Old Home Restoration / Renovation

The_Lalas

12 September 2022

Renovations - adding a two story section

Hi All, We've just bought a property that has an existing kitchen/laundry extension in Newcastle. We're looking to knock out that extension and build a larger extension…

rambler79

29 December 2020

Exposed truss v raised ceiling

I have recently bought a house and planning a renovation. House is about 190m2 with apex truss roof. I’d love to raise the ceiling in about 40m2 of living space for…

acaboi

16 December 2020

Floorplan modifications

Existing plan - https://ibb.co/120Gmgh Proposed plan - https://ibb.co/f9vjyQ4 I would like to extend the wall of bed2 by 600mm making the upper lounge 3.8x3.8. Would this…

acaboi

2 July 2020

Typical life expectancy of a home

Thanks for your inputs. So if the building inspection report comes out OK, and everything else is good, then there's no reason to hesitate in investing more money to…

brett.r

17 May 2020

Access to subfloor void

Teachpeach

17 May 2020

Concrete slab driveway next to house

MIC Martin

13 April 2020

Advise for renovating a old home in Sydney

it's a great plan and a good time to do the renovation now, if you got time, you can do a lot of works by yourself. Before you begin all of these, make sure you have a…

CarlosMcG

10 March 2019

Can anyone Identify these old window locks?

Intellichoice

3 February 2019

How to find a builder?

When you do a renovation to your home and make a house. Find the good builder/contractor for your house, when you meet to contractor's face to face ask their last…

edskii

10 March 2018

Hills district Reno

Hi I'm a newbie here for some constructive advice. We're a family of four with a small brick veneer on a gentle slope 700 sqm block. Current arrangement comprises of 3…

Our Build123

30 May 2016

We have Stairs!

The next episode of the "Small Space Big Build" is out, we have stairs! https://youtu.be/43SD6RKNIdw Getting close now, only a few more episodes until we get carpet…

Building Newbie

21 July 2013

Render Paint colour

I am just subscribing & I will upload a pic of our render shortly. We have just done the pillars which was a charcol kind of colour but has dried quite alot lighter so…

Mclaren

23 April 2012

1950s house reno - don't know where to start!!

It didn't work ... When you've uploaded your photos in photobucket or similar click on the last box which says IMG code and "copied" will appear - then you paste that…