what do u do for your improvements of your home?

We have already made improvements to our house which entailed my husband getting a second job so we could pay for it! Our home was a small three bedroom with one bathroom and a relatively large back yard. We decided to add to the back of the house a lounge room, master bedroom with adjoining bathroom and toilet. It was completed five years ago and my husband is back to working just one job. It was a sacrifice worth making we think!

If I were to change something in my house, I would tend towards the eco-friendly and conserving power, maybe I would install solar power on some sectons of the house or some kind of wind turbine, also I would add more trees and add more vegetable to our garden to make it self reliant. I would also construct rain collectors or rain barrels to conserve water.

I have not done much home improvement. There are lots of ideas in my mind, but considering the finances I put forth it. Some day I want to have solar system in which I can have at least two lights and two fans with the power of solar energy so that I can save electricity and also save electricity bills. I like to have rainwater harvesting system so that I can save some water also. I like eco friendly houses and some day hope to make ecofriendly in my house.

I will be moving into a new house soon. It is in a housing estate and all the houses are uniformed. Before I move in I would want to do some renovations to extend the balcony as I like to spend my time reading while sipping hot coffee in a balcony. I will hire a good interior decorator to make my house a comfortable home.

I'm not sure exactly whether you wish to discuss minor renovations, which I've been doing this past couple of years, or major renovations or a whole re-build? If I had the opportunity, I'd bulldoze the lot down & just keep the foundations, which should be OK still, as it was only built in 1992 (by dodgy brothers inc. aka AV Jennings!). I used to like the idea of a double-brick structure, as I absolutely can't stand steel & timber frames get eaten by termites & super-mites. But I reckon these days I'd go for building with strawbales or even hemp, which came up in a recent discussion by RawBill1. It's very possible to design homes these days in such a way, in this climate, to never need heating nor cooling. I'd like to let as much sunlight in as possible too via skylights. Then I'd slap on a few coats of that photovoltaic paint, so I could just literally plug an appliance into the wall when it was bright enough & run the whole show for free! I've been to lots of sustainable housing expos & walkthroughs over the years & it is good to see so many taking advantage of the various ways we can now affordably live by independant means.