Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #houseandhome, aggregated by home.social.
What if the home you’ve been looking for isn’t in the city?
ARTHALAND’s “Escape the City” rethinks modern living, where nature becomes the place we finally feel at home
https://justpaste.in/news/arthaland-sevina-park-home-outside-city/
#BrandRap #constructionandproperty #gardening #houseandhome #Laguna
What if the home you’ve been looking for isn’t in the city?
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/brandrap/arthaland-sevina-park-home-outside-city/
Bookstack with House & Home in Titles
Books Featured:
Ninth House
Charnel House
Broken Homes
The House of Sundering Flames
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: Map of Days
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A house is a machine for living in. So is Domovago.
#LeCorbusier #ArchitectureLovers #Domovago #ArchitectureQuotes #HouseAndHome
The speediest ways to clean an outdoor area for entertaining
By Anna Chisholm
Whether it's a balcony or a verandah you might have found your outdoor space grubbier than you expected after the cooler months. Two experts share the quick and easy ways to get your outdoor areas up to scratch.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-29/tips-clean-outdoor-area-quickly-easily/104657854
House prices are on the rise but these experts say there's still room for first home buyers
By Elissa Steedman
We asked three experts for their tips to first home buyers. This is what they said.
Renters 'scared for what summer will bring' as bureau predicts record-breaking months ahead
By Shari Hams
Renters are dreading record-breaking temperatures as advocates warn more heat-related deaths will happen without regulations to make homes easier and more efficient to cool.
#Heatwaves #GovernmentandPolitics #Homelessness #HouseandHome #PublicHealth #ShariHams
Ron could be a modern-day Gilligan living on his isolated island. But he has no desire to be rescued
By Jodie Hamilton
Ron Taylor lives most of the year wandering around his island home in solitude, living an off-grid lifestyle away from the pressures of the rat race. It's a "great lifestyle".
#EnvironmentalImpact #Nature #History #NationalParks #HouseandHome #JodieHamilton
The power-hungry appliances costing you in your home, and what you can do to save money on your next bill
By Hanan Dervisevic
With electricity bills still high, we've compiled a list of the energy-draining appliances that may be spiking your power bill and how to cut costs.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-03/what-household-appliances-use-most-electricity/103453326
#Energy #HouseandHome #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #CostofLiving #HananDervisevic
Why more people are asking professional downsizers to help declutter their lives
By Madeleine Spencer
Professional downsizers say there used to be a stigma around asking for help with decluttering, but now more people in their 50s and 60s are seeking their services to help with lifestyle changes
Residents in Victoria's hottest region frustrated they don't get fee help for insulation
By Emile Pavlich
The Victorian Energy Upgrades program recommends insulation as the most cost-effective way to improve energy efficiency, but upgrades for home owners like Jessica are out of reach when she needs to pay for air conditioning to keep her dog cool.
#HousingPolicy #Energy #EnvironmentalManagement #HouseandHome #AlternativeEnergy #HousingConstructionIndustry #Utilities #EmilePavlich
A spike in mould growth could be impacting the health of this humid city's residents
By Julia André
As mould covers everything from pantries to pillows to shoes, residents in humid south-east Queensland are urged to monitor for mould-related illness.
#RespiratoryDiseases #HouseandHome #EnvironmentalHealth #Health #JuliaAndr
What goes into making a house passive? For Tylah and Dylan it involved 15,000 staples and 3km of tape
By Georgia Hitch
While many might've considered Tylah and Dylan's rundown 1950s cottage a knockdown rebuild, they had other plans. The couple wanted to keep the home's character while turning it into an energy-efficient home.
#HumanInterest #ConstructionMaterials #HouseandHome #SustainableLiving #Television #GeorgiaHitch
Mascot Towers apartment owners close to securing multi-million-dollar payout
By Isobel Roe and Amy Greenbank
Residents of the uninhabitable complex in Sydney will still incur major losses, but the deal will provide some resolution nearly five years after cracks were discovered in the building.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-21/nsw-mascot-towers-deal-apartment-owners/103494976
#ConstructionandRealEstateIndustry #HousingConstructionIndustry #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #CommunityandSociety #StateandTerritoryGovernment #HouseandHome #IsobelRoe #AmyGreenbank
Alys bought a house in the outback for about $12,000. It has no mains power or water inside, but she's thrilled not to be homeless
By Giulia Bertoglio
Struggling to pay rent in Sydney, Alys McDonough bought what she says was one of the cheapest houses in Australia. She's now back living there, with no mains power and with a bit of ceiling missing, but she says she's sorted.
