A significant extension and renovation is underway at Cruits Lane.
10 May
Old Castlemaine Fire Station Restoration
Visit the Republican in the old Fire Brigade Station, Templeton Street Castlemaine and see an example of the work of Warren Hughes
10 May
Barker Street Work In Progress
The restoration and redevelopment of this property in Barker Street, Castlemaine is a major project. Check out progress by seeing some before photos.
9 May
Houzz for IPad
Home design inspiration at your fingertips.
So long scrapbooks and online bookmarks! Thanks to the new Houzz app for iPad, you now have a digital place to sort, save and share your favorite home design ideas. With over 40,000 gallery and 50,000 idea books to browse, Houzz has the largest database of home-inspiration gallery on the net, which you can check out by style, room and location. And whenever you find ideas that speak to you, just save them to your own virtual idea book for offline access. Plus, you can find information on designers, architects and contractors from your area. But beware: Like candy for design addicts, once you start perusing the Houzz pages, it can be hard to stop. Consider yourself warned.
According to its loyal users, here are the top five features of the Houzz app:
1. In addition to beautiful gallery, there are thousands of helpful articles, which feature tips on how to improve the design of your house, as well as home decorating ideas.
2. The high-quality images, paired with the larger iPad screen, give you a real sense of how the rooms feel and flow.
3. You can join the Houzz community to post comments, ideas and questions for other users and designers. Plus, if you’d like a little feedback on your own house, you can even upload gallery of your home design projects for people to comment on.
4. Your personal idea book isn’t limited to just images. You can also makes notes to yourself about what you like about the spaces, so you’re not having to jog your memory each time you revisit a photo.
5. It’s completely FREE!
23 Apr
Designer Fence
This fence, made with laser cut panels from Ballarat Pressings, changed the whole appearance of the sixties house it was made for. Panels like these have become a feature of many gardens but this fence reveals a whole new use for them and has been greatly admired by passers by.
14 Mar
Barker Street
Work has begun! This building in Barker Street is undergoing a complete transformation and is to house a Real Estate Agent and an Antiquarian Bookshop.
1 Mar
Tenth Street
It has been 6 months since the renovation at 98 Tenth St Hepburn Springs was completed and now that the dust has settled and the tradies have gone, Viv and I have had time to reflect and enjoy our new home.
Neither of us relished the thought of going through the process of interviewing builders who we hoped would do a great job at a reasonable rate and share our passion for what we were wanting to achieve. That job went to Adam Kenyon from Builderlink in Melbourne.
Adam did all the legwork for us. He said the most important things to consider were that: the builder would not go broke; he has a great team of people behind him; is a licensed builder who will give a fixed price quote.
Jo has a genuine passion for what they do, won’t cut corners to compromise the integrity of the project and has a genuine regard for skill and craftsmanship.
Adam interviewed 6 potential builders who were given our brief, and basically came down to 2 builders of which Adam said “l believe Warren Hughes is the best candidate.”
We met with Warren and immediately felt confident about his ability to meet our expectations. He showed us some of the projects he was working on and were impressed by his attention to detail and the skilled craftsmanship of his team. At the end of that day we knew we had found our builder. He had a non nonsense approach to his work and he was a straight shooter but he was also very easy going and approachable. We knew that we could work with Warren.
Building and renovations is not an exact science. Sometimes things change, sometimes plans aren’t clear, sometimes you decide upgrade or downgrade, sometimes you decide to add to the project eg solar panels, solar hot water, more insulation, front gates, decks etcJ. Every single time these things came up, Warren’s can do attitude came through. Nothing was too much trouble.
We can’t believe how fortunate we are to have had Warren and his team, especially Mark and Tim, helping to create our home. We love it.
We could not recommend Warren Hughes builders more highly and have done to may people already. We would be happy to talk to any of warren’s potential clients to discuss our experience.
Chris Murphy
Vivien Cerolini
Contact Warren Hughes for telephone details for Chris and Vivien
Warren Hughes Builders & Renovators
16 Gainsborough Street
CASTLEMAINE 3450
Victoria
Tel: 03 5472 2941
Mob: 0417 143 202
