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We love sharing our industry knowledge. If we can help just one family find their dream home, then we have done our job. Our blog is a space for sharing news, tips, tricks, and other interesting tidbits about your new home build.
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May 21 2024
How to build a pet-friendly home
At Mr Enthusiast, we’re big animal lovers. We proudly support the Animal Protection Society of WA and have fur babies of our own, two dogs named Mishka & Shadow, and a cat named Faith. So, we’re no strangers to the difficulties that can arise if
May 01 2024
Growing your Green Oasis: A Guide to Indoor Plants
The time has finally come. We officially know enough about plants that we can justify writing an entire blog about them. So that we don’t ramble on for hours, we’re going to focus solely on indoor (aka house) plants and how to care for them,
April 18 2024
All About Us – Get to Know Mr Enthusiast
If you’re a regular reader of our blogs (we know it’s a long shot, but let us live in this fantasy), then you’d know that we consider ourselves experts in all things real estate, house design and importantly, garages. However, it occurred to us that
March 05 2024
An Insight into the First Home Owner Grant
If you’re thinking about purchasing or building your first home, you might have some questions about the first home owner grant (or FHOG for simplicity’s sake!) and whether you’re eligible for it. We’ve done some research into the grant in an effort to condense and
February 20 2024
Beat the Heat
How to Survive a Heatwave in Australia Every summer, Australians are plagued with seething heat that’s almost too extreme to fathom, the kind of heat that mimics Dante’s Inferno and that dominates polite conversation with strangers. This year, we’ve already experienced an absurd number of
February 06 2024
Valentine’s Day Survival Guide
If you’re not much of a romantic or you’re part of the group who thinks Valentine’s Day is merely a commercial holiday not worth celebrating, then you might not be in a hurry to make special plans for your significant other. However, that doesn’t mean
January 24 2024
The Difference Between Hamptons & Coastal Style Homes
Are you looking for inspiration for your first home? If you’ve already had a Google and don’t know where to start when it comes to picking a style, we don’t blame you. Industrial, Bohemian, Minimalist, Farmhouse, Traditional… these are only a handful of the many,
January 08 2024
Mr. Enthusiast’s Frequently Asked Questions
The building process can be confusing, particularly for those embarking on the journey to building their first home. Often, conversations and paperwork are littered with industry jargon and unfamiliar practices, making them difficult to decipher without the support of a reliable homes consultant. We encourage
December 21 2023
New Year, New Look
Ways to Refresh your Home in 2024 We all like to think of the new year as a clean slate, an opportunity to reset and start anew. There are many things that you can do to shake up your ordinary life and routine, ranging from
December 07 2023
The cost of building a house in 2023
It’s well known that the cost of both buying and building a house in Australia has suffered a dramatic increase over the past few years. An increase in demand has made finding permanent housing extremely difficult for many Australians, whether they’re in the rental or
November 23 2023
How to keep things classy & timeless with a black colour scheme
Are you in the process of building or renovating your home? Unless you have a vision in mind, you might be feeling overwhelmed by possible colour schemes, tile trends or choosing an overall theme for your home. If you’re at a loss, we suggest keeping
November 10 2023
Things to consider before building a house
If you’ve decided to take the plunge and build your own home, there are a lot of things that you will need to consider. To get you started, we’ve compiled a short summary for both experienced and first home builders. The building landscape is constantly
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