Add value to your property during lockdown

09-Apr-2020 17:16:02 Share this:

 

Get your property prepared for the time when we are past this crisis. 


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Topics: Home Maintenance, Home Improvement, COVID-19


Rental Property Renovation: 3 Questions to ask yourself first

11-Oct-2019 15:15:00 Share this:

Renovating a rental property can be a costly exercise but making improvements to the property can yield a healthy return. To ensure you’re maximising your investment, it’s important not to overcapitalise, to stick to your budget, and to use durable products and materials. If you are considering renovating your rental property, ask yourself these 3 questions first.

 


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Topics: Investment Property, Home Maintenance


How to design a lawn-free landscape

10-Oct-2019 11:14:20 Share this:

 

 

With climate change affecting weather around the world, many homeowners are replacing turf with low-maintenance landscape ideas.

 

 

 


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Topics: Gardening, Home Maintenance


Here comes the heat

09-Oct-2019 18:54:27 Share this:

 

Our wonderful Australia summer can cause problems for those plants in your garden. Using these few tips, you can achieve maximum water efficiency and retention of natural rainfall.


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Topics: Gardening, Home Maintenance


Adapting for later in life

09-Sep-2019 11:56:06 Share this:

 

A comfortable care-free retirement can often stem from being in a comfortable low-maintenance home. If you are looking ahead to where you want to be and how you want to live, you need to consider a number of options.

 

Ask yourself whether it’s time to sell the home on the large block with high maintenance gardens to enjoy the luxury lifestyle of a flat or apartment. 

 

 


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Topics: Home Maintenance


How to turn your garage into a home gym

12-Aug-2019 12:20:28 Share this:

 

Finding the motivation to exercise at home can be tough – especially if you don’t have the space. Here are some of our favourite home gym ideas to turn your garage into your very own personal workout space. 

 

 


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Topics: Newsletters, Home Maintenance


Green your world: Grow veggies in recycled containers

19-Jul-2019 13:06:13 Share this:

If you’re keen on being ‘green’ and healthy this year, now might be a great time to plant up a veggie garden and start growing your own salad, soup and stew ingredients.

 

 

 

 

 


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Topics: Home Maintenance


Be aware this holiday season

08-Nov-2018 17:29:01 Share this:

 

If you’re heading away for the summer break consider how well protected your home is against thieves. We have a few tips to ensure your house is safeguarded and well equipped to lock up and leave this summer break.

 


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Topics: Safety, Home Maintenance


Upcycling in the Home

20-Jul-2018 17:15:57 Share this:

 

With the Winter season comes indoor pursuits. It’s the perfect time to clean up and decorate around the home. Try ‘upcycling’, the popular transformation of discarded or useless items into something new or useful. Here are a few ideas for inspiration.

 


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Topics: Home Maintenance


Time to test your smoke alarms

14-Jun-2018 12:48:33 Share this:

 Many Australians change their smoke alarm batteries once per year. For a landlord or property owner, smoke alarm compliance is much more than just changing a battery and testing an alarm.

 


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Topics: Property Management, Home Maintenance