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Renovation

Renovating with Children

by Nathan on November 18, 2009

in Renovation

Renovating with ChildrenThis entry was kindly contributed by a member of the Talking Property community. If you are interested in contributing an article that would be of interest to our readers then please contact us.

Those who have children and have renovated with them on site, will know how much of a learning experience it can be, not only for them but also for you as parents ! Kids love the experience. There is so much for them to explore, watch, people to talk to, things to learn, it’s like a huge playground. They love it. They are in their element. Well, all this depends on the child of course…sometimes they love it for an hour or so then spend the next several hours asking to go home ! [click to read more…]

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Bowden RenovationIt’s Debbie back again ready to share the next part of the journey. As mentioned before, this renovation is a big job.

I’ll begin to address some of the issues we came across, it may take a few episodes to tell you all about it but stay tuned and we will not disappoint! 

Budget & Timeframe

This property was purchased with the strategy to renovate and sell.

Since we settled the property with private funds, the plan was to get the renovation completed within 3 months; market for about 6 weeks and settlement another 6 weeks.

Trouble with renovations, particularly on really old places is that when things go wrong they can go really wrong. [click to read more…]

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Do quality tradespeople exist?

October 14, 2009

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Do quality tradespeople exist?
This is the question often on everybody’s mind when sitting around home or an investment property, waiting for a tradie [...]

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Real Reno Series – Bowden Part 1 Purchase through to Settlement

October 10, 2009

I thought I would share our latest renovation project with you. I have to say “latest” quickly because we have another property settling in a couple of weeks.
My husband Chris and I will jointly manage this project. Seems like we have very different ways of going about the same business – so better let him [...]

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