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  • Get Your Business On Google+

    Fri, 27/01/2012 - 15:38

    Promoting Your Business on Google+ can be Easy

    A common concern among the businesses (Lenders, Solicitors and Real Estate Agents) that ABIS communicates with on a daily basis, is how to promote their respective businesses on the internet.

    Increasingly, potential clients are using Google to search for services and are less likely to use more traditional methods such as Yellow Pages.

  • Building and Pest Inspections of High Rise Units

    Fri, 09/12/2011 - 14:36

    Pre-Purchase Building and Pest Inspections are essential when buying a unit...

    There is a common misconception that Building and Pest Inspections of units are of little value especially when the unit is new or nearly new. Just because a building and timber pest inspection of a high rise unit can be undertaken in about 30 to 40 minutes(as there is no exterior, roof, roof void or sub floor to inspect), does not mean it is not important.

  • ASBESTOS

    Thu, 08/12/2011 - 10:47

    ASBESTOS HELP

    From January 1st 2012 the Queensland Government will provide an asbestos information help line on 13 74 68 and information on Asbestos is currently available on www.health.qld.gov.au/asbestos

  • Building Inspections

    Tue, 06/12/2011 - 14:09
    Unlike airplanes and ships, houses are not constructed to facilitate inspection with inspection panels etc. The condition of safety critical components is often hidden inside walls or other areas of the house. If you have an older home it is strongly advised that Building Inspections be conducted regularly to check safety critical items. Although such items may be hidden an experienced inspector may be able to pick up potential problems before they fail completely. 

  • Building And Pest Brisbane

    Mon, 05/12/2011 - 14:23

    Picking a company or individual to conduct a building and pest inspection can be a little difficult if you have not had experience of this process before. Here are some tips for first time buyers:

  • How the Other Half Live...

    Wed, 04/11/2009 - 12:08

    If you've ever complained that your apartment is a shoebox, Eunice Yoon of CNN suggests we consider the plight of Hong Kong resident Chung Lau who lives in a 58 square meter flat with 18 strangers.

    His "cage home" is sectioned into tiny cubicles made of wooden planks and wire mesh packed with all his worldly possessions... hard to believe, considering Hong Kong's exorbitant luxury property market with a record-breaking sale of a $57 million duplex.

  • Better in Blue

    Tue, 13/10/2009 - 16:45

    According to a recent survey, people who live in blue houses get paid more and are generally more successful than their counterparts living in houses painted in any other colour.

    A poll of 3,000 British homeowners also found those with blue exterior walls were also more likely to be in a long term relationship, have children and really close friends as well as taking at least two holidays abroad to exotic locations every year.

    Excuse us while we dash off to do a spot of decorating!

  • History Repeats

    Thu, 17/09/2009 - 11:55

    According to the Associated Press, a Pennsylvania history buff who recreates firearms from historic battles fired a cannonball outside his home only to have it ricochet and accidentally hit his neighbour's house 400 yards away. The cannonball, about two inches in diameter, smashed through a window and wall before landing in a wardrobe. Although remorseful, he has been charged with reckless endangerment, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.

     

  • Hair Lair

    Thu, 17/09/2009 - 11:50

    According to the UK News, a lady in Suffolk has used human hair to construct an extension to her historic home. Locks and tresses discarded from local hairdressers were added to a special lime plaster and used to extend the walls of her 16th century house. She has also stirred in a few of her own hairs and that of her pet dogs for good measure. Gives a whole new meaning to recycling.

     

  • Every Day Is Play

    Thu, 17/09/2009 - 11:46

    One man is building the fantasy of children worldwide. James May of "Top Gear" fame and a toy fanatic, is constructing a two story house completely out of LEGO bricks. He's using 3 million bricks constructed out of 272 LEGO pieces each which will probably mean there'll be a global shortage of LEGO soon. As an added bonus, the house is located in a beautiful vineyard.