She Renovates

On today’s episode, Mary Benton a financial planner and a student in The School Of Renovating is going to discuss How To Buy Property Into Your Self Managed Super Fund. A super fund is a Trust with no end date. Holding assets for beneficiaries with lower tax but with restricted access. Mary will cover, Why would you own property inside a self-managed super fund? How many dollars do you need to get...

On today’s episode, Bernadette is with Susie Guest and they are going to be talking about her achievements over the last months and how it improved her personal situation significantly that also benefited her clients. Susie started her Guest Property Projects with the intention of providing a range of services to ensure you get the most out of your investment, to attract the right tenant, maximize...

On today’s episode, Bernadette talks about how to properly install a flat pack kitchen so that it doesn't look like a flat pack. She shares tips and strategies that will help you in determining how a flat pack can help in creating a beautiful kitchen that will save you a huge amount of money. Bernadette covers, The tips and strategies to get a quality installation of your flat pack The various typ...

On today’s episode, I consider Michelle Lewis a renovating soul sister.  Her passion for property investing and renovating is infectious. She loves budget renovations, where she spend less in order to have more money in her pocket and more income for her family. Michelle has extensive experience in renovating, investing and joint ventures. In this episode, she talks about her journey and is very g...

On today’s episode, Bernadette is with husband, Stephen Janson to share with us the huge add value of determining if a wall in your property is load bearing. How to figure out the system of removing it without compromising the integrity of the property. Bernadette covers, How to tell if a wall in your property is load bearing The most common type of renovation is a cosmetic plus Outlining the tech...

On today’s episode, Bernadette interviews Mary Benton, one of her students in The School Of Renovating. Mary has over 30 years of experience as a chartered accountant and has her own financial planning practice. Mary inspires us with her successful renovating story and shares with us valuable tips on creating an income to live a life you love. Bernadette covers, The reasons why Mary, as an account...

On today’s episode, Bernadette discusses how joint ventures are a great way to fill the gaps in your resources when you are renovating. She gives us the details of the good, the bad and the ugly aspects when you are planning on taking joint ventures as a means of doing a project. Bernadette covers, What are joint ventures and why you should get into one The ideal traits you should look for in a jo...

On today’s episode,   Bernadette is on the final day of the mini-series 14 Days To A New Bathroom! To wrap up the 14-Day mini-series, she will be talking about the time frames in terms of how you could actually renovate a bathroom in 14 days, what sort of renovation that would be, and how you would apportion the time to achieve your reno goal.   Bernadette covers, The importance of planning ahead...

On today’s episode,   Bernadette is on Day 13 of the mini-series 14 Days To A New Bathroom. She will be talking about the order of work you need to follow to achieve a successful bathroom renovation. The tips she will share with you will be for a bathroom reno that will not involve any significant changes to the layout therefore, no council approval required. Aside from that, Bernadette announces...

  On today’s episode,   Bernadette is now on Day 12 of the mini-series 14 Days To A New Bathroom! She will be talking about budgets and materials. Using her current joint venture renovation project as a case study, she will share with you her project's budget and mood board so you get a sense of the look and level of quality she's going for.   Bernadette covers, Her current project - a 1940's hous...

On today’s episode,   Bernadette is back with Day 11 of the mini-series 14 Days To A New Bathroom. She will discuss trades and making sure you get efficient quality of work that's both cost-effective and reliable. She will be breaking down each trade you need for your bathroom renovation and give her best tips for you to able to forge a good relationship with each of your trades.   Bernadette cove...

On today’s episode,   Bernadette is now on Day 10 of the mini-series 14 Days To A New Bathroom. This episode will focus on tiling. And because it is the most expensive element of bathroom renovation representing a large portion of your bathroom and thus setting the tone of the room, Bernadette will provide valuable tips on choosing the right tiles for your reno by making sure of their longevity.  ...

On today’s episode,   Bernadette is now on Day 9 of the mini-series 14 Days To A New Bathroom. She will discuss the electrical - lighting, heating, and power points - elements you will need for your bathroom renovation. Most importantly lighting, it's four main types, and how it forms part of the aesthetic as well as the function of the bathroom. You will learn which type of lighting is the most p...

