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Dome Home to Withstand Extreme Snowfall

Posted on December 21, 2015 | Leave a comment

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In freezing climates, designing a home to withstand heavy winds and snowfall can be a real challenge.

But Russian company Skydome may have found the answer, with spacious dome homes that are snow-resistant and look amazing as well.

It says the structures are two times stronger than the average house and are made completely from eco-friendly materials.

Built to resist the elements, the Skydomes can support up to 700 kilograms of snow per square metre, wind up to 250km/h, and even earthquakes up to seven on the Richter scale.

The curved walls mean the structures have a low rate of heat loss, and create a lot of possibilities for interior design.

Residents can choose a closed-off second storey, while others may want a more open home for parties and entertaining.

Expert tips on remodeling to add “value” to your home in 2016

Posted on December 16, 2015 | Leave a comment

Attention to Detail

Licensed Real Estate Agent at Richardson & Wrench Mosman Neutral Bay, Geoff Grist, believes the overall aim of any renovation worth it weight is provide a property with a homely “ready to move in” look and feel.

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One easy way to do this is to give your rooms and the property exterior a fresh lick of neutral-colored paint.

Other value-adding details that won’t cost the earth:

Air-conditioning
Proper ducted-ventilation for the bathrooms and laundry
Heated floors in bathrooms
LED lighting and smartphone control automation
Security systems linked to your mobile
Music systems streamed through ceiling speakers
Large bathroom tiles
Polished floorboards
New carpet
Butler’s pantry in kitchen to provide an accessible but concealed space for appliances like a Thermomix.
High quality branded kitchen appliances and a built-in dishwasher and fridge that match the kitchen, if the house is pitched at the higher end of the market.

“Buyers want to picture themselves in a home,” Grist says. “So if a renovation means that a buyer can picture themselves living in a property, then they will pay a premium to live there.”

Home renovator, Tanya Southworth agrees. She and her husband just sold a two-bedroom fibro holiday house in Culburra on the NSW south coast. Having bought the property for $350,000 11 years ago when the property market attracted a high purchase price, the aim of the renovation was to upgrade the house and make the couple’s money back.

A renovation of $70,000 saw the couple open up the space between the granny flat and main house to create one spacious property, put floorboards throughout the property, upgrade the bathroom, laundry and kitchen, and add an attractive garden.

The house sold last November for $450,000 in just three weeks. Southworth says the biggest selling point of the property was that it was ‘move in’ ready.

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How to start shopping for your first home

Posted on December 12, 2015 | Leave a comment

1. “Keep your credit in check.”
Approaching the homebuying process — and it is a process — begins with sizing up your finances. (Spoiler alert: you’re going to be writing some checks!) Your financial footing, including the state of your credit, plays an important part in obtaining a home loan: lenders look at the score on your credit report to determine if you pre-qualify (more on that later). Personal-finance expert suggests looking into your credit score several months before you hit the open-house circuit. She explains that you can pull your credit report for yourself once a year at no cost from each of the three major credit bureaus

2. “Get pre-qualified.”
With your credit in tip-top shape, next you’ll likely want to zero in on the budget range for your home purchase. “Before you even start shopping, you need to know how much a lender is willing to extend [to you] to purchase your first home,” says Quinn, who bought her first home with her husband at age 27. By meeting with mortgage brokers — at your own bank as well as others — and getting prequalified for a home loan will help to clarify that picture. While you may have done your own calculations, “only a lender can give you a truly accurate figure,” Quinn says.

3. “Sign up for email listing alerts.”
OK, your credit is tuned up and you have a price range in mind. We’re guessing by now you’re pretty eager to, you know, go see houses? To scour the inventory like a pro, real estate marketer suggests seeking out home-search tools online such as email alerts about new listings. In signing up for these notifications you can filter for price, house size, community interior features and more, Fox says. “New homes that match your criteria [are] automatically emailed to you … often multiple times per day.”

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