Learn Cherie Barber’s steps on how you can tile like a professional right here. In this video you’ll learn: A checklist on what you need to be able to tile When to waterproof and who can waterproof The steps on how to tile splash backs, walls and floors TRANSCRIPTION [00:00:09] I’ve been a professional renovator…
A kitchen is one of the two key rooms that can add the most value to any property. And also one of the rooms where a lot of amateur DIY mistakes are made. In the video below, I teach you how to project manage each stage of your complete kitchen’s renovation (and how to avoid costly…
Want a kitchen straight out of your favourite interior mag without the designer price tag? With clever ideas and careful project management, it’s possible to have it all. Your kitchen is one of the most critical rooms in your property for adding value, hence the need to get everything right – from your initial idea,…
How to renovate a whole house the right way, is a popular question. This is one of my investment properties in Sydney’s west, in a suburb that demonstrated great capital growth potential when I purchased in August 2016 – and has continued to gain in value. Importantly, this was the kind of rough diamond…
Dreaming of a dual income property? You’re not alone! Whether it’s a duplex, granny flat, or dual occupancy new build, having two income streams is a fast way to pay down debt and get to that all-important goal of owning your property outright for a passive income, when you need it later in life. When…
Few people have the luxury of an unlimited budget when it comes time to overhaul their kitchen – traditionally one of the most trade-intensive and hence expensive rooms to renovate. For a total strip out and fit out, labour costs can spiral out of control once you’ve factored in a plumber, sparkie, carpenter, labourer, tiler……
A kitchen reno can blow a giant hole in your overall project budget. They’re tricky to get right and you can be easily seduced into spending big! Most Aussie’s spend $10-15K on a kitchen renovation and top end designs can cost up to $50K. But there is a way to slash your budget and get a designer…
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…
So, what’s the correct order in which to approach a kitchen renovation? It’s one of the most expensive rooms in the house to renovate (up there with bathroom renovating), so if you’ve decided to project manage your kitchen reno and bring in the various trades, be sure you’re up to the challenge. Every renovation project…
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…