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EPISODE #40 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – Open Home Sneak Peek

5 December, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending on when you’re watching this video. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy and welcome to episode 40 of The Drive Home to Hawkesbury. Today I wanted to talk to you about the property that we’ve got for lease on 6 Stephen Street.

Unfortunately a lot of people weren’t able to make it on the weekend, so I took the liberty [00:00:30] of taking a short video which I’ve attached for you to have a look through and if you’ve got any questions in regards to that property please don’t hesitate to give me a call.

Also remember, when you are looking at leasing a property, it’s always best to have the application ready to hand to the agent because that will go in good stead for you, and put as much information as you possibly can to make the reference processing, um, and application processing easier for the agent.

If you’ve got any questions in regards to [00:01:00] leasing your property or leasing a property, I’m always here to help in regards to real estate. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy and I look forward to catching up with you on the next video.

Episode #39: The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – Free Letter From Santa Post Marked From The North Pole!

30 November, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening depending on when you’re watching this video. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy, and I’m checking in with you on episode 39 of the Drive Home to Hawkesbury. Today I wanted to offer you an early Christmas present. Can you believe that we’re only a matter of weeks away from Christmas now? No sooner are we over the tricks of Halloween, and we’re heading straight into decorating our homes for Christmas. [00:00:30] Lucky we had the opportunity to recharge with that beautiful energy from the Super Moon recently.

Talking about Christmas, I was lucky enough to be speaking with Santa’s elves, and they have some super exciting news that they wanted me to share with you. The elves said that Santa would love to send your children, (clicks tongue) your grandchildren, your co-workers, all your loved ones a letter postmarked from the North Pole. Now, here’s the scoop, people. Santa’s told the elves that if you’re request [00:01:00] a letter by Santa’s deadline he’s promised to deliver the letters out to your loved ones before Christmas Day arrives.

Here’s what you need to do. (clicks tongue) Look at the link below this video. Click the link, input your information, and all you need to do then is just start watching your mailbox for Santa’s letter to arrive. And by the way, there might be something a little bit extra eh- we will send to your loved one if you post a video of your special person getting their letter from Santa on your Facebook page. Because that would make me [00:01:30] really happy.

And also, don’t forget to share it on our Facebook page, Rachael Goldsworthy Realty, so we know who to send the special gift to. So, time to get into the Christmas spirit, people, and let’s do something nice for something you love, and for me. (laughs) Send those happy moments you capture on video or in photograph, I don’t mind, either format’s okay, of your loved one opening their mail from Santa, as this will really make my day. Thanks for watching, and I know it’s a little [00:02:00] bit in advance, however, Merry Christmas

Episode #38 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – Rachael helps buyers and sellers with their questions on Real Estate in the Hawkesbury

28 November, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening dependent on when you are watching this video. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy checking in with you on episode 38 of the drive home to Hawkesbury. Today I’ve been asked a lot of questions from sellers and putting their house on the market during the holiday season, and whether they should or whether they shouldn’t.

[00:00:30] Today I’m going to share with you my seven top reasons why you should put your home on the market over the Christmas holidays.

Reason number one, your home shows better during the holiday season. Typically your home is decorated, it’s looking festive, and pretty and generally you’ve had a lot of visitors over. Family coming over because you’re entertaining over the Christmas time and your house is looking beautiful. And you’re taking good care of your home and typically it shows better during the holiday season.

Reason number two, there’s [00:01:00] less competition from other people putting their houses on the market. A lot of people are in the mindset of oh it’s the holidays, and yes you know we’ve all been there and you know I guess thinking we’ll wait til after the holidays are over, we’ll put our home on the market then in January when we’re not so busy. And I think everyone is thinking the same thing so immediately you’ve got less competition. This makes it a better time for you to put it on the market as opposed to going in the market in January when everyone else wants to put their home on the market. [00:01:30] Um, so you always want to get your home on the market when there’s less competition.

Reason number three, there are less buyers in the marketplace which you might say well that’s not a very good thing if there’s less buyers however, whilst there may be less buyers out there, the people that really want to inspect the home during the holidays and they’re serious buyers. And ultimately that means that they’re going to … You’re going to have to show your home less over the period as opposed to winter and when you do show the home it will be with those motivated [00:02:00] buyers that really want to move now and get into the next house.

Reason number four, after the-, after the holidays, you can see that there’s no edits on this … Historically speaking the uh, mindset the holidays are over and they’re putting their home on the market which increases the choices of properties available for buyers so more typically in the new year, there may be a lower demand for your home. And there’s more competition which equates to a lower sale price for you.

So, there’s my top four reasons [00:02:30] why the holidays are a good time to list your home. So if you want to get the report and the reasons for the other three on the holiday season, reach out to me via text or email in the links posted below in this video and I’d be happy to help you.

Thanks so much for watching. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy wishing you all the very best for the holiday season.

