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.

A handful of decisions, almost all made in the first few weeks, account for most of the money lost on

The question people ask is “do I need council approval”. The better question is “which of three pathways am I

Renovation mistakes are not evenly distributed. A handful of decisions account for the overwhelming majority of the money people lose,

Tasmania’s approval system is not a variation on the mainland model. It is a different system, built on different legislation,

More Hobart houses are heritage-affected than most owners realise, and the affected owners fall into two groups. The first spends

Almost every renovation timeline that goes badly wrong in Hobart went wrong before a single tool came out of a

Apartment renovation is the one part of the market where the building tells you what you can do and the

The expensive mistakes in Hobart renovation are rarely the ones people worry about. Nobody loses $80,000 choosing the wrong tile.