a “creative” young chap move into their small 1930s walk-up and announce he…
Monster utes – it’s not the width, it’s the length
Have you noticed a lot of giant ‘crew cab’ utes around recently? Those big four-door 4WDs with a short cargo tray tacked on the back? Australians bought more than…
Parking spaces – the walls come down
Can an owner put a cage around their car park to create a secure storage space? This old chestnut has popped up again on the Flat Chat Forum, years after…