Wet area showers are a classic case where many generally work on the assumption that installing a tiled or wet area shower in an existing home requires a building consent.

If you've recently received a building consent or are planning to build a new home, you may have been surprised to receive a Development Levy notice from your local council.

Recladding a house presents an opportunity to rejuvenate its exterior, enhance its structural integrity, and improve energy efficiency. One question often arises during such projects: Should you replace your windows as well? The decision to replace windows during a reclad project requires careful consideration, taking into account various factors that can impact the overall success of the renovation. Let’s delve deeper into this topic to understand when replacing windows is a

Building projects have a habit of humbling everyone involved in them. On paper a project can look tidy, rational, even elegant. Then the real world arrives with its material prices, labour pinches, engineering constraints, local council requirements and the laws of physics. Somewhere in that messy intersection sits the actual cost of construction. One of the most common misunderstandings in building projects is the role we play in that equation. As the designers we can influe