Freelance journalist, copywriter and editor
Quentin Irvine’s house in Victoria’s Beaufort, 165 kilometres west of Melbourne, was built to go the distance – and beyond.
All the elements of The Recyclable House, or at least the vast majority, will find new lives down the track.
Domain, The Age. Full story here
COMMENT
I’ve started to wonder whether Airbnb has become, well, too “mainstream”. Do people no longer respect the trust that underpins the whole deal?
Is it OK to smoke in a no-smoking apartment, to leave rubbish all over the place?
Domain, Fairfax Media. Full story here
When Perth couple Karina and Craig Waters hired a car and headed on a scenic drive towards the Pyrenees, they weren’t seriously expecting to buy an 18th century, 96-room chateau.
After all, what business would an Australian taxation accountant and a neurological surgeon have in pouring their blood, sweat and savings into a French historical monument with the same protection status as the Eiffel Tower?
