Many thanks Razzle. My preference is to get rid of the soil and replace with paving.

Steve, I completely understand. I personally would never put a garden bed right up next to a house but unfortunately this is what I've purchased. Is there anything that you…

Hi there,
Our garden beds hug the external house walls and footings.
The soil is almost constantly damp/wet and I fear that this is creating a drainage problem for the house.
I was…

I personally am interested in the high gloss timber look laminates from Laminex. Unfortuantely I haven't had any luck getting sample chips from Laminex (apparently I am not allowed samples…

Would anyone ever paint the ceiling the same colour as the wall? Or would you just keep it white?

Hi everyone, we have a south facing kitchen and dining room.
The deck comes off the dining room via a sliding door.
We want to re-do the existing old deck which…

Unfortunately if you're living in a rented premises there's not much that you can do about the smell other than getting the moisture camel like the first poster mentioned. You…

Hi stewy,
Well we have had a building inspection done on the property that we will probably put an offer on on Sunday and the inspector recommends that the electrics and…

Thought about a gravel driveway?
From http://renovate.realestate.com.au/outdo ... -driveways
Gravel/pebbles
A low cost, hardwearing option for those wanting a low maintenance driveway that can be upgraded later. Scoria gravel,…

Hi there,
Would love to have a modern looking white kitchen (probably flat pack from Bunnings and get a handyman to install it for us). But just wondering if the white…

Hi Chelle,
Thank you so much. Gee if we could get away with $1K that would be great! However, I don't think we'll be so lucky.
Well its an old weatherboard house,…

Hi everone,
Has anyone ever had their older house re-wired and/or re-plumbed? May I ask how much it cost you and what is involved in such a task? Will the elctrician/plumber…

Seems to be one of the cheapest home loans around. But every time I ring them up to ask general questions I always get someone that I can't understand their…

Not talking about 'square metres' here - but the number of 'squares'. I remember seeing that a 'square' was considered to be something like 9 metres x 9 metres.…

Hi Donuts, That's so very helpful. My partner's suggestion is basically the same as yours - if we can afford it then we should do it properly.
Thank you to everyone!

Yak_Chat, I found the thread you were talking about. I did search the boards first before posting but must have been searching on the wrong term which is why I…

Hi vpande, Thanks for your reply. What do you mean by 'we had pale grey wall tiles so did nothing for them' - do you mean that you kept the…

Hi there, We're just looking at purchasing our first home and hope that we can learn a little from you seasoned renovators, as well as share our info and tips…

Would you use a reglazing/resurfacing company to paint / recolour your tiles and bath, instead of ripping them up and putting in new ones? According the reglazing company's website is…