Enduring an Australian winter is no hardship compared with those in America or Europe, but you can deploy a few strategies from the Northern Hemisphere that will keep the chill from your home. The Danes have a reputation for handling the harshest of winters with an approach to homemaking called hygge that repels the worst…
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Whether you’re buying, selling or just keeping a keen eye on the property market, you’ll be watching out for signs that indicate our stellar price growth is about to level off. We haven’t seen such buyer exuberance since the late 80s, and even the most optimistic property expert knows the market will find its new…
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Downsizing your life can be incredibly liberating, but you can only achieve it by shedding many of the possessions that you’ve accumulated over a lifetime. Living with fewer responsibilities is the goal of many who decide to downsize once their children have grown up and there’s no need to maintain a family home. Downsizing can…
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Selecting a property manager to look after an investment property can make the difference between a good and bad experience as a landlord. Whether you’re investing in your tenth property or your first, the search for a great property manager requires due diligence and the discipline to get into the nitty-gritty of the kinds of…
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Preparing your home for sale can feel like an overwhelming task that you’ll need to jam in between all the other demands and activities life throws at you like work and family commitments. Careful assessment and planning, identified with the help of your agent, can help ease the stress and take away any uncertainty of…
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When it comes to renovating your home, you can’t beat experience. If you’ve ripped and replaced a kitchen, or asked a builder to take a sledgehammer to a bathroom, you’ll have benefitted from the many lessons these moments offer, as well as picking up a few scars along the way. If you’ve never commissioned a…
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As anyone who’s completed a bathroom renovation will tell you, the most significant influence on design is the humble bathtub. Because of its size, its placement will dictate where other elements, such as the vanity, shower and toilet, can be installed. If you’re dealing with a tight space, you should consider combining a bath and…
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Owning a holiday home that you can rent out as you work towards a tree-change or seachange are fabulous ambitions for those who have already invested in real estate. There’s no question that owning your own home can give you many life choices down the track, especially when the family has grown up and moved…
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The year is flying by and, as a landlord, there’s no wrong time for you to start thinking about preparing for the lodgements of your tax returns. This is means you should be gathering your paperwork right now and checking the residential rental properties area of the ATO website to see what you can claim…
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Preparing your home for sale can be a complex mixture of decision-making and multi-tasking the various projects that need to be done in a hurry. There’s no doubt some astute improvement to your home will significantly contribute to achieving a great sales price. The key to success is not the upgrades you’ve chosen to undertake…
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