Make your home beautiful before it goes to market.
I help Central Coast homeowners lift the look and the sale price of their property with smart, good-value updates. I organise the design, materials and trades, so you don't have to.
Tell me about your property
When a space feels beautiful, life feels more beautiful.
I spent 30 years as a teacher, most recently helping students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and dysgraphia find a way through. I bring the same patience and problem-solving to renovating. I listen to what you need, find the best-value way to get there and keep everything organised, so you're not dealing with trades or waiting at home for them to turn up.
Better flow
I find the floor plan changes that make a space work.
Bang for your buck
Materials that look great without blowing the budget.
No trade wrangling
I meet the trades, line up the quotes and coordinate the work.
Beautiful spaces, without the excessive expense
Do the cosmetic things well (paint, lighting, floors, handles), then find the one or two higher-value changes that lift the sale price. That's the plus. It's how a tired home becomes the one buyers remember.
Cosmetic Plus is the approach taught by Bernadette Janson through The School of Renovating, where I trained.
Three ways I can help
Selling? Pre-sale renovations
I improve the design, beautify the property and help it reach its full potential at sale. I work alongside your agent.
See pre-sale renovationsInvesting? Joint ventures
Your money working harder in property than in a bank account. I find the property, design it, run the renovation and manage the sale.
See joint venturesStaying put? Renovation help
Planning or running a renovation in the home you love. Scope, budget, quotes and trades, in the right order.
See renovation helpStay or sell?
Not sure what to do with your home?
Six quick questions for the moment when your house has changed because life has. You'll get a suggested first step, and no one will call you unless you ask.
A small spend in the right places can make a big difference at sale.
Chat on WhatsAppWhat you get
A scope of works in the right order
What needs doing, and when.
A budget that fits
Every change checked against what you have to spend.
Best-value materials
The look you want for the money that makes sense.
Quotes organised for you
I gather them, compare them and meet the trades.
Work coordinated
No waiting at home for trades to turn up.
A property buyers notice
Spaces that feel good to walk into.
Surry Hills class project
A School of Renovating class project I was part of. It's now on the market.
Thinking of selling? Start here.
My free guide walks you room by room through the updates worth doing before you list, and the ones to skip.
Send me the guideGood things to know first
What areas do you cover?
Pre-sale renovations anywhere on the Central Coast, including the Peninsula. Joint venture partners can be based anywhere in Australia.
Do you work with my real estate agent?
Yes. I work alongside your agent so the updates suit the market you're selling into.
How do joint ventures work?
Every partnership is structured individually after we talk it through. I don't promise returns. See the joint ventures page for more.
Do I need to deal with the trades?
No. I organise quotes, meet the trades and coordinate the work.
Who does the building work?
Licensed trades. I plan, design and coordinate. Anything structural or needing approval goes to the right professional.