How Green and Eco-Friendly Is Bamboo Flooring?

Bamboo flooring’s strong selling point is that it’s green and good for the environment, completely ethical, and just about the perfect building material.  Nearly every bamboo flooring manufacturer has jumped on the eco-friendly bandwagon.  Click on any of their websites and you’ll see many that are are festooned with green leaves and cute cartoon panda … Read more

Home Security

Home security is something applicable to us all and it involves safety and security hardware in place on a property as well as personal security practices. The hardware involves locks, doors, alarm systems, lighting, motion detectors and camera systems installed in your property. However before home security can take place, one must practice personal security … Read more

Making Room For Budget Hotels

Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has hit a snag in its effort to legalise unlicensed businesses. Budget hotels has a host of building guidelines to comply with and some are not able to be met, through no fault of the business proprietors. When DBKL embarked on its mission last year to legalise all unlicensed businesses, … Read more

Improve Your Property In These 5 Thrifty Ways

From practical quick fixes to creative and crafty tips, these 5 ways will save you money and help you make your mark on your new property. #1: Invigorating Scenes Pictures and paintings are a quick and easy way to spruce up space, but hanging them straight can be a challenge, especially if you haven’t got any … Read more

How to Make a New House Look Old

Give Your Builder Basic House Some Charm and Personality Newly built houses can have a lot of advantages over older homes, but the one thing they’re frequently missing is character. Builder-grade finishes can rarely compete with the styles and patinas of older materials, and most builders don’t want to go to the expense of adding … Read more

7 Tips For Decorating On A Budget

Fill Your Home Without Emptying Your Wallet. Decorating can be expensive, particularly if you have to do a whole room or a whole house all at once. A decorating budget will be your most important tool in making sure you don’t empty your wallet while filling your house. Make a Wishlist The first thing to … Read more

Property Fengshui 101

Do you believe in house fengshui? I am a big fan of it. Don’t get me wrong. I am not being superstitious. Fengshui is very scientific. There is nothing speculative or supernatural about it. Property fengshui believes in maintaining the harmony between man and nature for the sake of good health and good fortune. Good … Read more

For The Love Of Green

IN continuation of our “green” theme, we feature, this week, two more developers offering properties that offer a “greener” environment. While some question the characteristics of a “green developer”, we put aside all precepts and judgments as to what constitutes the makings of a “green developer”, instead we highlight developments that offer lots of greens … Read more