If your home has a painted exterior, it won’t stay looking good forever because, inevitably, the elements will take their toll. The easiest way to give it a new look is to paint it a different colour – make sure you use a high-quality masonry paint, such as those by Dulux or Sandtex – but even if you’re happy with the existing colour, repainting it can work wonders. Discoloured, peeling and patchy paint isn’t pretty or practical and could lead to damage that’s expensive to repair. While Read more [...]

If you live in one of Australia’s major cities (we mostly do), it can seem impossible to find a house or unit that’s affordable and a reasonable distance from the centre. But it can be done. Here are the five most affordable suburbs for houses and units located within 20 kilometres of the CBD in Australia’s capital cities.RP Data assembled this listing, which provides the median prices for houses priced under $450,000 and units priced under $350,000 in each capital city. Across the board, 34.8 Read more [...]

By JIM PARKERThe Post and CourierFrom Charlestons earliest days, carriage houses have served as servants quarters or work places for landowners grandiose formal estates. Extra Photos Philadelphia Alley was named for a group of Philadelphia volunteers who helped the city in the 18th century after a disastrous fire (Leroy Burnell/postandcourier.com /5/22/2012). The spacious master bedroom is upstairs at 3 Philadelphia Read more [...]