Learn directly from Australia’s leading renovation expert, Cherie Barber. With 117 renovation projects under her belt and counting, she shares with you below just some of the steps to success that are the foundation of her sought after renovation course, Cosmetic Renovations For Profit.
This week marks a particularly personal milestone: the launch of my very first book, Renovating For Profit, and upcoming Australian book tour. It’s been a long time coming, but let’s just say I’ve been riding the renovation rollercoaster for close to three decades, and it took a lot of prodding and procrastination for me to finally pour some of…
Homeowners, Janet and Fred bought this western Sydney home in 2016, with the aim of building a property portfolio for long term wealth accumulation. The couple deliberately purchased an “un-renovated” property so that they could do a cosmetic renovation and add instant equity and rental yield to the property. On completion of the renovation, they…
Asbestos could be anywhere, and you need to be aware! Especially for renovators, the risks need to be understood. Australia was among the highest consumers of asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) in the world. Multiple products still lie hidden in one-third of Aussie homes built or renovated before 1987 including brick, weatherboard, fibro, clad homes, flats, and…
With the average kitchen renovation conservatively estimated at between $10,000 to $15,000, you can appreciate the challenge of gutting and replacing this old-timer on a budget of roughly $5000. But that’s the reality of TV renovating for my slot on The Living Room – time and money are always stretched to the limit. The kitchen…
Homeowner, Lauren purchased this unrenovated two bedroom apartment approximately eight years ago. She lived in it for a number of years before deciding to relocate elsewhere to a house with more space. Since moving out, Lauren’s also had a stream of tenants moving in and out. With her latest round of tenants gone, she’s decided…
Homeowners, Jaclyn and Michael are ready to sell. They’ve lived in this home for close to 10 years and have plans in place to upgrade to a better house in a different location. History has been very kind to them through capital growth, giving them much needed equity. But before they make the big move,…
In this renovation, expert renovator, Cherie Barber, takes hold of her paint brush and rollers, to teach one of her younger sisters, Jeneane, (and the rest of Australia too) how to transform a kitchen on a modest budget of just $2,000, in 2 days, with just 2 people. The old kitchen is in an investment…
THE STORY: Top Renovator, Cherie Barber is challenged with updating a drab, dated 1970’s bathroom that’s seen better days. Home owner Abhishek Sharma has just purchased this investment property and has a budget of only $2,500, all said and done, to transform his bathroom space. Whilst the bathroom is currently functional, the bathroom lacks any…
Top renovator, Cherie Barber, tackles one of her most ambitious projects to date, a structural renovation that completely reinvents the interior of this three-bedroom house to create a seamless flow between the living areas and the outdoors. In a topsy-turvy 9 days, bedrooms are reshuffled, walls moved and a new open-plan rear living area emerges,…
THE STORY: Vicki and Mark have been living in their Hervey Bay home, which they purchased a year ago with the intention to fix up and live in for 2 – 3 years then eventually on sell. Currently a 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom home, they hoped to be able to turn it into a 5…