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Louise Woodcroft flew west for work, found a regional market most buyers were ignoring, and turned a tired house into a sold one in a single summer, doing most of...
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Cliff Street was a house we already owned. It was tired, tenanted and in the wrong spot, and we did not want another project. Here is how we ran the...
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The agent listed it as a knockdown rebuild. Kristy Tillman restumped it, kept the old miner's cottage at the back, and gave it a name.
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The original single-front Edwardian, restored and reclad in Hardie Linea Weatherboards. For DevelopHer Elise Weavers and her partner Sam, renovating homes is more than a passion. It is how they...
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The front, reclad in Linea and painted warm white, with the original red brick porch piers rebuilt from salvaged chimney bricks. When Kate and Sam Townsend got the keys to...
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Dianne Kovacevic had unconditional approval when the bank pulled her construction loan. The costs, the lessons and the finance most first developers get wrong.
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Elise Weavers is days away from finishing her third renovation: a single fronted Melbourne terrace on 370 square metres, with a heritage facade at the street and a light filled...
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There is a moment in almost every project where the spreadsheet says one thing and your stomach says another. The feasibility stacks up. The comparable sales are there. On paper,...
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There is a moment most women hit in property where things start to feel… a little stuck. You have the ambition, you are spotting opportunities, you might even have equity...
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If you have ever fallen down the Pinterest or Instagram rabbit hole saving kitchens, bathrooms and tiles like a woman possessed… only to come up for air with 47 different...
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How to move from gut-feel property decisions to confident, strategic ones. There is a moment in almost every property journey where excitement tries to take over. You find “the...
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One of the most common questions we hear? “If I love design… what should I actually study?” Interior design? Architecture? Construction? A short course? A degree? Here we unpack the...
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Over the past few weeks, I’ve had 172 conversations with women who want to renovate or develop property. Some were excited. Some were overwhelmed. Some were convinced they couldn’t get...
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