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Latest Blog Posts
Air Quality of the Inside of Your Home
Comfortable and Healthy Home Friends, in 2009 my chosen blog designer provided a game plan and a decent upfront fee. After expending AUD$, years go by so quickly, and a new blog designer disagrees thus I spent more AUD $ upfront in 2017. Time rolls on and the blogs are judged wrong by the powerhouse.…
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Heritage Style Restoration 5
Dulwich Hill Restoration by Custom Home Builder In the 1970s the originality of the front of this house in Sydney’s east was butchered by the owners of the time. In my area, it is affectionately called fed-med i.e. federation- mediterraen. They felt they needed to “fix their house up” with a brand new aluminium window.…
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Green Home Energy Alternatives
The cost of home energy consumption is one of the main problems of people today and governments tell us it’s going up. We think we’re already paying too much for the amount of electricity that we consume. The fact is unless we revert to the Stone Age, we all need electricity to power our lives.…
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Custom Home Build Your Green Smart Home
Upon application, your local governing authority or council will ask you in writing how you will, -minimise waste going to landfill in detail i.e. Waste management plan, -satisfy sustainability targets. Custom Home Builder can help you. The Green Smart Principle Reduce- Energy use, greenhouse emissions, water use and stormwater pollution, materials and landfill waste, housing…
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Heritage Style Restoration 4
Custom Home Builders Kitchen The photo below is a Custom Built Period style kitchen in an old Aussie timber home. The owners at that particular time didn’t like the kitchen cabinets. The material used was recycled timber called Oregon originally from the USA. The particular kitchen supplier specialises in recycled Oregon products. The timber-framed home…
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Heritage Style Restoration 3
KITCHEN RENOVATION IDEAS FOR PERIOD HOMES Restorers Favourite Conversation Restoration of old period homes is a favourite conversation of owners of period homes but rarely do you hear talk about a kitchen restored to its former glory. These beautiful historical homes we have grown to love and appreciate did not have the kind of kitchens…
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Heritage Style Restoration 2
A Garage Addition Custom Build Garage Addition Does your older child, mother-in-law or husband need a little more liberty? You work from home or maybe you just feel that you need another room for a special project that you want to start? Then the solution is to get Custom Home Builders to construct a…
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Solar Attic Fan Installation
Solar Attic Ventilation www.solatube.com Kevin O’Conner installs a Solar Star attic fan in a home where the homeowner complains that his attic gets too hot during the summer. Solar Star, the leader in solar-powered attic ventilation, brings you the most technically-advanced, environmentally-friendly, ventilation solution available today. E.g. For a 16-watt solar panel, it creates just…
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Heritage Style Restoration 1
Author & photographer: Michael Como You may have an Australian or old Period house somewhere else in the world which is one of the following: Georgian Style – [as per photo just below] Colonial Vernacular 1800 to 1830, Colonial Regency 1830 to 1860 Greek Revival 1830 to 1850, Picturesque Gothic 1810 to 1850, Victorian Period 1845 …
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Ecological Low Energy Eco Green Home with Cellulose Insulation
Geomorphological House cellulose recycled newspaper insulation in an ecological low-energy house designed by the architect Miles Sampson. The house and other projects can be viewed at www.milessampson.com This house was featured on TV and this and other clips are taken from the programs. The house is located in Co. Clare in the west of Ireland.…
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One Type of Ecological Low Energy Eco Friendly Sustainable House
Installation Installation of HRV (heat recovery ventilation) system in ecological low energy house designed by the architect Miles Sampson. The house and other projects can be viewed at www.milessampson.com. This house was featured on TV and this and other clips are taken from the programs. The house is located in Co. Clare in the west…
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How to Engage the Right Builder
How to Engage the right Builder Michael Como is Your Custom Home Builder. A Master Craftsman with a team of Custom Home Builders sharing their innovative Bathroom Renovation Ideas and Kitchen Renovation Ideas. Let your imagination soar as you enjoy Building Green Homes and Heritage Style Restoration Ideas. Michael always says it’s wise to look…
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