News & Press

Latest news & press articles

Classic Home Improvements is regularly features in the nations best publications. Below is a list of the most recent stories:

January 8-14, 2002

Creating the right internal environment

This week, our continuing series of home improvement hints from leading Sydney builder, Ian Cubitt, looks at the choices available when considering a glass room or conservatory.
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Better Homes and Gardens, September 2001

So you want to add a sunroom

Expand your family's living space all-year round with an airy, sun-loving extension. A partial-glass ceiling lets daylight pour inside to lift your spirits, even on the gloomiest winter days.
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DIY does it again

Recently The Weekender revealed that Channel Nine's DIY Rescue program would be lending a hand to Angela and David Gies in renovating their Penrith home.
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Domain, 7th September

It's all right here

Are you happy with your home but feel like it needs that little bit extra?
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Making the Right Decision

So, you're considering the choice between renovating a living space or adding a small extension to your home - but you're not quite sure what to do ...
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Hawkesbury Gazette, September 21, 2005

The time to extend is now

With the arrival of spring, we tend to emerge and have a new look at our surroundings, especially our immediate surrounding: our home.
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Domain

It's a gran-design to help

The correct retirement housing choice is essential to the future wellbeing, happiness, health and financial security of both retirees and the whole family.
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Facelift for granny flats

Sydney's record high real estate prices and increasing living costs are driving demand for more affordable and diverse housing choices.
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Sydney Weekly Courier

Time to let the sunshine in

Summer is fast approaching and what better time is there for an indoor-outdoor room?
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Stay grounded!

Extending your home can bring a multitude of critical decisions, especially if the choice is to go up or out.
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Made to Shade

Making the most of the great outdoors can mean many things - a day at the beach, an afternoon spent bushwalking, a lazy picnic. and with the range of shade options now available we can even enjoy the great outdoors from the comfort of our own homes.
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Space is what you make it

With most of Northern Sydney's housing values escalating to near record levels, some houses have exceeded market value and reserve prices by more than 20 per cent. In our regular series on home improvement advice, Ian Cubitt offers tips on adding space to your home. According to Ian, Sydneysiders know that buying a home can be an expensive task, and while low interest rates are an appealing option for homebuyers today, market trends indicate that interest rates will start to climb again in the near future.
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Sydney Weekly Courier

Room to breathe

In summer, depending on the style of your home, you can invite the outdoors in, simply by throwing open a few doors and windows.
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Hawkesbury Gazette, 10th August 2005

Class under glass - consider a sparkling conservatory or glass room

Those of us with a conservatory or glass room will have been basking in its benefits all winter.
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Light up with glass

With winter on the doorstep the home seems darker and cooler during daylight hours and, in some instances, even gloomy.
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Domain

Raise your glass

Products and services: More than 20 years' experience and winning several HIA Awards has given Ian Cubitt's Classic Home Improvements the edge when it comes to building glass rooms, conservatories and home extensions. Particularly these days, when homeowners are preferring to extend or renovate their homes rather than relocate, this company's glass room options offer more than extra space - they create an outdoor environment in an enclosed space.
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30th July

Bring the outside inside

For most homes, the link between the internal environment and the outside is a simple door - there is rarely a transition point.
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Blue Mountains Gazette, 3rd August 2005

Bringing the outdoors in

For most homes, the link between the internal environment and the outside is a simple door - there is rarely a transition point.
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Let sunshine in

Now is the time to start planning a glass room or conservatory extension for your home.
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Blue Mountains Gazette, 9th September

Design freedom by Solar Space

Ian Cubitt's Classic Home Improvements have released the new Solar Space Frameless Awning System into their range of awnings.
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Domain

Extensions which work

Products and services: Classic Home Improvements is renowned for its stunning range of ground floor extensions and home renovations.
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