Top 10 DIY Home Improvements for Home Sellers
Home Staging, once again, leads the list of home improvement projects with an almost 300% return on investment. Increase a home’s resale value with staging, the key to selling success. The following is reprinted from HomeGain’s most recent survey. (HomeGain is a US site that offers free online services and resources to help make [...]
Continue Reading →Top 10 Home Selling Tips for 2012
In the current stagnant real estate market there really is no excuse for vendors not to do their absolute best in preparing their property for sale. It is not good enough for sellers to be complacent and expect real estate agents to perform miracles. Home buyers have a smorgasbord of choice and they will not [...]
Continue Reading →How to Attract more Potential Buyers to your Front Door with a little Feng Shui
As a Professional Home Stager, I do love shifting the energy in homes from dark and gloomy to light, bright and happy. For many years I have been intuitively incorporating some of the principles of Feng Shui into my own renovations and into my clients homes. The simplest way to understand Feng Shui is to [...]
Continue Reading →I am a Home Therapist!!
Networking is an important part of promoting your business, especially when you are a micro business. I have established some great working relationships over the years and made some lasting friendships. It is a cost effective way to market your business, expand your knowledge and form strategic alliances with complementary businesses. I attended a great [...]
Continue Reading →The Nose, an Emotional Time Machine
I have a very holistic approach to home staging and anyone who has read my book “Sold for Top Dollar” will know I devote a chapter to appealing to all of the buyers 5 senses to enhance the emotional connection they may have with a home. I think the sense of smell is one of [...]
Continue Reading →30 day home makeover.
30 Day Home Makeover My local real estate agent, Jim, referred me to my latest project management client. The vendor Jeff had just accepted a new job in Sydney and had to relocate in 2 weeks. Jeff’s problem – he needed to sell his home and he needed to sell it fast! Jeff’s biggest problem [...]
Continue Reading →Give the Buyers What They Want When You Sell Your Home
I believe the essence of Home Staging is styling your home so you entice an emotional connection with the buyer. Obviously you want your home to appeal to a large amount of potential buyers but the reality is your home will appeal to a certain category of buyers. My motto for Houses to Impress is [...]
Continue Reading →Jenna and Josh lose the plot on The Block
Living room disaster this week for Josh and Jenna on The Block. After winning everything in the first few weeks Josh and Jenna totally lost the plot with the living room and hallway challenge. ‘Share accommodation for students” - that was the opinion of the The Block judges John McGrath and Neale Whitaker. Tacky, old [...]
Continue Reading →Tips for A Successful “Cosmetic” Renovation in Adelaide
I started doing renovations in Adelaide in early 2005 when I bought my first derelict house at Auction in Elizabeth Downs. The flooring had been water damaged, it needed painting from top to bottom, the whole kitchen was missing and the back garden was a jungle. Although the house definitely needed some tender loving care [...]
Continue Reading →Good news and Bads news from the Property Professor
Australia’s Property Professor delivers both the The Good News and Bad News The latest issue of Australian Property Investor magazine has hit the stands and in this issue it unveils its fifth Hot 100 list of suburbs set for property price growth in 2011 and beyond. The Property Professor, Peter Koulizos, is also featured this [...]
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