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Are you looking at lighting up your real estate? The best interior design in the world is nothing without the right lighting, so it’s best to read up and make sure you’re making the most of your aesthetics! AMBIENT LIGHTING Ambient lighting is what you could consider your “standard” lighting. It is intended to provide…
There are a lot of eyes on the rental market and there is a lot of concern about rents going up, the low number of available properties and the long queue of prospective tenants in snakelike lines outside open houses. With this attention comes anxiety and when these three levers move in the wrong direction…
Presented by Snooze16 Feb 2023, 1:37pm Looking to level up your bedroom? Interior stylist Catherine Heraghty shares some of her go-to tricks for maximising your bedroom space. When it comes to your bedroom, it’s not the size of the space that matters — it’s how you use the space that counts. A less is more…
Cutting costs doesn’t necessarily mean cutting corners when it comes to sprucing up your home. Sprucing daggy tiles can be a cheap, quick fix – but vendors beware the hasty botched job Once it was the citizenry of Sydney labelled “property obsessed” by the rest of Australia. But as the national property picture has swung…
With working from home quickly becoming a new way of life for those of us who hadn’t even considered it before, we have pulled together a collection of houses currently on the market giving us a serious case of office envy. Whether it be a beautiful open and airy workspace to help us feel a…
With every new ‘ping’ on my phone, I get a story from a real estate expert predicting the market. I’m reminded of the old joke: “Economists have predicted six of the last two recessions.” And it’s not just the eocnomists firing off opinions, they’re coming from everywhere and it’s not uncommon to read one story…
Original article by Taylah Fellows in Courier Mail 07/02/2023 The latest rate rise is putting yet more strain on already stretched household budgets. But there’s one thing homeowners can do now to avoid even more mortgage pain. A new survey has found just one in three Australian’s tried to negotiate a lower mortgage rate during…
Original article at Realestate.com.au With Brisbane City Council introducing strict new town planning guidelines, infill development projects, where an existing, generally industrial, urban area is regenerated, have become increasingly rare. As Brisbane’s burgeoning population is boosted by interstate arrivals, inner city property is in-demand, says Michael Matusik, director of Matusik Property Insights. With new housing in…
Strap in folks! This is not the column I thought I would be writing. This year the market has jumped out of the gates and enquiry has exploded! We have had apartments where open-house attendees in November/December were two-four groups per week and now we are seeing 20-plus groups at the open houses! And it’s…