House of Meaning Podcast
In each episode, we’ll share practical advice, design insights, and real stories to help you plan and build your dream sustainable home with confidence.
House of Meaning Podcast
Latest Episodes
Falling in Love With Heritage Homes: Alison Carlill and the Case for Restoration
The heritage homes that still stand in 2026 are not a random sample of what was built. They are the best of the best. The ones built with enough craft, enough care, and enough quality to outlast all others built at that time. That's what you're...
Why You Should NOT Build A Barely Legal Home
Walk into most Melbourne homes on a two-degree July morning and you will feel the problem immediately. A bit of plasterboard. A timber stud. Maybe some weatherboards on the outside. That's what separates an Australian family from the cold. As S...
Interior Design Mistakes That Stop Your House Feeling Like A Home, with Petrina Turner
They listed the house six months after renovating it, and of all the rooms the photographer chose to lead with, it was the one everybody had warned them was too bold. A tealy green vanity, marble Ming green fan tiles, wall to wall. It sold the ...
Renovation Optimism Is Costing Melbourne Homeowners Years of Their Lives
Seven years from first sketch to building contract. Two builder quotes on the same design, one at $900,000 and one at $1.8 million. A home designed, approved through council, and quietly shelved because it came back three times over budget. The...
Melbourne Heritage Homes: The Mysteries They Hold with Elio Sarpi
Most Melburnians have a saved search on realestate.com.au they will never act on. A terrace in Fitzroy. A cottage in West Melbourne. A Victorian on a street they drove down once and have not forgotten since. We do not just look at houses in thi...