Category: House Renovation

Housing Trust home given new lease on life after unlikely renovation

Mahendra, 02/04/2025

A rundown of character homes has been given the makeover of a lifetime by a group of unlikely renovators …

A rundown of character homes has been given the makeover of a lifetime by a group of unlikely renovators.

Fifty-eight Year 11 students from across the northern suburbs spent the year learning vital trade skills by renovating the aged Elizabeth Downs family home.

Following 12 months of hard work, the now unrecognizable property has been handed back to Housing SA to be passed onto new tenants.

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Eight year house renovation a labor of love in Highton

Mahendra, 01/04/2025

Nick and Emma Jarman with children Maddie, 10 and Grace, 8 at their renovated Highton house. Picture: Peter Ristevski

A COMPLETE renovation of a “chocolate ripple brick house” has transformed a Highton property into a modern family home.

The layout may have stayed relatively the same but the house at 10 Oakbank Ave looks like a new home.

Emma and Nick Jarman bought the property about eight years ago for $483,500 after returning from Dubai and spent two years searching for what they wanted.

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Italy overturns ‘superbonus’ scheme for housing renovation – Euractiv

Mahendra, 27/03/2025

The Italian government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has adopted a radical overhaul of the country’s fed ‘superbonus’ incentive scheme aimed at renovating buildings and improving energy efficiency.

“The superbonus from my point of view was conceived with good intentions,” Meloni said on Sunday (19 February).

“However, the measure was so badly designed and so poorly executed that it generated a huge number of problems that we have now inherited and are required to address,” she said in a Twitter videos explaining the new measures, which were adopted on 16 February.

The superbonus for building renovation was originally introduced

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The best renovation-ready homes on the market across South Australia

Mahendra, 26/03/2025

There are plenty of great renovation projects on the market. Pic: realestate.com.au

Always wanted to buy a fixer-upper but never quite had the cash to throw at it?

There has never been a better time to do it, with the Federal Government’s HomeBuilder scheme offering eligible homeowners a $25,000 grant to help cover the costs of a major renovation.

The property needs to be valued at less than the national price cap of $1.5 million and you have to spend more than $150,000 on the renovation to qualify for the grant.

So if you haven’t already got a property you

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What your neighbors are doing

Mahendra, 25/03/2025

A pool under construction in Washington, DC.

Pat Pugliese | CNBC

There is a lot of activity in Justin Sullivan’s backyard, as workers hammer out his new deck, and jackhammers pound through the basement.

Concrete for the new pool has already been poured. The Sullivans had planned a renovation before the pandemic hit, but then suddenly it became a much bigger project.

“The pool, the home gym, the sauna — those are things that when you’re not able to go out, your house is an enjoyable space where you can live bunker-style and still be active, still feel comfortable, and

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Winthrop House Renovation Will Be Completed By August | News

Mahendra, 24/03/2025

Renovations to Winthrop House—including the five-story Beren Hall addition—will be completed ahead of schedule, enabling all residents to move back to the House in August 2017.

Winthrop’s Gore and Standish Halls, built in 1914 to house freshmen, have been under construction since summer 2016. Beren Hall, named for donor Robert M. Beren ’47, was originally expected to open after the rest of the House.

According to Winthrop House Faculty Dean Stephanie R. Robinson, the early completion of Beren Hall will eliminate the need for overflow housing in the DeWolfe St. apartments and allow all students to live in the House

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Media’s Iconic Towne House Now Has 5 Unique Dining Spaces

Mahendra, 23/03/2025

Photos by Ed Williams

Once a casual dining and event venue, the Towne House is now a space for multiple different dining experiences on the Main Line.

D’Ignazio’s Towne House has been a familiar fixture in Media for 65 years. Once known for family dining and hosting milestone events, the community fixture fell on hard times and finally closed in 2015. Four years later, a native Irishman swooped in to resurrect and reshape the tired structure into five innovative, themed dining destinations. “The whole place took two years,” says Brian McLaughlin of Letterkenny Hospitality Group. “It would’ve been done much

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Christmas St, Northcote house for sale after calming renovation

Mahendra, 22/03/2025

32 Christmas St, Northcote, is on the market for $2.6m-$2.8m.

Christmas has come early for family home buyers, with a Victorian gift wrapped in an on-trend renovation hitting the Northcote market.

Not only have vendors Justine and Nick Harvey done all the hard work for the next owners of the four-bedroom house, they’ll also elicit a smile every time they tell someone their new address: 32 Christmas St.

“Everyone seems to know Christmas St,” Ms Harvey said.

“It’s a gorgeous, wide, tree-lined street, with great neighbors and close to High St and all the shops, and All Nations park.”

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