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Take the guesswork out of electrical home makeovers with Clipsal Wishlist

Take the stress out of creating your dream home with Clipsal by Schneider Electric’s new home electrical planning web tool.

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From the comfort of your tablet, laptop or desktop computer, the new Clipsal Wishlist web tool helps you plan all the products you need for an electrical home makeover, including selecting individual solutions such as light switches, or electrical product packages designed for home safety, convenience, security, entertainment and energy efficiency.

Designed to make the planning process of a renovation or new build easy, the Clipsal Wishlist app allows you to use an existing room template, upload or draw house plans, select and place products throughout your home and track the budget of the products selected along the way. The plan can then be saved, shared and returned to at any time. To make things even simpler, the web tool is also linked to registered residential electricians in your local area, who can be contacted directly from the application to bring your dream plan to life.

Not only does the Clipsal Wishlist web tool help you take control of your own electrical needs, it also offers inspiration if the dream home vision doesn’t come with the flick of a switch. The Clipsal Wishlist web tool offers a gallery of home ideas, designs and templates that show which electrical plans and products work best with various interior design styles.

Whether you are renovating, building or planning your next bathroom, kitchen, bedroom or outdoor area, the Clipsal Wishlist web tool takes the guesswork out of planning and brings you one step closer to making your perfect home a reality.

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Interiors Addict

Selling Houses Australia is looking for homes to make over for the next series

The Lifestyle Channel’s popular Selling Houses Australia is looking for problem homes to make over in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Darwin.

They’re about to start work on the 6th series of  the award-winning show, which focuses on homes that have been on the market for some time and are in dire need of a cosmetic makeover.  They’ll take on and renovate homes with all sorts of structural (or situational) issues like termites or damp, dodgy renos or asbestos. They”ll fix up business/home combos that just won’t shift, historic homes under strict regulations or homes with sub-division potential but clouded with boundary disputes.

If you’re interested, call Bec Pullman on 02 9437 2172.

 

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Tips on staging your home for sale or rental

Tips on staging your home for sale or rental

We asked interior stager and stylist Naomi Findlay how to make more money by staging your home so it’s at its best for sale or rental.


What are the biggest mistakes people make when selling/renting their homes? They don’t identify the market that is most likely to be looking to buy their property, they don’t complete minor repairs, they have too much furniture, they don’t de-clutter and de-personalise their home or they think they can be objective enough to prepare their own home for sale.

 How much difference can home staging can make to the final rental/sale price? The statistics in Australia show properties can fetch between 7-to-16% above the pre-staged value once they are staged. With staging services costing between $550 and $900, that is a huge return on investment.

 Do you need to spend much? At SILK Home Staging and Styling I aim to use as much of the client’s furniture and accessories as possible. My staging services range from $150 to $850, a small investment for a potentially huge gain. In some cases I may recommend that clients hire some accessories or furniture items to accent their home with for the duration of the sale period. 

What’s the quickest, cheapest way to make the most of your home before sale? De-clutter, repair things around the home and clean so that the home sparkles like it never has before. Ensure your street appeal is perfect. Create a light, spacious and welcoming feel to the home. 

Why is it important to stage your home? You only have one chance to make that ever so important first impression, so make sure you are ready before you go to market.  Sellers that invest in objective expert advice on how to stage their home and are motivated to complete the steps required to stage the home, reap significant financial rewards. 

Why do you think so many people get it so very wrong? One of the biggest mistakes people make is leaving their home as is and simply accessorising with whatever is fashionable.  This often creates a cluttered, lived in space that does not flow or sparkle. In these situations the seller is essentially leaving money on the table for the buyer to collect.

Find out more at SILK Home Staging & Styling.

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Interiors Addict

Gabrielle Di Stefano of Elements of Style in Victoria shared these before and afters from a holiday

Gabrielle Di Stefano of Elements of Style in Victoria shared these before and afters from a holiday cottage makeover in Newham, near Woodend. We love how she freshened up and modernised the space without losing its cottage charm.

Built in the 1890s, the building was originally the local creamery, servicing the main dairy in Woodend.

The original two rooms at the front on the home are now the sitting room and a bedroom. Over the years, a few renovations have been carried out and a new kitchen, bathroom, laundry and third bedroom have been added.

“Starting in 2006, we slowly updated colour schemes and furnishings to cater for a family that used it on weekends and holidays,” says Gabrielle. ”The vision we had for the sitting room was to keep the cottage feel alive without being too cutesy country. As it was a holiday home we wanted the furnishings to be easy to look after. The sitting room was painted a colour that was softer than the original burgandy, but still had a warmth to it. We left the ceiling and woodwork white to contrast the strong wall colour.

“We found the bedside tables for the guest bedroom in hard rubbish. A few coats of paint and glass handles gave them a new lease of life. The owners were given an old floorboard that had been written on by a gentlemen renovator in the early 1900s. He describes the challenges he faced during his guardianship of the cottage, so we hung it above the bed to add interest.”

Tune in tomorrow to see the remaining rooms.