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You’ve hit your 40’s and have started thinking about trading up your home. Should you find something bigger to accommodate your teenagers? Will you do the DIY route or call in the tradies? Where can you go to learn home DIY skills? There’s a lot to consider and we’re going to talk about it all! Thinking of renovating then trading up your home? Once you’ve owned a property for a few years, you start to look at things differently. We’ve often outgrown our first home and are starting to… (view full article)
You’ve achieved the Kiwi dream and now own you first home! It’s time to start thinking about home DIY, but where should you start and what can you do? In this third article of our Life Stages of Home Ownership series, we’ll walk you through the tasks you can do and those you should call on a tradie to do for you. Easy home DIY you can do yourself! After you’ve been living in your new home for a while, it’s natural to notice things you want to change. The colour paint on the wall, a… (view full article)
Repairing appliances can be a time-consuming and costly. It can mean going without your dryer or dishwasher while you wait for a qualified appliance repair man to come and fix it.This makes it tempting to go out and buy a new one. But is this the best use of your money both financially and environmentally? Consumer magazine recommends you don’t spend more than 50% of the cost of a new product on repairing an old one. For dishwashers, microwaves, fridges, stoves, washing machines and… (view full article)
Christmas is just around the corner. If you’ve been putting off getting home maintenance tasks done around your home over winter, you’ll be pleased to know that Builderscrack has qualified tradespeople available now to consult with you, or get a free online estimate. Get ready for summer with 5 home maintenance tasks Tune up your air conditioning: Prevent emergencies and be safe by hiring a tradie to tune up your air conditioning. Not only will this keep it running and your summer… (view full article)
Advances in technology and the rising cost of petrol means more and more people are working from home. Whether you’re an office worker ‘telecommuting’ three days a week or an enterprising SAHM (stay at home mum) starting her own business, it’s important to spend some time and money on creating a home office to set you up for success. Feng Shui tips for your office While a separate room away from other distractions is really important, it isn’t always practical or possible so we’re going to… (view full article)
It can be difficult to come up with ideas for gifts for Mother's Day. What else is there apart from the usual chocolates or flowers? Don't choose a gift that probably won't last a week. Give Mum something she really wants and can still enjoy in the weeks and months that follow. Perfect gifts for Mother's Day What about hiring a cleaner to come on a semi regular basis? Whether it's once a week or once a season your Mum will surely love having someone clean up. She'll be able to relax or… (view full article)
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I need a new extractor fan for bathroom with light and heater. Also a range hood/extractor fan put into kitchen (non existing). Kitchen wall is tiled and roof is sloping with no attic space.
I have an entire house of plugs / light switches (approx 50 units) that need changing to new PDL 600 series or similar. Currently they are the 80s rounded type which are getting worn and outdated - as per pic. Will…
We have bought an LED ceiling light that we would like installed in the kitchen and we'd like the existing kitchen light fitting moved to the living area. We've also bought a small smoke detector which we'd like…
Remove old oven and very old range hood. Oven is hard wired in wall ? Oven works but needs to be removed too or I can advertise on other sites as giveaway for free
Have an existing power point about a foot off the ground, 1998 apartment building so I'm told all wiring is most likely running down the inside of the wall from the ceiling. We'd like a new power socket installed (we've…
We have a broken ceiling fan in our master bathroom. It currently hums but does not rotate or extract any of the moist air from the bathroom. We have attempted to adjust it by accessing it inside the ceiling but this…
Our toilet extractor fan stopped working. Either replace or repair. Highly like to be replaced with a better quality one. Kindly provide quote to replace toilet ceiling extractor fan.
Need a new plug put in an internal wall to run a pellet fire, an old fan above on an internal wall removed plus wiring to the plug. A switch on an internal wall that used to run a fan in the ceiling removed.
Hi there, We've a few things about the place that we'd love to get done by a great sparky! • New spa pool outlet (10A & back to back to existing inside outlet) • Garden lighting outlet (next to spa pool…
1. Fit new power outlet in bedroom 2. Secure pendant light fitting in kitchen
12 New dwellings for the affordable homes sector. Rough In & Fit off Required, We supply lights and appliances , You supply everything else No Service trench works are required as these are provided by a separate…
Im an electrician myself. Today I injured my eye and cannot work. I have a job that needs to be done first thing tomorrow morning (25th) and should only take 1-2 hours max, in mount maunganui. Ive disconnected a few…
we have just moved into a house in Torbay and it has the old style electrical distribution board. We are looking into getting it upgraded and maybe some extra power points installed.
