Cherie’s Emu Plains Renovation

Larissa and her mother Wendy are wanting to renovate their old family home, which is currently owned by Larissa’s grandmother and Wendy’s mother. Unfortunately the house needs to be sold to pay for the continual nursing home costs where Larissa’s grandmother is currently residing. The […]

Cherie’s Eschol Park Renovation

THE STORY: Single mother, Livian has dreamt of becoming a renovator and is looking to cut her teeth on her own home in Eschol Park in Sydney’s south west. She’s renovating her home to boost the property value and feels confident with the interior modifications […]

Cherie’s Hervey Bay renovation

Vicki and Mark have been living in their Hervey Bay home since they purchased it a year ago with the intention of fixing it up, living there for a couple of years and then selling up. Currently a 3-bedroom, 1-bathroom home, they hoped to be […]

Cherie’s Meadowbank Renovation

THE STORY: High-school sweet hearts, Patrick and Stina, purchased their first property, a unit in Meadowbank NSW, in January 2015. With a new mortgage and a limited budget of only $5,000 to fix up the bathroom, the young couple called on expert renovator, Cherie Barber […]

A Seaside Renovation On A Budget

Mel and AJ are first time flippers doing their first renovation. They have grand plans to throw in their full-time jobs in order to spend more time with their son and enjoy life a bit more. They have bought a 3 bedroom un-renovated house in […]

Cherie’s Kingswood Renovation

THE STORY: It’s a stroll down memory lane this week for our RFP guru, Cherie Barber who heads back to her heartland, the suburb she grew up in! Not only is she happy to be back in the hood, but this week’s challenge is to […]

Cherie’s South Windsor Renovation

THE STORY: Cherie Barber takes on a mammoth project and converts a low earning single dwelling into a double dipping, high yield earning property for owners Selene & Wayne. When Cherie first assessed the property, she quickly determined that the main property was in dire […]

Cherie’s Blacktown Renovation No.2

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. […]

Renovating a kitchen on a $1000 budget

For this renovation, I was faced with a kitchen stuck in a 1970s time warp – and the challenge of giving it a quick cosmetic refresh for under $1,000.   On this kind of budget, paint and a lot of DIY is your best friend. Here’s […]