Tag: development

11 ways to reduce bills and make your home more efficient

Whether you’re trying to bring down your energy bills or you’d like to minimise your environmental footprint, we’ve put together some easy ways to make your home run more efficiently. There are plenty of good reasons to make your home more energy-efficient: it’s better for the environment, better for your conscience and better for your.

New Ormeau Ambulance Station to open within months

A MAJOR new ambulance station will open within months, providing a 24-hour service to a fast-growing part of the northern Gold Coast. An initial staff of 16 paramedics and one officer in charge will work from the new $6.5 million station on Peachey Rd in Ormeau, which is due to be completed and operational from.

GETTING YOUR PROPERTY READY TO RENT

When it comes to renting out your investment property, it’d be nice if it were as easy as chucking up a ‘For Lease’ sign and hoping for the best. Unfortunately, there’s a little more preparation involved in getting your property ready to rent.  Hutton & Hutton believe in making things as simple for our landlords.

Rental yield explained: What is a good yield and how do you calculate it?

Before you invest in property, it’s a good idea to get familiar with the term ‘rental yield’. Rental yield can tell you a lot about how much money you will be able to earn from the property as regular income. By owning an investment property, you have the potential to earn rental income. However, this.

Is 2023 a good time to buy an investment property?

Is this year a good time to buy an investment property? Savvy property investors are likely to re-enter the market in 2023 after a year in which many quit because of fast-rising interest rates and high prices, experts predict. With the majority of cash rate hikes now likely behind us, as well as declining prices,.

Data shows Qld’s rental squeeze and population surge collide

New data shows the number of Brisbane homes for rent shrank by 17.8 per cent last year, with fresh analysis finding some areas absorbed as much as 14,000 new residents during the pandemic. The latest PropTrack Rental Report, out Thursday, found the rental crisis worsening as limited supply and strong demand continued to push rental.

A look at the evolution of the Australian home

From bark huts and sandstone buildings to highly decorative Victorian terraces, palatial oceanfront mansions and soaring residential skyscrapers, Australian homes have evolved to keep pace with the lifestyles, design trends and technology of our growing population. And while building styles remain diverse across the country, architect, TV host and author Joe Snell says recent history.

The questions to ask if you’re buying a property off the plan

Buying a brand-new home off the plan is an increasingly popular way for all segments of the market. First-home-buyers do it to move into new housing estates, families do it to buy new townhouses and downsizers do it to move into apartments. Not only is a new, shiny house waiting at the end, but the.

Signs the ‘perfect storm’ that hit Australia’s home-building sector is beginning to ease

An unprecedented “perfect storm” of factors that hit Australia’s home-building industry hard is beginning to ease, according to a major developer. The combination of a Covid-induced supply chain crisis, skyrocketing materials costs, and a painful labour shortage have plagued the sector for the past 18 months. A number of small and medium-sized companies went bust.

6 Essentials to create the ultimate outdoor kitchen

Are you ready to take your outdoor entertaining area to the next level?  This is the season for home entertaining, which means it could be time to do up your outdoor area to meet your needs. From a dazzling dining area to the latest in barbecue technology, we round up some of the exciting must-haves.