February 2012 | Newsletters

February 2012 News The Jewel Box GreenSmart & You - Building a New Home Did You Know? Design Highlight Testimonial Curious Quip	The Jewel Box We had the privilege of working with Schwabs in 2010 to coordinate bringing their dream home to life in Twin Waters. While doing so we affectionately tagged their creation 'the jewel box'. They simply went for the best of everything and the resulting gem really shines. Entrepreneurial business people, Schwabs are well versed in bringing their visions to fruition, and offering them to astute buyers. Having recently taken on two new businesses to polish up, they're reluctantly offering their home to the market. Call us if you'd like further information. See more photo's of this home >> "SEAMLESS INDOOR / OUTDOOR FLOW MAXIMISING SUNSHINE COAST LIFESTYLE"
	GreenSmart & You - Building a New Home. We all know it makes sense to 'go green' and be more sustainable. What does that mean to you, building a new home with Ryan Designer Homes? As HIA GreenSmart professionals, we can guide you in lessening your environmental footprint while partnering up to create a leading edge design you'll be thrilled to call home. Whether your priorities are to trim down energy and water bills, or reduce environmental stress and pollution, be assured it's possible. Collaborating with our team ensures you know the options (and ramifications of each) to best suit your wish list, block, and budget. Seven key GreenSmart areas we address from the design stage, through building: Energy Management – Both environmental (building for prevailing breezes and seasonal sunshine patterns), and man-made (appliances to minimise demand for power and resource use). Water Management – Making the most of natural water supplies, providing solutions for water recycling, and suggestions of efficient water associated appliances. Healthier Home Environment – Naturally ensuring fresh air flow, as well as monitoring building materials for manufacturing residue. Material Selection – Selecting materials to reduce environmental impact and waste up to and during construction, as well as throughout the lifetime of the products. Liveable Design – Planning your home with professional eyes to ensure pathways, entrances, service areas, internal flow between rooms, and parking, are streamlined to maximise usability as well as pleasure. Landscaping – Planning outdoor areas with consideration of water need and use, and potentials for a garden for household consumption and recycling. Site Management – Professional on-site management ensures minimal community disruption from site-works and building materials. From simply keeping a clean building site, to managing resources and waste materials generated and removed, efficient practices are in place. Building smart begins with smart design. Let's team up and design and build a stunning environmentally friendly, comfortable and cost efficient home for you.	DESIGN HIGHLIGHT A great way to jazz up your home, especially if you are a fan of creative design and fun words, is try and incorporate the latest must haves... typography accents. These pieces will suit most decorating styles... Liven up your sofa by tossing on a cushion, also acts as a nice gentle reminder for the day! Turn a wise word into ART and liven up your bookcase. Favourite places... printed onto canvas, can create interest and a focal point on a bare wall. Ask us how... we can help jazz up your favourite piece of furniture or introduce a focal point to a wall in your new Ryan Designer Home.
	Did You Know? We spotted some interesting research info (thanks to Morgan Research) on Sunshine Coast residents. We thought you might find these facts fun too. 47% of the Sunshine Coast population are 50 years or older Three quarters of residents have been away on holidays within the past 12 months 35% own a dog or cat and 4% own both (Ryan Designer Homes have Misty, ready to spread smiles if you want to share a pat) 46% of people here on the coast keep up to date with ideas to improve their homes (Ryan Designer Homes are doing our share in this category too!)

	Testimonial - February 2012 After looking at the property market for quite some time without being able to find a company who had our vision, and no plans that caught our eye to achieve a wow factor, we decided to design and build our first property in Australia. This was when Cathy Campbell from Ryan Designer stepped in. She calmly listened to our frustrations, what we had in mind, what we wanted to achieve and then she worked with us to create a working proposal and got the appropriate wheels in motion. Ryan's architect listened intently to our brief and most importantly delivered plans that met our budget. By going through the design and build process with Ryan's, we achieved a home designed specifically to our specifications and lifestyle. Ryan's architect worked with our ideas and translated them into visual concepts and nailed it. Read Schwab's full testimonial >> Dave &Michelle Schwab, Sunshine Coast

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