Posts Tagged ‘houseinspectionssydney’
Mould
Rain, rain, rain, La Niña > mould, mould, mould here in Sydney. La Niña is continuously ensuring large parts of eastern Australia are drenched with water over the summer, autumn and winter, according to the experts, the wet weather bomb is likely to continue into summer 22/23. Currently, as I write there is a big storm…
Read MoreWoodworking Skills 2
Recently on 31/12/2021, I was commissioned by a family member to cut slots in the top of sample blocks of wood to enable a table number card with a menu to stand upright view for an upcoming wedding party. The slot had to be on the rounded edge of the block. On 1/1/2022 I made…
Read MoreUltra High Rise Project 2 of 2
Australian Ultra High Rise [UHR] Development Key Transition Drives UHR development is generating differing views and unhappiness among all types of Australians. Suburbs with leafy green canopies are transformed by skyscrapers jutting into the skyline. ’Fears leafy suburbs will become concrete jungles’ (ABC 2019). ‘We’re trading backyards for balconies and courtyards, and this has resulted…
Read MoreSmoke Alarms
Australian Building Codes require smoke alarms to be installed into new granny flats which are no bigger than 60 sqm here in Sydney, NSW, Australia. In NSW licenced electricians have to install smoke alarms and self-certify as well. Note the photo is only an example. I am an NSW licenced building surveyor or basically a building…
Read MoreHeritage Style Restoration 30
Ramsay 1 – Future Heritage Style Restoration? A heritage-listed custom-built homestead called Yasmar (Ramsay spelt backwards) was built in Haberfield NSW 2045 (that’s the Haberfield of Heritage Style Restoration 27 – 29 ) in the late 1850s on a big lot of land for the family of Alexander and Mary Learmonth (nee Ramsay), the first…
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