Get It Right with Undercover Architect
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Get It Right with Undercover Architect
If we haven’t met before, I’m Amelia Lee, the architect behind Undercover Architect: an online business to help and teach homeowners like you how to get it right when designing, building and renovating your home. Undercover Architect is all about giving you access to the industry knowledge and insig...
Recent Episodes
417 episodes
44 Ways #14: Use Renewable Energy to Supply Your (Reduced) Energy Needs
Hello! This is Episode 414. This is Way #14 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series. And this episode completes Section Three: Sustainab...
44 Ways #13: Select an Efficient Hot Water Unit and Get the Plumbing Layout Right
Hello! This is Episode 413. This is Way #13 of the ‘44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home’ series. And we’re still in Section Three: Sustainable Ser...
44 Ways #12: Store and Reuse Water for Greater Water Saving
Hello! This is Episode 412. This is Way #12 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series. We’re continuing through Section Three: Sustainable...
44 Ways #11: Reduce Your Water Use In and Around Your Home
Hello! This is Episode 411. This is Way #11 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series. We’re continuing through Section Three: Sustainable...
44 Ways #10: Reduce Your Energy Use Through Your Selections
Hello! This is Episode 410. This is Way #10 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series. And with this episode, we also begin Section Three:...
44 Ways #09: Improve Your Indoor Air Quality
Hello! This is Episode 409. This is Way #9 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series. This episode also closes out Section Two: Sustainabl...
44 Ways #08: Future Proof Your Design with Accessibility
Hello! This is Episode 408. This is Way #8 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series. We are in Section Two: Sustainable Design Strategies...
44 Ways #07: Create an Efficient Structural Design, Collaboratively
Hello! This is Episode 407. This is Way #7 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series, and we are continuing through Section Two: Sustainab...
44 Ways #06: Choose an Aligned Team
Hello! This is Episode 406. This is Way #6 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series, and the second episode of Section Two: Sustainable D...
44 Ways #05: Design a Smaller (Smarter) Home
Hello! This is Episode 405. This is the first episode of Section Two of the 44 Ways to Create a Sustainable Home series.
Section One, which we c...
44 Ways #04: Know Your Climate Zone
Hello! This is Episode 404. This is Way #4 in the ‘44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home’ series. It’s also the last episode of Section One, which t...
44 Ways #03: Naturally Heat + Cool Your Home
Hello! This is Episode 403. This is Way #3 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series.
Over the last two episodes, we have discussed...
44 Ways #02: Design for the Breezes + Wind at Your Site
Hello! This is Episode 402. This is Way #2 of the 44 Ways to Create Your Sustainable Home series.
In Episode 401 we covered orientation, and und...
44 Ways #01: Design Your Future Home for the Orientation of Your Site
Hello! This is Episode 401. And we are beginning something on the podcast that I’m really looking forward to sharing with you, especially if you’re wa...
400 Conversations Later: What Many Homeowners Don’t Know About Building and Renovating When They Begin
Hello! This is Episode 400 - can you believe it? How exciting! And so I want to take the opportunity to celebrate a little, and share something a litt...
Project Confidence, Interior Selections and Build Lessons: Update with Jan and Landon
Hello! This is Episode 399, and in it, I’m continuing my conversation with HOME Method members Jan and Landon, who are building a new home and granny...
Passive House Build in Action: Construction Update with Jan and Landon
Hello! This is Episode 398, and in it, I’m speaking with HOME Method members Jan and Landon, who are back to share an incredibly exciting construction...
How to Stage Your Renovation or New Build Project
Hello! This is Episode 397, and in it, I’m going to talk about staging your project. Whether you’re building new or renovating, for a range of reasons...
Should I Renovate, Extend, or Knock Down and Rebuild? Feasibility Studies Explained.
Hello! This is Episode 396, and I want to talk about something that comes up at the very beginning of almost every project I hear about.
It usua...
How to Enjoy Your Renovation Process and Keep It on Track, with Tanya
Hello! This is Episode 395, and this is Part 2 of my conversation with HOME Method member, Tanya, about the renovation of their Melbourne home that th...
