If your power bill is eye-wateringly high even in summer, check your lightbulbs. If you’re still lighting your home with halogen or incandescent bulbs, they could account for up to 40 percent of your monthly power bill.

When it comes to renovating rental properties, landlords need to ensure that any changes to a property will meet Healthy Homes Standards requirements. As well as ensuring the property is compliant, landlords also have administrative requirements to record and provide documentation to prove these Standards have been met.

Moisture and condensation in your home can cause a range of problems for you and your family. Dampness is the perfect breeding ground for mould, which is harmful to your health and highly damaging to the structure of your home itself.

Insulation, ventilation, moisture ingress and drainage, heating, and draught stopping are five things that have occupied the minds of most rental property owners and tenants. But what happens when a property isn’t compliant with the Healthy Home Standards? Many landlords could be left open to hefty financial penalties if they don’t comply or aren’t aware of what they could potentially be stung with.