Your Reno Roadmap, my renovation and building course and membership can provide the 1:1 support and advice to save you time, money and stress in your project.
How would it feel that, as you navigate the journey of building you new home or renovating your existing one … that you had a professional to check in with, get a second opinion from, and ask for advice at each step of the way.
Right from figuring out if you can afford what you want to do, to choosing your designer, getting your floor plan and home design right, making budget savings along the way, selecting your materials and fixtures, and then going through the construction of your project.
Someone who you could ask all your questions, and get a response, or get a review of your floor plans, or get help with making decisions?
And what if that someone was me, on tap, to help guide and support you at a 1:1 level?
Well, it’s possible, and that’s what this episode is all about.
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So, what is Your Reno Roadmap? Well, it’s an online course and a membership all in one. It’s really the whole enchilada … it provides education, support, regular advice and guidance for homeowners whilst they navigate the process of building or renovating their family homes.
This happens through a few means. I call these the 4 C’s of Your Reno Roadmap. They are:

CONSULT
COURSE
COACHING
And COMMUNITY

First things first … Let me say upfront first that one thing I’ve observed over the years I’ve been doing this is something I thought was really strange at first.
Especially given how much money is being spent on our future homes when we build or renovate. And how long the process can take, how many variables are involved, and that it’s where we’ll be living with our families in the future.
What is this strange thing? Well, it is how hesitant homeowners are to seek a second opinion when looking at their renovation or building project. Whether it’s seeking a second opinion on their design, or questioning if what their builder is telling them is true or the only way to do something … there’s this real resistance to involving other professionals and getting assurance that they’re moving on the right path.
Now, I’m going to speak a few generalisations here, but this comes from my experience, and perhaps you can relate.
Women generally can find it difficult to speak up, and can feel like they’re rocking the boat if they wanting to seek a second opinion elsewhere about their project.
Women can also feel that they’ll slow things up, or make relationships difficult, if they look like they’re not trusting what the designer or builder is saying to them. And given the long-term nature of these relationships, they worry that will have a long-lasting impact on how well everyone gets along.
And women can also feel - or be made to feel - that they’re being silly for taking so long to gain certainty about their decisions. That choosing and committing to the design, the team, the building process, the finishes and fixtures, should be quite a straight-forward matter and does not require so much deliberation … let alone seeing advice elsewhere to support them in this.
And the industry also plays a guilty part in this desire to not seek a second opinion. Designers can be super precious about their work, and either directly or indirectly, and give the impression that a second opinion is a bad idea, disruptive to the process, or that you’re not entitled to seek one. In fact, I’ve personally experienced when a homeowner did seek a second opinion, that her designer told her he didn’t want to work with her anymore. She realised later she’d dodged a bullet by getting out of her working relationship with him at that point, but for her, it felt awkward and confronting at the time to navigate that situation.
I know that many members of Your Reno Roadmap keep their membership and my involvement in their projects a secret from t