One of the best strategies to maximize the value of your home once it’s on the market is to “stage” it. Staging a home involves removing most if not all of your furniture and replacing it with pieces that are selected to show off all the attributes of your home. You can hire a specialist…
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Bushfire season is upon us once again, and it’s timely to remind ourselves of the precautions we can take to make our homes safe, whether we’re living in regional areas or city bushland. Gumtrees on the doorstep are not the only danger. Grasslands within built-up areas, especially those that edge housing estates, represent a significant…
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Investors will likely enjoy 2022 on the back of the most optimistic outlook for rental incomes since 2008. Rents nationally averaged an increase of almost 10% last year despite a Covid roller-coaster ride on which many city apartments sat empty after students and non-citizens headed home because of the pandemic. While gazing into the crystal…
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It may not be one of your New Year’s resolutions (and how are they going, by the way?) but you’ll likely lift a paintbrush in anger before 2022 is finished. There’s always one room in your home that needs a little more attention than the others, or you want to change its purpose. Perhaps you…
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Crystal-ball gazing is always fun at this time of the year, but the 2022 property market is so tricky to predict that we should first contemplate the runaway success of the previous 12 months. Our homes have all risen dramatically in value. Last year, they were being snapped up within 23 days on average, and…
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If you watched property prices rise more than 20% across the nation last year, you’d surely be wondering whether this increase in values can continue at such an incredible pace. Reading the tea leaves for the 2022 property market, it’s hard for even an experienced real estate agent to believe history can be repeated. But…
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Whether you’ve just moved into a new home, are preparing to put your property on the market, or want to freshen up the place after staring at the walls during the pandemic, finding time to redecorate is expected to be a big priority for many of us in 2022. To inspire your thinking, here are…
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In the current property market, it’s not unusual for owners to suffer a little price envy, having seen their neighbours achieve an excellent sales result for their home. With national values rising at their fastest rate since the 1980s, there will always be occasions when houses and apartments far exceed price expectations. And yes, it…
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It’s always fun to know which colours are the most fashionable when you decide it’s time to decorate. Whether you’ve just bought a new home and want to put your stamp on it, or you’re preparing to sell your home, having a contemporary colour scheme gives your home a modern look and feel. So before…
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Worries about the amount of work involved or a fear of making bad design choices often makes many homeowners too anxious to take on large-scale projects that can improve your lifestyle and add value to your property. Updating a kitchen is one of those projects with a lot at stake. This is where the family…
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