As a home owner, you’ll be no stranger to how much maintenance is required to keep your property in ship-shape. It can be a head-ache at times, though of course, the good far outweighs the bad.

The popular impression of a mortgage or other kind of substantial loan is that of huge interest resulting in monthly amounts that can barely be paid and greedy, moustache twirling bankers counting their gold behind the scenes.  Obviously, we do not live in a world governed by cartoon logic, otherwise, the Acme Corporation would have filed for liquidation a long time ago.  The modern home loan is no longer a life long burden of crippling repayments, but rather a flexible tool that can be adjusted to fit your changing circumstances in most situations. 

Now having a pool, to many, is a dream come true. The thought of coming home from a stifling hot and generally annoying day at the rat race and returning to a cool and clear oasis of fresh water, that looks so inviting after a day in the hot Australian office environments all wrapped up in a shirt and tie. Whether you intend to enjoy your pool alone or create fun and treasured memories win it is completely up to you, but it’s important that you stay on top of all of the maintenance requirements that come with pool ownership. After all, your pool doesn’t just magically clean itself and getting the right balance in the different factors that determine your overall water quality requires careful attention.

However you want to look at it, in your home there are several potentially hazardous and destructive elements that you use every day that could potentially cause a catastrophe or disaster for both your homes livability and safety or even for you and your family’s personal safety. We are talking of course about the elements in your house, the water, the gas supply and probably the most dangerous sounding one of them all and that would be the electrical current that runs through your house that powers most of the things that you enjoy on a day to day basis. However as we are sure that you are aware from the various public safety campaigns around this topic, that electricity can be very dangerous in certain circumstances.

We understand that starting a new construction or clearing away an old one to make way for your new development can be a long and drawn out process whilst waiting for planning permits and clarifications on what you are able to do and not do, and when it comes to that all important first step of having your construction, or the jolt of adrenaline when everything is ready for the demolition crews to move in and begin their dramatic and visually exciting work. However, if you’re going to do something, do it properly and consider getting a dilapidation report.