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New Homes: Will carbon dioxide tax raise building costs or purify our air we breath?

HomeMate — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 06:41:04 +0000

Will new home builders have to raise their bids because of carbon taxes? There is a lot of hot air blowing about in building products companies that are the worst carbon poisoning culprits giving us the doom and gloom scenarios. But do any arguments against restraining our worst carbon air polluters hold any fresh air? [...]

Brisbane New Homes to reach new heights, and maybe higher!

HomeMate — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:32:59 +0000

Brisbane's Lord Mayor, Campbell Newman says the council wants to build new homes in the interim to a minimum height of 0.5 metre raise above the defined Brisbane flood level of 3.7 metres for all habitable floor levels, until that Royal Commission into the Queensland/ Brisbane floods makes its findings public, and the findings are put into practical and new building codes for flooded areas and flood plains in the future. This could also mean jacking up existing dwellings to meet the new standards so set.

New Home Sales: What QLD Builders have to do to make sales in 2011

HomeMate — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:54:11 +0000

The Good News. New home sales are happening as we speak Home builders that are building home designs that customers want, or on difficult lots or are custom designing homes for their clients will fair well because they are customer focused. How New Home Builders are making sales in this market month in month out

New Home Sales: Will new home sales get better?

HomeMate — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:47:44 +0000

I was sitting in my Display home sales office at Waterford in late February 2011, surveying the empty visitors parking lots. It had been this way in January before the floods. [Everything right except the "sales" part.]

Home Design ideas for cooler living

HomeMate — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:26:45 +0000

This article gives over 30 tips, some major, most minor, but all good, that will help you design a better cooler home. The article includes the secrets to designing a cool home that most builders don't know! Hope you enjoy Home Design for cooler living here.