This Month
A $600 bathroom tap that saved over $30,000 in Double Bay
This 1990s apartment was good quality but dated. The new owners wanted to give the bathroom a makeover but not an expensive one.
Who will buy this $5.5m passive house?
This architect built a super thermally efficient house in the shell of a run-down suburban home. He’s now about to test what the market will pay for it.
January
Billionaire hedge fund investor Coffey plots sprawling Mosman mansion
Known as The Wizard of Oz, the businessman first bought into the popular Sydney street more than two decades ago.
October 2025
The $5000 door that creates space in a narrow house
To make one large upstairs area work as two separate bedrooms, the owners of this house put in a large sliding door that opened to give their boys shared space.
Ex-Humm boss relists Sydney mansion for $18.5m
Stuart Grimshaw and his wife, Annalise, have put their Walter Burley Griffin-designed property in Pymble back on the market – at a discount.
September 2025
The living room reno that costs $20,000 and adds seating for four
Families need more room as their children get older. That costs money, but creating extra space with a window seat doesn’t have to be expensive.
Buyer of Mosman’s record-setting $43.5m mansion revealed
The buyers of Sydney’s most expensive north shore home has emerged as fund-manager Richard Grinham and wife Louise.
A reading nook, play area and hidden pantry: This staircase has it all
Adding a new floor to a one-storey house meant building a new way to get there. But it wasn’t just about steps: It brought in light – and hidey-holes.
August 2025
A daughter’s illness made this architect redesign his bathroom
Craig Muir was designing his family’s dream home when an unexpected diagnosis changed his plans. The lessons he learned can be applied to any home.
July 2025
The innovative Coogee window that solves a common coastal problem
If your home faces south, down a slope towards the water, the views are great. But getting sunlight in from the north has been impossible – until now.
Where you can and can’t install a $7000 skylight
While the traditional light well with polycarbonate sheet still has a place, skylights have gone upmarket. But you need to know how to use them.
June 2025
Why this modern suburban home has an outdoor dunny
Most houses in this city-fringe suburb used to have backyard toilets. Modern plumbing has changed that, but this couple had their own reasons to rebuild one.
This architect is building for himself – at a quarter of the cost
Luigi Rosselli is the designer of one of Sydney’s most controversial homes, but for his own investment, he’s using a novel material to build on the cheap.
May 2025
Why the kitchen in this Mosman home has a sofa
With no children at their Sydney home, an empty nest couple did not need to rush in their cooking and dining room. So they set out to make it leisurely.
An apartment to be nude in
Good balconies are crucial for apartment living, allowing connection with the outside without putting your life on display.
