There's a particular kind of relief when a bad smell finally goes away on its own. The sour whiff near the laundry door that had you lifting drain grates back in autumn is gone. Nobody's mentioned it in a fortnight. The window stops getting propped...
Checking the clock is something most homeowners never think to do when a drain starts to smell funny. It’s not the plughole and definitely not the S-bend. This is because the single most useful piece of information about a bad drain odour isn't what it...
Two houses on the same street. Same era, same underground clay pipes running under the front garden, same tired terracotta joints. Both owners get a blockage within a month of each other, both ring around for quotes, and both end up staring at a piece...
The Eastern Suburbs property market, stretching from Bondi and Coogee through Woollahra, Double Bay, Rose Bay, Bellevue Hill and Vaucluse, represents some of Australia's most valuable residential real estate. With median house prices regularly clearing several million dollars and prestige sales running well past eight...
Drive down almost any street in Bondi, Bondi Junction, Edgecliff, Rose Bay, Coogee or Randwick, and the architectural pattern is unmistakable. Three and four-storey walk-up apartment blocks built in the post-war and 1970s development boom sit side by side with grand period homes in Woollahra,...
From the cliff-top homes of Vaucluse to the apartment blocks of Bondi and Bronte, the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney are home to some of Australia's most prized real estate. Living so close to the coast does have its hidden challenges, though, and one of the...
From the period terraces of Paddington to the clifftop homes of Vaucluse, the Eastern Suburbs hold some of Sydney's most valuable property, and much of it sits above ageing drainage. Many homes still rely on original clay and cast-iron pipes, and decades of ground movement,...
A blocked toilet in Eastern Suburbs homes can feel like a small inconvenience, right up until the bill arrives. Across Paddington, Woollahra, Randwick, Bondi, Coogee and Vaucluse, property owners are often surprised at how widely the final figure can vary, and at how quickly a...
The Eastern Suburbs sell a lifestyle. From the surf-side cafes of Bondi and Bronte to the polished boutiques of Double Bay and the heritage terraces of Paddington and Woollahra, the area's commercial spaces trade on their proximity to the ocean. Customers come for the salt...
The 2026 storm season has been a wake-up call for Sydney homeowners. Following the January flash floods that battered the Northern Beaches and Central Coast, saturated clay soils, washed-in debris, and overwhelmed drainage networks have continued to expose weaknesses in residential stormwater pipes. Many properties...