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Here’s part two of the kitchen renovation seminar - this time we cover typical costs and ways to save.

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I recently delivered a kitchen renovation seminar at the Home Ideas Centre in Sydney. As I spoke for over an hour and a half, I thought I’d chop the presentaton into three easy parts (and reduce it). Here’s part 1 - trends and design tips.
(It goes for about 10 minutes - and ignore the weird [...]

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Or if I say it another way, The (renovating) World According to Me.

When I sat down to write The Renovator’s Survival Guide I was intent on helping people avoid some of the simple mistakes I know it’s so easy to make. I felt that if the book were going to appeal to people just like [...]

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James (a reader) asked me recently: “What adds more value, joinery or blinds? I’m trying to add additional wardrobe space to an inner city apartment in Melbourne because it is so cramped. But budget-wise, with permits, building surveyor etc, I’m trying to decide what are the most important ones to do.”
This morning I went looking [...]

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David (the reader mentioned below) also asked me this other question recently: Also what work do you have to be licensed for? What are the implications if I do wiring for example and I don’t have a compliance certificate?
Well, the first answer to this question is that you shouldn’t be doing the wiring yourself - [...]

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David (a reader) asked me recently: “Is there an easy, concise way to find out exactly what you need permits for - structural is highly likely but what about just changing windows, installing new kitchens and bathrooms, wiring new lights etc?”
Well, the answer is yes, and no. There’s no one central place to find [...]

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Last week Barbra (a reader) wrote in to ask me this: “I need to know how to get rid of the mould in my old terrace house.” Here’s what I can suggest:
In the section of my book called Building and Battling, in the chapter called Look out for trouble, I said that mould (and other [...]

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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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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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