Archicentre Newsbreak
16 February 2009
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Who has the most influence over the decision to
purchase a property - men, women or a joint
decision?
The onging
poll says men have less than 10% involvement, with
women having 60% and joint decions being at 30%.
Check the latest
figures.
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Archicentre
Free Seminars UPDATE
FULL
LISTING NOW ONLINE
The Seminars continue on Wednesday 18th
February 2009 in South Australia with
Sustainable Homes - Water and in other
States from Monday 23rd February 2009.
Seminar 1 Sustainability -
Ten Things You Should Know about Building in a
Changing ClimateArchicentre has updated
this Sustainability seminar to include a section on
building in bushfire areas. The seminar will also cover
why houses are cracking, what people can do to save
water and energy, discuss alternative construction
techniques, showcase a recent sustainable building
project and take questions from the
audience. Click here for
seminar details and
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| J For Jobs Tradesmen's
Service |
Archicentre
has launched a new web based service for Australian
homes owners to find quality tradespeople as part of its
national J For Jobs program to encourage employment in
the building industry.
The
need for this service was identified as a result of the
thousands of property inspections undertaken by
Archicentre each year. Archicentre have now teamed up
with Service Central, one of
Australia's leading suppliers of trade services.
Each
Archicentre property inspection report contains detailed
information on the property's defects and what actions
need to be undertaken to rectify the
issues.
Archicentre has identified that it was
often difficult for homeowners to find pre qualified
tradespeople to undertake these works which could range
from major renovations to smaller plumbing, painting and
maintenance repairs.
Partnering
with Service Central helps overcome
this issue by making it easy for consumers to find local
tradespeople and obtain professional quotes from which
they can make an informed decision.
Rather than trawling through the
telephone book trying to find tradespeople, homeowners
can now post a job request through the Archicentre
website and the tradespeople that want the job will call
them back.
Service Central's powerful matchmaking
software pinpoints the right tradespeople for the
job and arranges for the tradespeople that are available
to contact the homeowner.
With a network of over
3,500 pre qualified tradespeople Service Central is at
the forefront of delivering quality home improvement
services to consumers.
The
J For Jobs Tradesmen's
Service is available now through
http://www.archicentre.com.au/html/home_repairs.php
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