Having roofed before, as with laying large amounts of sod, I do not do it any more. As you might be aware, I am what is known as not handy half by choice. It is not because I am lazy or fabulously wealthy but when (not if) I made a mistake I would likely leave it and then would hate that mistake …

Remortgaging the future on the bet of stability has meant owning a furnace again. There is a lot to be said for living in an apartment building big enough to warrant a super...not to mention a pool. We never seem to move from one sort of place to a similar one. Just as the move from a century old …

With the best of intentions to get fiscally responsible and also become maybe more useful by having sufficient space for projects, we are thinking of a house. A house means, of course, paying mortgage interest, maintenance costs, mowing, shovelling, maybe a second car again and not being in a tax …

Having owned and sold a little wooden house that sat for the best part of a hundred years fully exposed to regular 100 km plus winds, I fell like I have gotten away with something. I also feel like I have learned about what I really want in a house:  •  more and smaller bedrooms. Who needs a …