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Summer is here however it is still snowing in the Hawkesbury…

1 December, 2015 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

I love watching the seasons change throughout the year and Summer is one of those particularly popular times where we confidently pack the winter woollies away for good and start enjoying the outdoors fun with family gatherings, bbqs, swimming, kayaking and generally just a great time of year.

Even though it is officially Summer I was enjoying some quiet time this week and lucky enough to witnesses snow in the Hawkesbury…well not the snow as we know snow however snow in the form of seeds falling from the towering trees planted within the Hawkesbury.

Have a great week and if you need any assistance with your home heading into this Summer don’t hesitate to call me 4577 9964.

Rachael 🙂

Outstanding Tenant Award – Congratulations Jeanette & Brian from McGraths Hill

12 October, 2015 · Posted by Gemma Healey

Congratulations to Jeanette and Brian from McGraths Hill for winning this month’s Outstanding Tenant Award! They are off to the movies for always keeping their home beautifully presented. We are so lucky we have so many fantastic tenants, we wish you the best of luck for next month’s award.

Congratulations Kym and Randall Outstanding Tenant Award Winners.

To be in the running to win our Monthly Tenant Award we are looking for the following:-

Neat and tidy presentation of home
Consistent rental payments
Lawns and gardens well kept

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Outstanding Tenant Award – Congratulations Kym & Randall from McGraths Hill

21 August, 2015 · Posted by Gemma Healey

Congratulations to Kym & Randall from McGraths Hill for winning this months Outstanding Tenant Award! They are off to the movies for always keeping their home beautifully presented. We are so lucky we have so many fantastic tenants, we wish you the best of luck for next month’s award.

To be in the running to win our Monthly Tenant Award we are looking for the following:-

Neat and tidy presentation of home
Consistent rental payments
Well kept lawns and gardens

Like us on Facebook to be kept up to date with our monthly winners 🙂

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Episode #23 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – 50 Top Tips for an Amazing 2015

12 January, 2015 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Hi. I’m Rachael Goldsworthy, and today is the first official day back in the office. Everybody seems to have a real spring in their step then I guess it’s because we’ve all had a really lovely break with the family and friends as I’m sure you have. Looking forward to getting back into things. This time if you would take an opportunity to look at how to improve the year ahead and I’d generally put out my 50 Top Tips, so if you wanted to have a look at that I’ll put a link on the website for you. So 50 Top Tips for an Amazing 2015. I’ll look forward to helping you in your real estate needs and will look forward to catching up with you on the next video.

Episode #20 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – Renovating for return on your investment

3 April, 2014 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Hi. My name is Rachael Goldsworthy, and I’ve just come from a house in South Windsor. The owner has just settled in the last couple of days, and they’ve purchased a home from another agent who had a mortgage in possession sale. They have managed to secure the property a little bit more affordably than normally, so they got a bit of a discount on the sale price. Want to do it up quickly and then turn the property over. Often i find my clients ring me up and ask me what they could do to improve the value of the property, and turn it over quickly so that they can get a good return on it.

It’s really important when you’re doing these sorts of promotions, and also sorts of renovations that you do the right renovations because if you spend a lot of money with the principal and of putting things there that you would ordinarily like if you lived in the house, I can tell you right now you’re not going to make any money on the property. The reason being is we get involved with the process. We get emotionally attached to the process, which is okay, but equally is a lot of money involved when we like things that we like, and we put them in the homes and then they just cost us a lot more money.

I guess my advice to you is when you’re renovating a home for profit, make sure that you don’t spend it as though you were going to live in it. For example, in the kitchen instead of a particular style of appliances, stainless steel appliances, just go for the low end or the middle range as opposed to the top end. You wouldn’t be going for the De’Longhi. You would be going for something like Whirlpool or Westinghouse. Still good brands. Still recognised by the buyers as good brands, but it won’t cost you as much, and you’ll be able to get a higher profit on the sale process.

That’s I guess in essence what I’ve been looking at. Make sure that when you are renovating for profit that you look at the costs. Also, do a layout of the costs, what you’re looking at promoting, what you’re looking at renovating, and then do that list. Then from that list, work out what the costs are and find out what’s a priority and what’s really just a wish list, so that you make sure you do the priority items prior to doing the wish list and that way you won’t run out of money prior to putting the house on the market. And you’ll make a nice little profit for yourself. All right, well I’m Rachael Goldsworthy, and I look forward to catching up with you on the next video.

Episode #18 The Drive Home to the Hawkesbury with Rachael Goldsworthy – Getting ready for an Open Home

3 April, 2014 · Posted by Rachael Goldsworthy

Hi, my name’s Rachael Goldsworthy and I’m just heading off to an open inspection at Bligh Park. That one is going to be for a 15 minute period and as an owner getting your house prepared for an open inspection is really important. If you don’t get the presentation right it’s not going to be attractive for that buyer to be able to pay that … you know, fall in love with it in the first place and then pay that higher price for you that you’re after.

A couple of things that I would probably do, three things in particular, all of the basics like mowing the lawns, cleaning the house up, getting everything in preparation for that open. That’s all fine, that’s all normal. The other two things that I would probably do and say to you is one, I would have appropriate music playing in the background. That might be as simple as Vivaldi Four Seasons or it might be a nice, soft music. Something that doesn’t really have a beat or that anybody can really recognise, but it’s just a really nice … It puts people in a nice mood when they go through your home.

The other thing that I would probably say to you, it’s always good to have some sort of infuser or, I guess, an essence of some sort. Whether that’s a candle burner that has a particular fragrance or an infuser that has a particular fragrance, making sure that you’re trying to remain neutral. You don’t want to have something that’s going to be overpowering and all they’re thinking of is “Oh my goodness. Can you smell that? I can’t get over that.” Somebody may have allergies to those sorts of things so I would stay away from the really strong ones, but just have something such as a vanilla or something really neutral that’ll just take any of the last night’s dinners aromas away from the scenario.

Alternatively I would look at some sort of burner, whether it’s an essence burner, they’re always handy to have and something as simple as eucalyptus in the water. That gives a really nice, fresh flavour to the air or alternatively tea tree oil is another one. Everybody can get that from Coles or Woolworth’s. You don’t need to use the expensive brands. The other thing that I would say with that fragrance is possibly stay away from the incense burners. The incense burners, as much as they’re really nice and some people like them, not everybody will. Given that it provides a lot of smoke with those incense sometimes as a nonsmoker somebody will walk in and be … It’s a little bit offensive sometimes for those people when they’re walking through. Also, again, if they’ve got allergies or their child suffers asthma they won’t want to be going in the property. So just a couple of things there.

Make sure that the curb appeal is right, the presentation is right. Make sure that you’ve got lovely music playing and thirdly, just make sure that you’ve got the right aromas in the house and you’re sure to have a great open home. I wish you well with that. If you’ve got any other questions don’t hesitate to call me. I’ll catch up with you on the next video.