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From the monthly archives:
The February issue of New Idea. In it you’ll find some of my top tips. You’ll also find a reference to the 80s flick The Money Pit. I’ve never seen it, so I thought I’d dig out a couple of extracts…
If you’re contemplating DIY (why I ask) then you MUST see the scaffold segment below. [...]
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When Christopher Lawrence interviewed me on Hobart’s ABC radio recently, he introduced the segment with some reminisces about Cary Grant’s film, Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House. While he acknowledged that Cary’s house was a new one, he did say the principles were the same.
You get a budget, find a builder and before you know [...]
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Caution and good research are the keys to avoiding renovation cost blowouts, writes Katrina Creer in this feature article in the Sunday Telegraph.
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I’m convinced that leafblowers are the most inane and useless product ever invented. When the lazy so-and-sos down the street bring theirs out, I know I’m not the only one cursing. The solution is a humble product that’s almost become obsolete. Do you agree? Watch here and tell me.
Reno Survivor TV - Top products [...]
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While the makeup person was giving me a new face before my interview on 9am’s David and Kim yesterday, she told me about her own renovation experience. It was yet another example of the pitfalls involved in getting friends and family involved …
This renovator’s ex-father-in-law was a builder and when she and her ex-husband wanted [...]
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Time and cost blow outs are two of the most common problems renovators experience. Talkback callers to Melbourne’s 3AW shared both their questions and answers …
One renovator in particular called the station while I was on air with Denis Walter and described her frustration as she tried to makeover her bathroom and laundry. She [...]
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Did you know that at the free RENOSURVIVOR community I set up you can check out my collection of Delicious resources, share your stories and ask your questions? All without boring your friends?
Well, the site’s still in its infancy, but I was so excited last week to see that we’ve now welcomed our third [...]
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My book’s in store … although you’d really have to know what you were looking for to find it!
At my local bookstore - Better Read Than Dead - my book’s in the architecture ‘overflow’ section, coincidentally right above the book of a colleague of mine, Faie Davis. (Hers is the Look Book - bottom shelf. [...]
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The Renovator’s Survival Guide is finally out. In case you missed this 40 second trailer that gives you a quick insight into what it’s all about, here it is again!
The Renovator’s Survival Guide is OUT NOW! from RENOVATION SURVIVOR on Vimeo.
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Yesterday I was interviewed by George and Paul on 2UE. I thought I was so clever recording it over the net so that I could post it here later… Unfortunately I screwed up so you missed the bit about the lovely plumber who offered to take off his boots and this sage advice I repeated [...]
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