Everyone wants a pristine and structurally sound building. The last thing you want when purchasing your new house is some serious mould problem. However, in spite of your best efforts, these sneaky spores are not always easy to detect.

Open concept homes are becoming all of the rage in architecture and the Australian Heritage Homes team is familiar. Here is our advice on why they’re becoming all the rage.

Period style homes can be amazing and exciting projects for contractors to embark on. They can be even more exciting to move into, but the Australian Heritage Homes team has considerations that we recommend that you keep in mind when building a period home.

Time to build a new home? You may be trying to decide between architectural styles. While there is a lot of beauty and many benefits in a brand-new design, the Australian Heritage Homes team would love to share the benefits of building a period home.

There are many spaces throughout your home that probably seem a little bit redundant. They’re an afterthought for decorating, but they’re also a gaping hole in your otherwise perfect plan. What do you put there? How do you clean it? They’re the architectural question marks of interior design. Luckily for you, the Australian Heritage Homes team is well-versed in all things redundant space-related.

Rock gardens are a multi-faceted solution all year-round, for many different types of personalities. For those unfamiliar, they are just as they sound—comprised of small pebbles, medium-sized rocks and boulders. Let’s take a look at some of the many benefits:

While unfortunately, no home is completely impervious to natural disasters, there are things that you can do, to ensure maximum safety.

Whether you’re designing a new home or searching for an authentic period gem, there’s nothing more charming in our opinion than a home filled with extravagant and elegant Victorian features. Here are our favourite Victorian architectural characteristics that never go out of style and you should consider emulating in your new home design.

Everybody learns in different ways. Some of us love cracking open a dusty tome and reading for hours on end. Others are probably very jealous of these speed-readers and the amount of information that they can process, from the written word. Our team members learn in a variety of ways, and so do our customers. Variety is the spice of life, right? And when we can learn while sitting on the couch with a snack in front of us, well… let’s just say that some of us are very happy with this method.

While damage to a home is not something that most new owners want to think about, unfortunately- it’s something you have to. The AHH team likes to properly equip our valued customers with the knowledge to feel comfortable handling any situation. This includes damage related to fire. Did you know that on average, national firefighting services respond to more than 1,000 calls a day? We’d like to hope that this number can be drastically reduced, just by following these simple tips.