Appearances

Archicentre’s seminar on the Ten Things You Should Know About Renovating Before You Begin, has a couple of extra things added when I join them as a guest presenter. In this episode, some advice about the contract and choosing a builder.

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This week I was back on 91.1FM. Today’s topic was some advice on creating a design concept.
(The bag-of-a-fag-pack cost assessment is a critical first step though…) You can have a listen here.

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The last instalment on RealEstate radio also went unrecorded - because I forgot to press ‘record’. (Blonde moment!) However it was all about the missing third step from last time. Here’s roughly what we covered.
In the three budgeting steps we looked at before you worked out what you wanted and roughly how much that would [...]

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Each fortnight I’m joining Sami and the gang on Radio Real Estate on Hot 91.1FM. Sami, Dan from Ray White, Rob from Adenbrook Homes and me, are taking a journey through The Renovator’s Survival Guide - picking out the very top tips.
In the second interview we talked about how to set a budget - unfortunately [...]

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Yep, you could accuse me of being like a dog with a bone. While I was tickled to see the comments on ABC’s Unleashed site over the weekend I was disappointed that people couldn’t see it as a way of killing two birds with one stone.
Here’s one argument:

According to the National Greenhouse Accounts the residential [...]

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Earlier in the week I wrote a piece on ABC’s Unleashed about why Kevin Rudd should introduce a Home Renovation Tax Credit. Boy, did that post draw the crabs! I don’t think I made one key point clearly enough.
The suggestion of a Home Renovation Tax Credit is borne out of my frustration with the futility [...]

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Each fortnight I’m joining Sami and the gang on Radio Real Estate on Hot 91.1FM. Sami, Dan from Ray White, Rob from Adenbrook Homes and me, are taking a journey through The Renovator’s Survival Guide - picking out the very top tips.
Listen to this episode where we discuss the top three problems to avoid.

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Australian Property Investor magazine continues its Reno Guide series. This month, it’s Part 5 - dealing with the outside room.  The Reno Kings’ Geoff Doidge and Archicentre’s Robert Caulfield are quoted and I gave some advice based on my years marketing bricks and pavers  -  I know a few things about patios, decks and courtyards! [...]

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Ok. I admit it. It takes a little more than 4 minutes to learn how to renovate for profit. If time is short though (and you don’t have my book yet - why not I ask??) then you could watch this A Current Affair report on what to do to make money renovating and of [...]

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