Index to Home Design, Renovation and Building Articles

An Index for construction articles published on this website. Click on the article. 
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Home Design

Tips for Selecting Exterior Paint Colours for Your Home

​Tiny Houses

So, you want to live in a tiny house? Here's what to consider.
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Air Conditioning Tips To Keep Your Home Cool

Thinking of Renovating Your Home - Consider A Dream Loft Conversion

Designing your house for pets

Ways To Make Your Home More Eco-Friendly

Designing the best house for you and your family Part 2

​Designing the best house for you and your family

The risks of designing your home yourself
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Pros and Cons of Installing a Drop-Down Ceiling in Your New Home Build

What will your new house cost when you are living in it

Bathroom Design Essentials - What You Should Consider When Designing, Building and Renovating Your Ultimate Bathroom - Part 3

Bathroom Design Essentials - What You Should Consider When Designing, Building and Renovating Your Ultimate Bathroom - Part 2

Bathroom Design Essentials - What You Should Consider When Designing, Building and Renovating Your Ultimate Bathroom - Part 1

Designing Cooking Kitchens - Practical Advice For Your Dream Kitchen Part 2

Designing Cooking Kitchens - Practical Advice For Your Dream Kitchen Part 1

Deciding what you want and what you need when planning and designing your new house

​Selecting a house designer that will be right for your home project

How to stay cool without air-con

Garages – more than a home for your cars

How easily can your house be built? Is it constructable?

Designing adaptable homes

Our homes reflect who we are

Do you need a large house?

Selecting the right roof for your home

​​Electrical outlets in your new home

Choosing lights for your new home

Electrics for your new home build part 2
Understanding Electrics in Your New Home Build

​Ensure the steps in your house are not a hazard or a nuisance

Designing stairs in your new home

Building Construction: The Standard You Should Follow

​Things to Consider About New Construction Roofing

​​What is the best size room in your new home?

​Designing the layout of your new home part 2

​Designing the layout of your new home

​Home Hot Water Systems

How high can you build your house

​Why you cannot build just anywhere on your property
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Things to Think About When Building a Custom Home

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Home Renovations

Home improvement ideas if you quarantined at home by coronavirus
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Are you wasting money or adding value with your home renovation?

Before removing walls or adding new windows and doors check your house will not fall down

Restrictions which could impact your home renovation plans
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What Could Impact Your Home Renovation Plans

Home renovators do you know if your home contains hazardous materials?​

Waiting To Renovate? Here's the Best Time To Do So
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Before removing an internal wall for your house renovation consider this​

How to Make Your Home Secure When Remodeling and Renovating your Home

​Simple Tips to Make Your Small Home Feel Like A Big Space

​What to consider when extending your home

When renovating your home avoid damaging other parts of the house
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7 Tips for Home Renovation on a Budget

House collapses during renovations
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Hiring Contractors

14 Questions to ask your building contractor's clients

​​Before employing a building contractor ask these questions

Read This Before Selecting Your Home Renovation and Building Contractor.

Finding contractors for your home building and renovation project

Display homes, standard house designs and kit homes – the pitfalls

Steps to finding a building contractor to renovate your home or build your house

​Checking Your Contractor's Price (Quotation)
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Module home construction – a quick build or a headache

What’s included in your builder's price (or excluded)

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Building Claims and Legal

Construction Management: Resolving Disputes Effectively between Owners and Contractor

Home build and renovation contracts part 4 - Different types of contract

Home build and renovation contracts part 3 - What contracts should include
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Home build and renovation contracts part 2 - the rules of the project

Home build and renovation contracts part 1 - what you should know

Understanding legal rights when building a new home
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​When does a home building contract exist?



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Before Construction Starts

Locating and protecting utility lines while building or renovating your house.

When to start your home build and renovation project. Is now the right time?

Why you shouldn't start work without all the planning permissions in place

Steps to constructing your new house. Part 2.
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Steps to constructing your new house. Part 1

Before starting your home building project check your insurance

Questions to ask before starting a home renovation, or building a new house

Builder demolishes new Florida home after building too close to neighbour​

​Communicating with neighbours before starting building your home

​Kick-off meeting with your building contractors



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House Construction
Purchasing Building Materials For Your Home Building Project

Dealing with building construction rubbish

Easy Steps to Paint Drywall in your home

10 Tips to Help Couples Survive a Home Renovation Project​

Good communication with your building contractors is vital

Demolition company tore down the wrong house, said it was a mistake​

How to Remodel Your Living Room: A Guide for 2021

Why are you waiting for materials for your home construction project?
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Will your home build project finish on time

​Coordinating contractors on your home building project

​Common Issues Faced when Monitoring Contractors

Building materials for your new home or renovation
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​Ordering building materials

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Green Building and Environment Good Practices

More ways to make your home environmentally friendly

Home energy efficiency could be improved significantly through simple tweaks like roof colour

5 Benefits of a Green Roofing System

​8 Benefits of a Rooftop Garden​

​​Is the air quality in your home harming your health and your family's health?

How to make your home green and environmentally friendly and save money​

The Benefits of Green Building - Environmentally Sustainable Buildings

Debunking Common Home Heating Myths
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Quality

Will Your New Home Be Fit To Live In

​Is your home safe?

Major UK Building Contractor Leaves Multiple Defects In Newly Constructed Houses - Don't Let This Be Your Building Nightmare

​A lesson why good quality control and project management is essential for your new home build or renovation project
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Building Defects
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Checking the quality of construction in your new home Part 3

When inspecting your new home build and renovation project you should check

​Quality checks for your home building and renovation project
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Selecting Your Property

Are You Building On Toxic Land?

Choosing Your Property – Where to Build

The Right Location For Your New Home​
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Building Info

Wastewater pipes and home construction
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Understanding Concrete - Why Builders Need to Know More

Reinforcing Steel what you should know​

​Staging plumbing and electrical when building and renovating houses
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Understanding plumbing when planning a new home or renovation.

​Drywall Versus Plaster in Your Home

​What you need to know about painting your walls white

​Tree Roots - A Major Culprit in House Destabilisation
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Houses are cracking in the dry, hot weather, but when should you start to worry?

Clearing way for your new home

Levelling an area for your house

Building houses on sloping ground
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Profiting From Home Building

​Renovating homes for profit - what you should consider

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Financial

How much will your new house cost to build?

What influences house building costs? Part 2.

​What influences house building costs? Part 1

Have you allowed for all the costs of your new home build? Part 2.

​Have you allowed for all the costs of your new home build?  Part 1

The risks of paying upfront for construction work

How to save money when building or renovating your home
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​Check payments to contractors go to the right bank account

​Budget your new home build and renovation project

​Cost Should Not Be The Only Factor When Building Your New Home


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Home Construction Safety

Building and renovating your home safely - part 3

Safety tips when renovating or building a house - part 2

Do not hurt yourself while renovating or building your home. Safety tips.
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Home Improvement Books

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The opinions expressed in the attached articles are those of the writer. It should be noted that projects are varied and different laws and restrictions apply which depend on the location of the contractor and the project. It's important that the reader uses the supplied information taking cognisance of their particular circumstances. The writer assumes no responsibility or liability for any loss of any kind arising from the reader using the information or advice contained herein.