Appearances

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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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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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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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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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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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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