On today’s episode,   Bernadette's series 14 Days To A New Bathroom is now on Day 8! This part of the series will be a special one since Bernadette will both be showing and telling you her recommendations for your bathroom bling - tapware. And because tapware is really the jewelry of your bathroom since it brings the bathroom to life, Bernadette will help you choose the right tapware where it's re...

On today’s episode, Bernadette is now on Day 7 of the series 14 Days To A New Bathroom and will be discussing the shower. She will discuss the three main configurations of the shower and the main points to consider when choosing the best type of shower for your bathroom renovation. Bernadette covers, The walk-in shower and why it requires the whole floor of the bathroom to be waterproofed The diff...

On today’s episode, It is Day 6 of the series 14 Days To A New Bathroom and Bernadette's topic will be toilets. She will talk about your choice of whether installing a new toilet or replacing an existing toilet for your bathroom renovation. She then discusses the ins and outs of each. Bernadette covers, Making a decision between a standard cistern or an in-wall or concealed cistern Why you should...

On today’s episode, Bernadette is on Day 5 of the series 14 Days To A New Bathroom focusing mainly on hand basins. She will discuss the important things you need to plan for before choosing your basins and the different types of basins you need to know about to help you plan for a look you want to achieve for your bathroom renovation. Bernadette covers, Making space the most important thing to con...

On today’s episode, Bernadette will be talking about bathtubs on Day 4 of the series 14 Days To A New Bathroom. She will be expanding on the various components in a bathroom to give you some tips and insights into the things you need to think about when purchasing and installing these items in your bathroom. Bernadette covers,   Determining whether a bathtub will be necessary for your bathroom Why...

On today’s episode, Bernadette is on Day 3 of the series 14 Days To A New Bathroom on doing a quick low-cost bathroom makeover. She discusses resurfacing at length - tips on finishes and colors, time frame and cost - and its advantages as opposed to a complete renovation. Bernadette covers, What resurfacing and why it’s different from paint 3 reasons you should choose to resurface instead of paint...

On today’s episode, Bernadette is discussing the planning stage for your bathroom renovation. This is Day 2 of the mini-series: 14 Days To A New Bathroom and she will be talking about a few of the common problems in bathrooms that you need to make sure that you've got covered. Bernadette covers, Simple tricks for increasing the size of your bathroom without costing you a fortune Why you should con...

On today’s episode, Bernadette goes in-depth with renovating one of the most important parts of a home, bathrooms. And because the bathroom takes a long time to complete because of all the wet traits, she will discuss how you can be most proficient at bathroom renovations to help with your timeframes. This episode is a part of a 14-Day series on Bathroom Renovations. Bernadette covers, The importa...

On today’s episode,   Bernadette interviews Jason Snaddon, popularly known as The Abundance Activator . Jason studies the spiritual Laws of Abundance and implements these by experimenting with letting go of what no longer serves him and essentially creating abundance in all areas of his life. Jason discusses in length how getting focused on creating the reality you want and believing you are signi...

On today’s episode ,   Bernadette gets into the major reasons how having your newly renovated property up in Airbnb will help you get a foot on the property ladder, and shares her learning experiences from her very first Airbnb listing to her most current short term rentals. Bernadette covers,   How her very first Airbnb listing started and earned $850 a week Tips and facts about Airbnb to help yo...

What's it like to be married to a serial renovator who comes home from shopping sprees with property instead of shoes!! In this episode, Stephen, the other half in the school of renovating shed some light.   On today’s episode, Bernadette interviews her husband and business partner, Stephen Janson. A licensed builder and married for 31 years to a professional renovator, Stephen will share his expe...

Renovating and construction remain a very male-dominated world which can be quite daunting for many women. In this episode, we take a look at the source of the “tension” which I believe is not a gender gambit more a skills gap and give you some practical tips for building confidence as a female renovator.   On today’s episode, Bernadette discusses working with trades as a woman renovator Bernadett...