List price: $359,000 (dropped to $350,000)Sale price: $337,500Makeover Budget: $12,000

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONIt’s a landlord’s biggest nightmare, the tenant to trashes the house. That’s exactly what happened to Queensland couple Steve and Louise. They bought an investment property and thought they had the safest tenant under the sun, a close friend who’d fallen on hard times. But nothing could be further from the truth; their friend and her seven kids wrecked the place. Steve and Louise were devastated. They poured all their spare time and money into trying to fix the house up and listed it on the market for $359,000. Trouble is, buyers in their area only want to pay 350,000 for a 4 bed highset house… Add to that some very dodgy half finished renovations, and Steve and Louise have no hope of finding a buyer.

ThE INTERIORDespite Steve and Louise’s best efforts to fix their house up, everywhere you look there are unfinished jobs. Throughout the property there are missing architraves, flaking paint, rotting wood and missing handles. There isn’t a single room that’s finished. Then there’s the main entrance. You open the door smack bang onto a spiral staircase, which sits next to an old brick bar. The walls are painted in reds and yellows, making the house feel hot and stuffy in the heat of the Queensland summer and overstuffed furniture does little to increase buyer appeal.

A large portion of the budget went on maintenance, leaving Shaynna very little for those designer touches. Thankfully paint is cheap, so one of the first tasks was to paint out all the warm colours, with a much cooler palate. Upstairs was kept to a simple white using TAUBMANS® Endure Interior, Cloudburst . Downstairs was painted in TAUBMANS® Endure Interior, Briar Leaf, to create a cool green feel.

We didn’t have the time or the budget to move the spiral staircase from the front door, so creating a new entrance was all about clever design. The first job was to remove the old bar and open the space up. Next, Shaynna created a feature light of bamboo poles, which she placed behind the staircase. This acted as new focal point, drawing buyers eyes away from the ugly stairs. The rest of this small area was turned into a reading

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nook, with funky white retro furniture from VALIANT HIRE. The remainder of the rumpus room was dressed with cane furniture, to capture the feeling of Queensland resort style living.

Upstairs, Shaynna continued the modern meets 70’s retro theme. The furniture chosen was predominately white, with green and blue accessories to link with the room downstairs. Shaynna moved the furniture around, putting the television in an unused corner, which made enough space to have a lounge, and dining area.

The master bedroom was painted in TAUBMANS® Endure Exterior, Woodbine to keep it consistent with the rest of the house. The room was decorated with linen and accessories provided by VALIANT HIRE. The other bedrooms were de-cluttered and dressed.

ThE GARDEN

This house had zero street appeal. The flat façade and untidy gardens did little to inspire buyers. Charlie’s main job was to give the property a modern look that would appeal to first time buyers. The main problem was the front entrance, or lack of it. Building a new awning over the front door, gave the house a more interesting façade and provided much needed shelter. The old blue colour scheme was dating the property, so we repainted the weatherboards with TAUBMANS® Endure Exterior, Woodbine . The theme was carried through with brown pavers from BORAL MASONARY to create a new garden path. Finally we added new house numbers and a large pot from POTSONLINE.

The garden itself was treated to some new planting. The scraggy existing shrubs, half of which were dead, were pulled out and replaced with an array of grasses and other drought tolerant species. At the front of the house Charlie used a band of Grevilleas to break up the large expanse of cream.

The work in the back garden was purely maintenance. We weeded, mowed the lawns and trimmed the Travellers Palm. The lovely big deck which adjoined the kitchen was a wasted opportunity, so we painted it in TAUBMANS® Endure Exterior, Woodbine and the lattice in TAUBMANS® Endure Exterior, Athena. Finally, we added a 4-seater table from VALIANT and some potted plants for colour.

Plants Used2 x agave attenuta 300mm1 x aloe ferox 200mm5 x grevillea flamingo hot pink 300mm5 x grevillia superb 200mm20 x dianella revoluta 140mm15 x lomandra hystrix 140mm3 x grevillea majestic 300mm1 x yucca elephantipes 200mm3 x callistemon wildfire 300mm

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KALLANGURPAINT USEDArea Colour Finish SupplierAll walls unless Cloudburst Low Sheen Taubmans specified Existing trims Barefoot Semi gloss Taubmans and bathroom door Downstairs Briar Leaf Low Sheen Taubmans Lounge Master Briar Leaf Low Sheen Taubmans Bedroom Ceiling Ceiling white Flat Taubmans

VALIANT hIRE – FURNITUREWe used a variety of rental furniture to create the look for Julie Palmers home from Valliant’s Sydney showroom.