Episode #36 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – peeling paint in bathrooms

14 August, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending on when you’re watching this video. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy, checking in with you on the drive home to Hawksbury, and I’m in a different location, in a bathroom. Just wanting to show you an exhaust fan which is just up here. There we go, just up there you can see, and that exhaust fan is a little bit dirty.

Now, the reason I bring that to your attention, and it might seem a really simple thing, but if those exhaust fans aren’t cleaned properly they can’t take the [00:00:30] air, the hot air um that’s rising out of the bathroom when you’re having the shower, the condensation into the cavity of the roof and take it away from the ceiling. Because what happens is that condensation gathers on the ceiling and then eventually it will cause peeling on the ceiling in the bathroom, which is a, quite a common thing when people-, I know wintertime comes and you don’t want to turn the fan on because it’s a little bit cool and those sorts of things, but it also has a flow-on effect if you’re not turning the fan on on a regular basis. Summertime’s a little bit easier; [00:01:00] you want to turn the fan on cause it makes the place nice and cool as you’re having a shower as well, but equally, this is just an important thing to mention to people when they’re having a shower and using and looking after the, the maintenance of a rental property.

Anyway, if you have any other questions in regards to property management or maintenance of properties, I’m more than happy to help. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy, and I look forward to catching up with you on the next video.

Episode #37 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – Ebenezer Art & Craft Fair 2016

10 August, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening depending on what time you’re watching this video. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy and I’m on the drive home looking forward to the weekend activities with the Ebenezer Art and Craft Fair. It’s opening night is on Friday night at 7:00 and then on Saturday they’ve got some activities for the family and friends. That we will be between 10:00 and 3:00. On the Saturday we’ve got some auction things that will [00:00:30] be held as well, which is going to be great. I’m going to be auction off some brilliant prizes.

I’ll just go through the list with you if you’re interested. If you can’t be there on the day, don’t worry because you’ll be able to bid online, which I’ll explain a little bit later. I’ve got a GWS Giants tickets. There’s four of those for the Fremantle game on the 20th of August, fantastic. We’ve got a 10 week, um, unlimited classes for the Smartsteppers Talent Studios. Taronga Zoo, a family pass and you can also go to the Western Plains Zoo if you want [00:01:00] to use that at that particular zoo. Both the zoos I’ve been to and they’re brilliant. The VIP portrait package is hair, makeup and photos. So that will be a good one if you wanted to dress yourself up and look really pretty for a particular, um, portfolio. Whitewater rafter- rafting session, which I’ve had a look at that. I’ve been down to the whitewater rafting centre and it’s so much fun. So that’s a good one to get involved with.

Ghost tour, oh that’s a terrific thing too in Windsor Ghost Tours, the Hawkesbury Sightseeing, lots of fun. Janice and all [00:01:30] her team are just great. Then we’ve also go tennis racket and balls by the Inside- Inside the Lines at Richmond. They’re wonderful people that have donated that prize. A hundred dollar gift voucher from Kennard so if you got any of those things around the house that you’ve been thinking of doing and needing a trailer or need to go and hire a drill or something like that from Kennards they’d be more than happy to help you out then. We’ve also got an Ashton guitar. I don’t know whether that means it’s an Ashton guitar from 5 Seconds of Summer or whether it’s [00:02:00] an Ashton guitar. Cool Kids Music have donated that so that’s a great prize. A three-course dinner if you’re feeling a little bit hungry you can include a bottle of wine with that. And that’s donated by Juniors on the Hawkesbury, which is great. Overlooking the Hawkesbury River and a really nice, serene place to go and visit. So there’s a golf course there and there’s also a pool so as we’re heading into the warmer months it’s going to be lots of fun.

The list just goes on and one. The donations from local people has been, you know, wonderful and I know the Ebenezer [00:02:30] people are really welcoming of that. So continuing on the list we’ve got the Tobruk Sheep Station. Um, that’s a family pass there. We’ve got a one night in a courtyard room with Sebel Spa and Hawkesbury Valley, um, setup. So if you wanted to go and have a romantic dinner for two and then go and stay the night at Sebel that would be fun. You’ve also got a Onga submersible pump fr- donated by Hawkesbury Valley Irrigation, which would be handy being on the river or in and around [00:03:00] the river or even just if you’ve got some tanks on the property that you need a pump. Riverside Oaks has kindly donated a, um, two rounds of golf and lunch or dinner for two so that’s a great prize. We’ve also got a Scenic World family pass donated by Scenic World.

We’ve got dinner for two … like, we’re going to be really hungry by the time we finish this list. Dinner for two and the value $120 at Settler’s Arms Inn at St. Albans. So I don’t know whether you’ve ever been down to that pub, but that’s a great little pub [00:03:30] to go to and lots of fun for the day. Ronson toaster and kettle pack donated by The Good Guys. And as they say they are the good guys. We’ve got a six months … If you’re feeling … We’re eating all this food and then we need to go and get fit we can go the YMCA at the Hawkesbury Oasis. That’s a six month gym membership so that’s making us look pretty good there. Then you’ve got two adult passes to Featherdale Wildlife Park so that’s a fun day with the kids, too if you’re looking at something to do in the school holidays that are coming up.

