Key takeaways A standard home inspection usually does not include asbestos testing. Only licensed specialists can confirm the presence of asbestos through proper sampling. If you’re thinking about buying an older home it’s smart to take extra precautions and check for asbestos. Buying a home is a big step, and getting a home inspection can […]
House prices are eating up more than half people’s income in some areas, putting their retirement plans under threat. An alarming number of Austalians fear they won’t have enough money in super or other investments to live off once they hit retirement as housing costs chew up a growing share of their income. Polling by […]
Huge update on 5yr neighbour dispute over hedge. Picture: Scottish Goverment DPEA A UK couple has won a bitter neighbour dispute over an untrimmed hedge after five years of furious feuding. Keith Smith, 71, and his wife Julie, 68, were locked in a feud with their neighbours in Prestonfield, Edinburgh, over the height of a […]
Plumbing leaks, contestant waterworks and rain clouds all hit The Block just in time for the inaugural Waterproof Wednesday of season 21. Just two days into their Block experience and the contestants are discovering it’s not all rainbow parades. An emotional Taz declared it his “worst day on The Block”. That’s not saying much given […]
A property kept in the same family for generations has sold under the hammer for $515,000 above reserve over a steady weekend for auctions across NSW. In a confident move, the family was reported to have set their reserve price at $3 million, despite a previous bank valuation of $2.3 million earlier in the year. […]
An artist’s impression of the Pearl penthouse terrace, which overlooks Bondi Beach and Ben Buckler Point. It has been billed as the most exclusive and prestigious offering Bondi has ever seen, perched on the oceanfront and connected to the coastline. Meet Pearl Bondi the $150m project just approved for Bondi’s peninsula cliffside with north-east aspect, […]
This character-rich Cheltenham home drew four active bidders and sold for $1.34m, with a pool, attic retreat and family appeal driving competition. A young family has swapped their inner-city apartment for a slice of suburban serenity, snapping up a charming Cheltenham home with a pool and attic retreat for $1.34m following a hotly contested auction. […]
Julius Colman and wife Pamela are the buyers of a magnificent waterfront Brighton house. Colman image from Elwood College website. Brighton’s rumour mill is in overdrive after a more than $30m property deal involving a philanthropic poker player, wild storms and close to 60m of the suburb’s waterfront. A sprawling, more than 3800sq m address […]
Life is set to be restored to the empty halls and classrooms of many closed South Australian schools, with several hitting the market or selling across the state in recent months. The former Houghton Primary School at 1376 Lower North East Rd is the latest to be listed for sale – about a decade after […]
For city slicker couple, Andrew Morphett and Peter Hayward, the seemingly innocent fantasy of a “weekend project” turned into something altogether more monumental and life changing. In fact, what began as the search for a small weekender saw them trade their busy, high-flying finance careers in Sydney for a full-time life as caretakers of a […]