Valiant Hire is Australia’s leader in office, residential, event and relocation furniture rental with locations in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Selling your home? Valiant Hire offers the most extensive and stylish furniture range to achieve the best result. Our complete styling pack is the total one stop solution and includes design, planning, styling and full installation. Items can be chosen to complement your existing furniture or create a stunning new look. We offer a wide range of home ware to decorator pieces, from classic to modern, functional to designer. Valliant’s expert residential designers can help you with all your furniture and accessory needs. An elegantly furnished home sells for 10% more than an unfurnished one. This makes Valiant Hire an essential service to realizing the most from your real estate. In addition, Valiant can help you during a move, relocation.”

Sydney (02) 9310-1666, Melbourne (03) 9328-4455, Brisbane (07) 3435-0800

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TAUMBANS ENDURE INTERIOR

Hallways, lounge and living room walls are amongst the busiest areas of any home, and as a result are susceptible to collecting dirt, dust, grease and finger marks. It is important that these surfaces can stand up to constant wiping, especially if you have little ones.

Taubmans Endure Interior is engineered with Nanoguard. It has an interlocking molecular structure that works to create a protective shield, so stains can be wiped away

without compromising the quality of the paint or damaging the finish on your walls. It provides excellent mould and mildew protection throughout the life of the paint so you will have a cleaner and healthier home environment. This is why Taubmans Endure is the only interior paint with a 15 year guarantee*.

TAUBMANS ENDURE EXTERIOR

Most people think it’s the weather that breaks down exterior paint. It’s actually dirt and pollution that works its way into the surface of the paint, weakens it, and then the sun, wind and rain finish it off.

Taubmans Endure Exterior is engineered with Nanoguard that creates an interlocking molecular structure so dirt is less likely to stick and surfaces are easier to clean. It’s tough, repels dirt and resists the elements such as baking heat from the sun, howling rain, and even snow, which is why it has a 15 year guarantee*.

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ADDITIONAL EXTERIOR INFORMATIONBORAL PAVERS AND RETAINING WALLS Garden Landscaping with Retaining Walls & Concrete PaversThe selection of Boral concrete pavers bring style and elegance to every landscape design including pool surrounds, patios, courtyards, garden paths & driveways while Boral retaining walls offer smart design options for all outdoor areas of your home including garden edges, terraces and ponds.

We used Stoneworks Mocha for the Kallangur makeover. The RRP for Stoneworks from $80 per m2. http://www.boral.com.au/productcatalogue/product.aspx?product=401

For more information please go to the websitewww.boral.com.au/landscaping or call 1300134 002.

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KALLANGURPOTSONLINEPotsonline group outlets across Australia are independently owned factory direct suppliers of our unique range of stylish garden pots, planters, urns, statues & water features. Most stores are well established & very diverse from award winning Garden Centres through to specialists in outdoor furniture & decor. All are dedicated to providing quality products and excellent customer service

We used Crucible pots in heavy metal for this design

Phone - 1300 730 269Email - lauren@potsonline.com

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KENNARDS hIREKennard’s supplied tools for this renovation

Kennard’s Hire is proudly Australian owned and operated, with 60 years experience in the hire industry. Here are a few of the many reasons why our customers continue to hire from Kennard’s:

• An ever-increasing range of well-maintained, reliable equipment.

• Longer trading hours, 7 full days per week, and 361 days per year.

• Kennard’s Hire rates are all-inclusive including GST, Damage Waiver, and Stamp Duty

• 24 hour access to equipment hire or breakdown service

• Well trained staff, that understand the capabilities of each piece of hire equipment

Check out Kennard’s website for a branch near you

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GENERAL

OPTEON PROPERTY GROUPSelling Houses uses Opteon property group for its valuations

Opteon is Australia’s largest independent property services firm providing professional valuation and quantity surveying advice. Situated in 32 locations around Australia, Opteon specialises in providing valuations for vendors (Opteon Sellright™) and valuations for potential purchasers (Opteon Buyright™). Opteon also provides specialist ATO compliant Tax Depreciation advice for property investors.

Phone: 1300 733 693email: quotes@opteonpropertygroup.com.au

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PRICE FINDERSelling Houses uses Price Finder for its property research

PriceFinder (formerly PDSlive) is Australian owned and encompasses everything in property offering the widest ranges of property information on every one of the 10.2 million properties in the country. PriceFinder’s flagship application offers automatic calculation of indicative market value for properties, displaying 6 comparable sales in which users can then score each against the target property to refine the current estimated market value. PriceFinder claim that the interactive scoring of comparables yields very accurate estimate figures for market value and rental levels.

www.pricefinder.com.au

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SQM RESEARChSQM Research is an independent property data and forecasting research house which specialises in providing accurate property related research and data to financial institutions, property developers and real estate investors.

It is founded and run by the Country’s leading and most recognised property analyst, Louis Christopher.

SQM Research Pty LimitedTel: 1800 766 651Level 10, 9 Castlereagh St, Sydney 2000

www.sqm.com.au

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