Home Update Newsletter: Builders & renovators

Issue 3 – February 2010


General interest	First home buyers	Property investors	Builders & renovators

Welcome to your Home Update. We’ve compiled some key stories specifically for builders & renovators to keep you in the know with interesting updates from the home market. Simply click on the articles below and enjoy.

For builders & renovators

Oh baby, take a look at it now

Renovating an 1880’s villa with a baby on the way, can it be done? Read how the client and architect, both expecting, combined to deliver a renovation that was ‘practical whilst still retaining a sense of space and beautiful grandeur’. Read article...

The freestyle lifestyle

Having a pool is becoming more important to buyers, especially at this time of year. Take a look at some of the latest developments with pools and why it’s such a big attraction to buyers. Read article...

Design of the times: energy efficiency

Soon every home will require a green star rating of its energy, water and greenhouse performance before it can be sold or leased. Discover cheap and effective ways to reduce your energy and greenhouse emissions as well as what ‘being green’ really means. Read article...