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.

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

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

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

Queensland’s planning system is simpler in structure than New South Wales or Victoria and more complicated in practice on the

If you have renovated in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne, the Gold Coast will surprise you. There is no sweeping pre-1947

Renovation programs fail on the Gold Coast for reasons that are largely local. The wet season stops external work. The

Adelaide has more protected residential fabric per head than any other Australian capital. The city’s inner ring was built quickly

Every renovation takes longer than the homeowner expects and roughly as long as the builder privately expects. The gap is

Renovating an apartment is a different exercise from renovating a house. You do not own the building. You own an

Renovation mistakes are not evenly distributed across a project. A handful of decisions, almost all made in the first few

The Gold Coast has a higher proportion of apartment dwellings than any other Australian city outside inner Sydney and Melbourne,

Renovation mistakes are not evenly distributed across a project. A handful of decisions, almost all made in the first few