G Gardens

Keeping our gardens healthy and looking good through the current drought is no easy task, but there are some basic things you can do to help them. I caught up with Mary Ann Mein, one of the Horticulturists at Thomson’s Garden Centre to get a few tips and other information that we hope will help our readers.

A - Z Of Home ImprovementBob Holland4 March 2020Orange City LifeGardens, Home ImprovementsComment

Play it safe with trees

Most of us would be aware of the damage that falling trees or tree limbs can do. We’ve all seen a fallen tree or tree branch at one time or another during our lives, just last week I was driving down Woodward Street and saw a branch fall from a tree just missing a passing car

Property NewsBob Holland12 February 2020Orange City LifeTrees, Property, SafetyComment

Now’s not the time to be complacent with water

Orange’s current water situation was a topic of discussion at last week’s Council meeting. One Councillor mentioned that a lot of people in the community were unclear as to what the real situation is, and also what Level 5 Water Restrictions actually require of people

Property NewsBob Holland1 November 2019Orange City LifeWater, CouncilComment

Mixing it with the big boys

The Real Estate Industry is extremely well serviced by the media industry and rightly so, real estate advertising accounts for a huge slice of overall advertising revenue.

Property NewsBob Holland18 September 2019Orange City LifeOrange Property MarketComment

How to get the best out of our Council

Orange City Council - love them or hate them, we simply can't avoid them. Are they doing a good job? Maybe. Can they do better? Probably. Should we be doing more to help them serve us better? Most definitely.

Property NewsBob Holland6 September 2019Orange City LifeCouncilComment

Home insurance – it pays to ask!

I had an experience last week that I thought was worth sharing with our readers.

Property NewsBob Holland28 August 2019Orange City LifeInsuranceComment

How the Real Estate Industry has changed

According to long standing local Real Estate agent Gary Blowes, the biggest changes he's seen in the industry during his 45 years in the Real Estate game have been in the areas of reputation and mentoring

Property NewsBob Holland23 August 2019Orange City LifeReal EstateComment

ARPM provides insight and motivation

Some of the team from Orange Real Estate recently attended the Australian Real Estate Property Management 2019 Conference (ARPM) held at the Hyatt Regency in Sydney over August 4 and 5

Property NewsBob Holland16 August 2019Orange City LifeReal EstateComment