The brief was to renovate and extend the existing weatherboard dwelling to accommodate 4-5 bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living areas to suit their current needs as well as potential future ...

A house in Melbourne’s southeast sold for $145,000 above its reserve price under the hammer on the weekend, after being owned by the same family for 30 years. The three-bedroom home at 35 Edward St, ...

Houses auctioned in Melbourne are selling for record prices, with a weatherboard cottage in the city's south west going for a record bid of $1.35 million. The renovated house on Bolton Street in ...

Something was in my mailbox — a small sample of fake-wood plastic with a sticker that said “Vinyl weatherboard cladding. Never paint again. Maintenance-Free. Won’t rot, peel, dent, or split!” And I ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Romance and ease of renovation keep weatherboard homes in demand. Among Sydney's sea of red-brick houses, pockets of timber-clad homes ...

Described by the real estate agent as “unliveable”, the weatherboard house on Burnley St sold at auction for $2,544,000 — more than $1.5 million over the median house price and $900,000 more than what ...

The weatherboard house at 43 Kardinia St sold under the hammer for $667,000, smashing the reserve price by more than $120,000 at Saturday’s auction. The street appeal was in the location for most ...

It may have been dim and dilapidated with uneven floors and cracking plaster, but for one style-savvy couple an old Melbourne weatherboard house possessed endless potential. “The front was clean, ...

Plenty of homeowners pull the original cypress weatherboards off their old homes when renovating. But boards with only minor damage can be repaired, saving money and reducing the impact on the ...

Almost 30 firefighters have rushed to battle a fire at an empty weatherboard house in Melbourne’s inner west. Twenty-eight firefighters from nine Fire Rescue Vitoria units rushed to the blaze in ...