Practical Guides for Smarter Renovations

Explore expert renovation guides, cost insights, planning advice and practical tips to help you make better decisions at every stage of your project.

Queensland’s approval system is different from both New South Wales and Victoria, and the difference works in a Brisbane homeowner’s

In Brisbane, the deck is not an addition to the house. For much of the year it is the main

A Brisbane bathroom renovation costs $10,000 to $35,000 for most projects, with the average mid-range job landing around $26,000 .

South Australia’s planning system is not like the eastern states’, and people who move here — or who last renovated

Adelaide’s climate makes outdoor living genuinely usable for most of the year, and the city’s housing stock — deep allotments,

Bathrooms are the smallest rooms in the house and the most expensive per square metre to renovate. Every trade in

Waterproofing is the highest-consequence, lowest-visibility work in a Perth renovation. It represents perhaps four per cent of a bathroom budget

Most Perth renovation disasters are not caused by bad luck or dishonest builders. They are caused by a small number

Perth offers the largest average residential block of any Australian capital, the lowest entry prices of the major mainland markets,

Fifty thousand dollars goes further in Perth than in any other mainland capital. Lower labour rates, cheap excavation in sandy

Perth has the most extreme summer of any Australian capital and one of the mildest winters. Long runs above 35

Renovating a Perth apartment involves a layer that house renovations do not: you do not own most of the building