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 […]

Cherie’s Ermington bathroom renovation

This bathroom renovation was done on a $6,500 budget and in under a week – and delivered a $15,000 profit to the owner. The renovation strategy was to replace the dated bathroom, which had no toilet, with a brand new bathroom that had a toilet […]

Starting on the property ladder

Bondi buddies, Gavin and Tracy have bought in Blacktown, in Sydney’s west, to get their foot on the property ladder. With Cherie’s help all is going well until their neighbour throws a spanner in the works.  They learn he’s decided to put in a new fence […]

Cherie’s Lake Illawarra Renovation

THE STORY: Cherie Barber lends her expert skills to a couple who are planning a complete internal and external renovation on their newly purchased investment property.  What this couple lack is the funds for a complete overhaul and with cash running low, they’re in need […]

Cherie’s Altona Meadows Renovation

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, […]