How to Plan a Great Renovation from the Start, with Tanya
Hello! This is Episode 394, and in it, I’m talking with HOME Method member, Tanya. Tanya lives with her husband and daughter in Melbourne. They worked...
Why “Small Renovations” Often Go Wrong (And How to Avoid the Most Common Traps)
Hello! This is Episode 393, and in this episode, I want to talk about one of the most common and most misleading phrases I hear homeowners use when th...
Lessons from a New Build: Budget, Solar Shading and Teamwork, with Michael
Hello, this is Episode 392, and this is Part 2 of my conversation with HOME Method member, Michael, about his recently completed new build in regional...
New Build Update: From Lock Up to Handover and Moving In, with Michael
Hello, this is Episode 391, and in this episode, I’m welcoming back HOME Method member, Michael, to share an update on his new build journey. Now the...
The Real Reason You Feel Overwhelmed Building or Renovating: The Four Stages of Competence
Hello! This is Episode 390, and I want to give you a framework that will help you understand why you can feel so unsure as you navigate the world of r...
Start Here: Before You Spend Your Money [Part 5]
Hello! And welcome to Episode 389.
Once a project starts to feel real, money often becomes the loudest voice in the room.
This episode is...
Start Here: Before You Dive Down a Research Rabbit-Hole [Part 4]
Hello! And welcome to Episode 388.
Once you’ve decided that you really are going to renovate or build, something shifts. The dreaming phase star...
Start Here: Before You Talk to Builders or Designers [Part 3]
Hello! This is Episode 387.
At some point early in a project, many homeowners often reach the same conclusion:
“If I can just find the rig...
Start Here: Before You Design Anything [Part 2]
Hello! And welcome to Episode 386.
So often I see homeowners, excited about their project, instinctively moving straight into design.
Th...
Start Here: How Every Project Really Unfolds [Part 1]
Hello! And welcome to Episode 385.
Most people think projects start with design or budgeting. They don’t. This episode introduces the four real...
Managing Construction Decisions, Budget and Communication, with Louise + Zane
Hello! This is Episode 384, and this is Part 2 of my conversation with HOME Method members, Louise and Zane. We’re catching up with them about their M...
Renovation Progress Update: From Design to Construction, with Louise + Zane
Hello! This is Episode 383, and in it, we’re getting an update from HOME Method members, Louise and Zane, about their renovation project. They’re curr...
Dimensions, Landscape Design and Navigating Construction, with Ben
Hello! This is Episode 382, and I am back with HOME Method member, Ben, as we continue following his renovation and extension journey, which is under...
From Plans to Frame Stage: Site Meetings and Working with Your Builder, with Ben
Hello! This is Episode 381, and I am joined once again by HOME Method member, Ben, to talk about what happens when your project finally moves from dra...
How to Enjoy Building a New Home, with Fionna and Ed
Hello! This is Episode 380, and it’s Part 4 of my conversation with Fionna and Ed, as they take us behind the scenes of their new build journey of the...
What Makes a Cost-Plus Contract Work: Scoping, Selections and Teamwork, with Fionna and Ed
Hello! This is Episode 379, and it’s Part 3 of my conversation with HOME Method members, Fionna and Ed, as they share their new build journey in Canbe...
Managing Budget, Design and Builder Selection for a New Build with Fionna and Ed
Hello! This is Episode 378, and it’s Part 2 of my conversation with HOME Method members Fionna and Ed, who are building a new home in Canberra on a ch...
How to Buy the Right Block and Build a New Home, with Fionna and Ed
Hello! This is Episode 377, and in it, I’m talking with HOME Method members Fionna and Ed. They’re based in Canberra, and are creating a beautiful, en...
Build: How to Make Confident, Clear Decisions when Renovating or Building
Hello! This is Episode 376, and it’s the final instalment in our 4-part mini-series on how to make confident, clear decisions in your project, across...
Pre-Build: How to Make Confident, Clear Decisions when Renovating or Building
Hello! This is Episode 375, and it’s the third instalment in our 4-part mini-series on how to make confident, clear decisions in your project, across...