| Aboriginal
Affairs including Aboriginal Heritage Act | This
site is the central point for all aspects of Aborignal Affairs Victoria. |
| Accessible
Homes | Resources
for building and information on accessiblity in general. |
| Archimedia | Fantastic
site for all stages of building services including inspections, consultation,
building advice and architecture. |
| Architects
- Royal Australian Institute of Architects | A
superb site for anyone thinking of renovating or looking for an architect. |
|
Architectural Styles | An
amazing array of residential apartments, coastal housing, public buildings, urban
and commercial design. See "thousands of projects online". |
| Archicentre
Home Services | This
site is an on-line resource centre for buying, building and renovating information. |
| Art
Deco Housing | Excellent
site with first class links to fine art deco styles. |
| Asbestos | Good
information and examples of asbestos in the home . |
| Australian
Environmental Pest Managers Association | This
publication has extensive information on Termites and other pests. |
| Building
Accessible Homes | List
of accessible resources. |
| Building
Product Information | Presents
detailed product information for thousands of building products in an easy-to-read,
standardised format. |
| Building
Commission | The
building commission provides industry leadership and regulates building quality. |
| Building
Resource | Hundreds
of ideas for building and renovating, guides to doing it right, plus a huge catalogue
of products and professionals. Working in partnership with the HIA. |
| Building
advice and contract assessment services | BSS
design group is a firm of architects & building consultants which specialises
in providing advice to general public. |
|
Bungalow (Housing Style) | The
house of the common man becomes an American classic. |
| Buying
and Fixing Your Home | The
author of "Buying and Fixing Your Home" Graham Wines is recognised as a leading
expert in the areas of building defects. |
| Californian
Bungalow (PDF) | Classic
California bungalow details copyright Archicentre. |
| Consumer
Affairs BACV | Building
Advice and Conciliation Victoria (BACV) a one-stop service for consumers and builders
that provides information, advice and assistance with home building and renovating
problems. |
|
Councils - Local Victorian Government | A
list of local Victorian Councils involving planning, overlays, town planning and
building permits. |
| Cracking
and Dampness | Advice
on cracking and dampness. |
| Decorative
Tiles | Information
on traditional Victorian decorative tiles from The Victorian Society. |
| Designs
for Lifestyle and the Future | Your
Home is a suite of consumer and technical guide materials and tools developed
to encourage the design, construction or renovation of homes to be comfortable,
healthy and more environmentally sustainable. |
| DIY
Project Plans | The
Mitre 10 site has over 90 practical DIY free home project downloads. |
| DIY
TV | This
site has many DIY tips and techniques. |
| DIY
Workshops | The
Bunnings Warehouse has a number of DIY workshops. |
| Electricity | Energy
safe is Victoria's gas and electrical safety regulators electrical safety audit.
|
| Environment
and Heritage | Federal
Government Department of the Environment and Heritage. |
| Environmental
Protection Agency | Victorian
agency with a wide range of information on environmental issues. |
| Environmental
5 Star Housing | All
new houses and apartments need to meet the 4 star standard. |
| Faults | Image
gallery of faults by Archimedia and Graham Wines. |
| Faults
and Defects | Examples
of building faults and defects from NSW pre-purchase inspections. |
| Gas | Energy
safe is Victoria's gas and electrical safety regulators gas safety audit. |
| Gardening | Free
online gardening and makeover ideas. Includes a free monthly magazine. |
| Green
Makeover | Green
Makeover can help you make your home sustainable with a Green Makeover Home Assessement. |
| Heritage
Council | The
heritage council provides the highest level of legal protection for heritage places
& objects. |
| Heritage
Victoria | Government
agency providing information and advice about places listed on the Victorian Heritage
Register. |
| Housing
Industry Association | HIA
regulates the interests on the housing industry in Australia. |
| Housing
Guarantee Fund | Home
construction defects... Where do you stand? |
| Inspection
Services-Archimedia | Fantastic
site for all stages of building services including inspections, consultation,
building advice and architecture. |
| Insurance
- Builders - Buildsafe | Buildsafe
provides specialist products and services to owner builders and the building industry. |
| Italianate
(Housing Style) | Brackets
and wide cornices distinguish these Victorian homes, 1850-1890. |
| Italianate
Architectural Styles | Architectural
Style in Rensselaer County, the Italianate Style was inspired by the breezy openness
of Italian villas. |
| Master
Builders Association of Victoria | The
MBAV respects the professional interests of Victoria's building practitioners
and offer a wide variety of services. |
| Melbourne
Water | Owned
by the Victorian Government it manages Melbourne water supply, catchments, sewerage
and drainage. |
| Mouldings
and Dado Rails | Information
on mouldings and dado rails from The Victorian Society. |
| National
Trust of Australia (Victoria) | National
Trust is a lobby group. It identifies historic places, buildings and towns of
historic significance. |
| Owner
Builder Reports | Information
on owner builder reports. |
| Owner-builder
Information | Certificate
of Consent and Owner-builder obligations. |
| Painting
- Virtual Painting | An
excellent site for painters and decorators. |
| Period
Home Renovations | Excellent
examples of building styles from Colonial Georgian (1788) Victorian, Edwardian
and Californian Bungalow. Go to 'Style Guide' for a comprehensive display |
| Plumbing-Plumbing
Standards | This
site provides information on plumbing standards, licensing and consumer tips. |
| Queen
Anne (Housing Style) | Elaborate
Victorians captured imaginations, hearts of Americans, 1880-1910. |
| Rising Damp | "Turning
the tide on rising damp". Booklet available from Clay Brick & Paver Associates
of Victoria.
GPO Box 1614M, Melbourne, Vic, 3001.
Phone: 03 9280 8322 or
Fax: 03 9280 8222 |
Sustainable
Energy Authority Victoria
| Visionary
Victorian Government site working towards a sustainable energy future |
| Saving
Water | Hints
on saving water around the home and workplace |
| Standards | Full
range of required standards. Go to "building" on the site navigation
bar. |
| Surveyors
- Consulting | The
association offers a wide range of services including redefining land boundaries,
amendments to title and subdivisions. |
| Sustainable
Energy | Australian
Business Council for Sustainable Energy discusses energy needs and cutting green
house emissions. |
|
Sustainability and Environment - Planning | Contains
details of pages on the Department of Sustainability and Environment website which
describe or relate to the planning system in Victoria. |
| Tech-Dry | The
Techdry site has excellent material on building protection including rising damp
and penetrating damp. |
TermiteAction
Victoria
| A
FREE service for you to find out if you live in an unprotected termite area. |
| Termimesh
System | Informative
site on common characteristics of termites and protection and links to other termite
sites. |
| Victorian
Civil And Administrative Tribunal | VCAT
deals with disputes about: domestic building works, residential and retail tenancies,
planning and land valuation among other disputes. |
If you
would like to add value to this page by adding a useful website as a link, or
if any of these links no longer work, please contact Geoff Buck - 0418 306 588.
