Renovation

Halcyon times for star renovation trio

22/10/2025Naya

It has been a busy summer break for the team at Three Birds Renovations. Source: Supplied

It has been a busy summer break for the talented Three Birds Renovations team of Lana Taylor, Bonnie Hindmarsh and Erin Cayless.

Their top priority was to finish – and film – the luxury Glenhaven home renovation of Erin and her husband Nathan Cayless, the Parramatta Eels NSW Cup coach.

The Cayless family bought the five-bedroom, four-bathroom Binet home on 2200sq m in late 2020 for $2,715,000.

“Often things take me a little bit longer than the other girls,” Erin confessed.

But husband Nathan

Victoria High School reopens after 4-year renovation, seismic upgrades

21/10/2025Naya

On Friday, for the first time in almost four years, students once again filled the halls of Victoria High School.

“It’s our orientation day so we’re mostly just touring the school,” said Briar Gotro, a Grade 12 student at Victoria High School.

The renovation added capacity for 200 more students up from 800. It was budgeted for $80 million and students were supposed to return in February.

The school has been seismically upgraded and comes with a new neighborhood learning center and a turf playing field.

“There’s still a lot of history in it,” said Yoshiko Oike, Grade 12 student

St. Paul’s Senior Services cuts ribbon on apartment building after $20 million renovation

20/10/2025Naya

St. Paul’s Senior Services held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday to mark the official reopening of the Manor on Bankers Hill, a senior living building that recently underwent a $20 million renovation.

The Manor, which opened in 1960 and has 135 apartments, is largely home to senior residents who are middle income. Sometimes referred to as the “hidden middle,” those in the demographic often can neither afford expensive retirement homes nor qualify for government subsidies to help cover housing costs.

With the rising cost of living in San Diego County, many middle-income seniors struggle to find safe housing they can afford.

Fire at club under renovation in Istanbul kills at least 29

19/10/2025Naya

ISTANBUL — A fire engulfed a popular Istanbul nightclub Tuesday during renovations, trapping workers and employees inside and killing at least 29 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning.

One person was being treated at a hospital with serious injuries, the Istanbul governor’s office said in a statement.

The Masquerade nightclub, which was closed for renovations, was located on the ground and basement floors of a 16-story residential building in the Besiktas district on the European side of the city bisected by the Bosphorus Strait.

The fire reached the third floor

Unregistered builder told to stop work after Wellington council finds Loch Sport renovation full of defects

18/10/2025Naya

After spending almost $70,000 on home renovations, a young family in eastern Victoria may have to demolish their dream house.

Virgil Tirris and his partner, Izabela Kupniewska, bought the property in coastal Loch Sport in February 2022 and soon after

Broadway Central Market to undergo renovation

17/10/2025Naya

SAN ANTONIO – Broadway’s Central Market is set to undergo a significant renovation, expected to modernize and refresh the store.

The company expects to complete the work in two phases. The plans include a façade refresh, parking lot improvements and a complete interior remodel.

The grocer has operated under the Central Market moniker since 1999; before the store was first opened as an HEB in 1951.

In a Tuesday news release, HEB said that specific details are still being developed as plans still need approval by the City of Alamo Heights.

The project’s first phase, announced last year, includes updates

CNBC completes renovation of its main studio

16/10/2025Naya

CNBC recently completed a major renovation of its largest studio, Studio A, a 7,000-square-foot space, reports Dak Dillon of NewscastStudio.

Dillon reports, “Studio A launched in 2003 with the network’s move from Fort Lee to Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and is an iconic piece of the network’s on-air identity, given its location adjacent to the CNBC newsroom.

“’It was really a very deep collaboration with the Art Department. It’s the deepest collaboration we’ve ever had,’ said Steve Fastook, CNBC, SVP, technical and commercial operations. ‘It is going to give us the ability to make our talent pop, the set colors

Concerns about rent increases after Montreal tenants sign renovation agreement

15/10/2025Naya

For 29 years, Muguette Payette has lived at her studio apartment in downtown Montreal. She never thought she would have to leave.

“If I don’t have an apartment, a decent apartment, what am I going to do? I’m going to be outside on the street,” Payette told CTV News.

Recently, a new landlord purchased her building and the adjacent one on Fort Street. Shortly after, Payette says she met with two employees from the company that owns the building, and they offered her a deal.

“They came here and they said, ‘Well, you know, it’s better for your security to