Your Home Renovator's Guide
Your Home Renovator's Guide
A guide to getting the most out of the renovation process and your budget. The guide will also help you to develop renovation plans that meet all your needs.
It guides you through a 3 step process: thinking through your needs, designing your home and making it happen.
Topics also covered in the guide include: getting started, assessing your home, finding information, working with designers and builders, working room-by-room, designing garden and outdoor spaces, choosing products (appliances and lighting, Heating, sooling and photovoltaics, Rainwater and wastewater, plumbing, etc), and enjoying your new home.
Download the full guide
Your Home Renovator's guide
2008_YourHomeRenovatorsGuide.pdf (June 2008, PDF 2.38mb)
The guide also features checklists and useful templates to assist you to work with and brief the people renovating your home:
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Brief for builders and tradesmen
08Reno_BuilderBrief.pdf (June 2008, PDF 62kb)
08Reno_BuilderBrief.doc (June 2008, WORD doc 68kb) -
Brief for architects and designers
08Reno_ArchitectBrief.pdf (June 2008, PDF 138kb)
08Reno_ArchitectBrief.doc (June 2008, WORD doc 132kb) -
Brief for gardeners and outdoor contractors
08Reno_LandscapeBrief.pdf (June 2008, PDF, 78kb)
08Reno_LandscapeBrief.doc (June 2008, WORD doc 83kb)
Visit the Your Home Renovator's Guide website.