#RentalHousing #CostofLiving #HouseandHome #People #GiuliaBertoglio
After catching a burglar on her property, Stephanie started looking for extra security
By Emmy Groves
A Federal government program is offering people in certain parts of the country rebates to improve home security.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-05/canberra-burglary-home-security-rebates/103419720
Is this Australia's cheapest dairy herd? When Cootamundra couple Lynn and Barry Gavin put their prized collection of 500 ornamental cows up for sale they wanted to keep the herd together. Happily, it's now on the 'moo-ve' to a Riverina dairy farm. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-25/collection-of-500-cow-ornaments-finds-new-home-on-dairy-farm/12802026 #HumanInterest #HouseandHome #Regional #Offbeat #Rural
How do you know when you're officially Tasmanian? Want to cross our border? Forget paperwork, according to our audience the test of a true Tasmanian is a tolerance to cold and owning multiple puffer jackets. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-19/tas-how-do-you-know-when-you-are-officially-tasmanian/12462428 #Business,EconomicsandFinance #CommunityandSociety #LifestyleandLeisure #TravelandTourism #InternetCulture #HouseandHome #RuralTourism #SocialMedia #Lifestyle #Industry #Tourism
Redgum in short supply due to cold snap, coronavirus stockpiling Woodyards are reporting a shortage of redgum as more people work from home, but some in the industry say it is a "misconception" that redgum is the best firewood for long winter nights. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-09/redgum-firewood-short-supply-due-working-form-home-coronavirus/12435644 #CommunityandSociety #SustainableLiving #NationalParks #HouseandHome #COVID-19 #Forestry #Forests #Retail
'The chefs were all chasing it': How one garnish supplier came back from the brink The garnish on top or your meal at a restaurant may seem like a small thing, but for George Bobin it has been a 20-year livelihood. A coronavirus-driven plunge in sales has inspired this father-daughter enterprise to diversify. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-18/coronavirus-drop-in-sales-sees-herb-grower-diversify-to-survive/12157600 #VegetableFruitNuts #AgriculturalCrops #HouseandHome #Agribusiness
Backyard chickens in demand as coronavirus buying frenzy empties supermarkets Chicken breeders are being inundated as householders turn to backyard chooks for egg supplies while supermarket shelves empty of staple products. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-19/backyard-chickens-in-demand-due-to-coronavirus/12068392 #PoultryandEggProduction #DiseasesandDisorders #FoodandCooking #HouseandHome #Livestock #COVID-19 #Animals #Health #Rural
After this woman lost her home to bushfire, her friend entered her into a competition Nina Jongen's family home was one of 85 properties destroyed in a bushfire in the New South Wales town of Nymboida in November. Unbeknownst to her, her friend entered her into a competition to win a tiny house. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-24/nymboida-bushfire-victim-wins-new-tiny-house-in-competition/11824032 #DisastersandAccidents #CommunityandSociety #HumanInterest #HouseandHome #Bushfire
Farmland prices remain firm despite dry times Property values across drought-ravaged NSW are managing to remain strong as farmers search the state to buy land with guaranteed water supply and the promise of elusive rainfall. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-14/nsw-farm-values-defy-drought/11788208 #AgriculturalCrops #DairyProduction #SheepProduction #HouseandHome #BeefCattle #Livestock #Drought #Rural
Hempcrete — the eco-friendly material breathing new life into Australian homes Builder Andrias McMahon has been working with natural building techniques for 15 years and has a couple of hempcrete builds under his belt, but more people are turning to the environmentally friendly substance. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-12-08/carbon-neutral-hempcrete-homes-building-in-popularity/11769446 #LifestyleandLeisure #AgriculturalCrops #SustainableLiving #HouseandHome
Kimchi and Korean culture with a Tassie twist finds a market out of rural Stanley Like many Koreans the art of making good kimchi was passed on to Sue Glynn through her family, but learning how to grow vegetables in Tasmania was a challenge. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-06-25/kimchi-and-korean-culture-with-a-tassie-twist/11229610 #AgriculturalCrops #HouseandHome #Vegetables #Vegetarian #People #Rural