Easy home updates
What do you see when you look around your home? Cosy, comfortable spaces filled with items you cherish, inviting you in and putting you at ease? Or do your eyes get drawn to tired carpet, marked walls, saggy furniture and a jumble of clutter? If your response leans towards the latter, there’s a chance you are falling out of love with your home.
Like never before, Australians are upholding long-term relationships with their dwellings, keeping properties for 33 per cent longer than was the case a decade ago (reported by property research firm CoreLogic in 2019). During the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, the home became the absolute centre of life. Dining tables were converted into classrooms and garages became office hubs. Houses worked very hard for their inhabitants, and people became all too familiar with the flaws and shortcomings of each room. It’s no surprise your feelings toward your home are a little lacklustre.
The immediate response might be to switch into renovation planning mode, but the reality is that remodelling a home can be a costly undertaking that simultaneously wipes out savings and waning patience. A report by Suncorp Bank delivered in September 2020 showed that Australian homeowners looking to renovate are borrowing on average