Then you’ve got Sydney [00:04:00] Harbour Sightseeing Cruise. I’ve been on that one. And Captain Cook Cruises, they do a great job. So you get to see lots of things in the harbour, great day out and especially with the school holidays again. Easy Lane, really nice renovation that they’ve done at Windsor RSL. They’ve given a $75 food and beverage voucher so we really appreciate their support there. We’ve got a really special prize, too with a ride in a Super Class ski boat, which is from Ontrak Engineering. This boat actually goes … as I’m probably not saying the right [00:04:30] thing, but the boat, I’m going to call it a boat, um, it goes over a 100 miles per hour and, um, you do a hot lap from Windsor to Sackville and back so that would be rather exciting so, uh …

And we’ve got one final prize, which is, um, an auction item. That’s two tickets to the V8 Supercars. Now, I don’t know whether you like Supercars or not. I believe that they’re really fast and furious and lots of fun on the day. That’s on the 27th and 28th of [00:05:00] August and that’s at Eastern Creek. And not only do you get the two tickets, you actually get a private p- tour and not only that, we’re going to through in the steak knives as well, no not quite. We’re going to throw in an introduction to Tim Slade who’s one of the drivers of the Freightliner V8 Supercar. So we’re going to give you a pit tour of the V8- the Freightliner V8 Supercar garage, which is a really special thing and we really … big shout out to Matt Robinson. Really appreciate your help on that one to make that [00:05:30] prize happen.

So these are some of the auction items. If you can’t be there on Saturday to bid, the auction starts at 12:00, if you wanted to bid online beforehand just go to the website Ebenezer … the Ebenezer … I should know this shouldn’t I? I’ve been looking it up all day. Ebenezerartshow.com.au and there’s a bid online. So go onto that website, have a look at the prizes that they’ve go there. They’ve done a wonderful [00:06:00] job on getting everything together for you. There’s going to be lots of local artists, arts and crafts, stalls for the day, cake stalls, I got some great cakes last year. White elephant stall, there’s going to be a Pluck a Duck to win lots of prizes. Plants and preserves, guess the pig weight, local fire brigade, jumping castle, the list keeps going. Lucky dip, face painting, pet zoo, kids’ activities, sausage sizzshle- sizzle can’t even say it but they taste pretty good, nachos, [00:06:30] cakes and coffee, fairy floss, and slushies.

So for those who are looking for something to do on the weekend, Friday night’s the opening of the art show. Then Saturday’s the big day with the kids and family from 10:00 till 3:00. Looking forward to seeing everybody there as I’m sure everybody from Ebenezer Public School is. Have a great day and I look forward to catching up with you on the next video.

Episode #35 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – Maintaining Air Conditioners

14 July, 2016 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, depending on what time you’re watching this video. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy, checking in with you on the drive home to Hawkesbury. And today I’ve hopped out of my car and into somebody’s lounge room, just to show you in regards to air conditioners. Now air conditioners are a great invention, because they keep us cool in summer and nice and toasty warm in winter, but when they’re not working, (sigh), it makes us a little bit frustrated with the process, so we want to get that maintained well [00:00:30] so that we don’t have or we have minimal breakdowns on that machine.

One of the things that’s quite common if the air conditioner’s not heating or cooling to temperature, sometimes it can be as simple as cleaning the air filter. And what I’ve done is I’ve lifted the top section of the air conditioner, the front section of it with the two clips on either side, and then you’ll notice that that has actually exposed the three filters that are within the air conditioner.

It’s a really simple thing to do if you’re experiencing the air conditioner either not heating [00:01:00] or cooling correctly. Sometimes it’s as simple as taking that filter out, washing it under some warm water, and then putting it back in, and you’ll find that that temperature comes on correctly. Other things that may be wrong with it is the gas that is not to the height that it should be within the unit, so that needs a mechanic to actually assess that.

Um, another thing that can happen is you can sometimes get a water leak from that when the overflow is blocked, and that will come back through the unit, rather than exiting [00:01:30] through the usual channels that it does outside through the overflow. Anyway, that’s a couple of things that may help you with your air conditioners. Always best to stay on top of the maintenance. It’s like driving a car. If you don’t get it serviced regularly, it’s not going to look after you or drive you to where you wanted to be. Same thing with the air conditioner. If you don’t look after it regularly, it’s not going to keep you hot in winter and cool in summer.

Anyway, if you’ve got any questions in regards to air conditioners or the mechanics that need to … You can call [00:02:00] to help you with that process. We’re more than happy to put you in contact with them and answer any questions that you have. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy, and I look forward to catching up with you on the next video.