From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Earlier this week I was interviewed about The Renovator’s Survival Guide by Geoff and Andrew from Perth’s 720 ABC local radio. After bidding good morning to Geoff and a mythical Graham, I then suggested to Andrew that if I’d been there in studio, I would have been giving him a little slap. Good moments in [...]

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This morning Sunrise’s Kochie and Mel decided to focus on how best to survive a home renovation. As Kochie said, “it can be a minefield”. I was a guest on the program, offering up my top tips. The interview is below!

Play the interview here or go to Channel 7’s Sunrise website for the factsheet!

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Renovating pitfalls on ABC 774

by Amanda on January 23, 2009

Experts agree: it’s a good year for renovating. This morning Hilary Harper talked to Archicentre General Manager David Hallett and me, about things that can go wrong with renovations and how prepared you need to be.

“When everything else around us seems to be turning turtle, the renovation market does seem to be on the rise,” [...]

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Author, journalist and founder of the Sydney Writers’ Centre Valerie Khoo reviewed The Renovator’s Survival Guide on her blog this week. She agreed with the Herald’s Domain that it was a book not to miss if you’re about to start renovating. (Although she is a little biased as she admits!)

In case you don’t reach page [...]

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The Sydney Morning Herald’s Domain says that 2009 is the perfect year to renovate, and suggests you DON’T MISS The Renovator’s Survival Guide.

Read the article here.

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The ABC’s Unleashed website presents “diverse and robust opinion about politics, society, belief and behaviour”. Its editor recently asked me to contribute a piece on RENOVATION HELL.

When I sat down to write about renovation hell I decided to take a legal tack. The failure of Home Owner’s Warranty Insurance and the case of Rob Siebert [...]

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