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Neighbour from hell part 2

by Amanda on July 22, 2009

When it comes to building, close enough usually just isn’t good enough. When my neighbour’s builder made a mistake of 100 mm it meant he had to pull down part of the renovation and start all over again.
You might remember from my first Neighbour from hell post that I said the challenge would be making [...]

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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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RENOVATION HELL

by Amanda on December 18, 2008

Recently I was asked to write an opinion-piece on renovation hell. I haven’t written it yet, so this isn’t it, but it did start me thinking … what do you think it is??
RENOVATION HELL from RENOVATION SURVIVOR on Vimeo.

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I’m no DIY-er, but I do love a good hammer!

by Amanda on December 12, 2008

This week I received a very special Christmas gift - the DIY DOLLY Diamonte Hammer.

Now as cute as this little hammer is, I happen to know that for serious hammering business you can’t go past the Maxi-Strike (with the curved neck). I was just researching a short story on the Maxi-Strike - developed by [...]

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