Blooming And Bold: One more reason for the bee in the bonnet

Blooming and Bold

Without the buzzards and bees

Where would we bee?

A blog by Nicolle Kuna

A blog about sustainable landscaping and some eco-humour and eco-creativity.

Inside this blog we look at everything that is encroaching in to our natural urban landscapes – outdoor rooms (errchkem), weeds, urban noise, excess nutrientsThere’s a bit of art to add extra colour and inspiration. We believe in making sustainability fun - more gaming, less shaming.

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To contact us – go to the contact us page http://www.converseconserve.com as the contact facility on this blog has been giving us mischief.

Attribution for above garden design goes to

Andrew Jones, talented artist and designer.

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Thursday 1 September 2011

One more reason for the bee in the bonnet

Another reason for having a bee in my bonnet about outdoor rooms (especially those which occupy most of the garden!) is :

Their COST. An outdoor room can cost in the order of $50,000 to $80,000.

Bearing some resemblance to bee in bonnet

Now in these days of housing unaffordability in Australia where prices are at an all time high, we must consider whether it is economically sustainable to invest further in our homes. How sustainable is it to to add value to house prices, when prices are levelling out and in some areas coming down? (And you can take it from me, as one of my jobs is a facilitator of financial literacy workshops!)

Householders need to look at whether they will ever recoup the investment of an outdoor room, especially in areas where prices are already overly-inflated.

For more reasons, for my 'bee in the bonnet' pardon the pun, go to my first blog of 22/6/11.

Blooming And Bold