Selling Houses Australia

For the last 6 years, Bec & Jared and their young family have been loving life on the Gold Coast. When an investment property in a nearby suburb came up, the opportunity to secure their financial future was too good to miss. 

They bought an 80's build 4 bedder in Mermaid Waters for 1.55 million dollars, with the idea to knock it down, rebuild and sell for a profit, helping to reduce their existing mortgage. But suddenly - everything went wrong. The builders pulled out, Bec lost her job and the interest rates skyrocketed, leaving this young family unable to afford their plans and with TWO mortgages to pay. 

They tried to sell, but lowball offers of 1.1 million meant they were looking at half a million loss! With only 80 thousand dollars for renovations, Wendy and Dennis have to work miracles.

In Sydney's idyllic Sutherland Shire, Nicky, Danny and their kids have outgrown their fibro cottage. The family's climbing the walls. So, they need to move to a bigger home. 

But they can't sell their existing one. Buyers feel there's too much work needed to bring the place up to scratch and the facade, with its exterior that is painted 50 shades of brown, is a deal breaker too. The rear deck is rickety and there isn't even an off-road car parking space. 

Inside, the kitchen and bathroom are crying out for a new lease on life. But a full reno with a large budget could lead the family to over capitalise on their investment, and there's a real chance they could end up losing money. So, they key is to keep the budget modest and make the most of what the family already have. 

Bringing out the vintage charm of this cottage to make it appeal to the next family is Wendy and Dennis' key challenge. But can they pull it off on a paired back budget?

Macca's beach shack is just moments from the glorious Sunshine Coast's Mudjimba Beach. You would imagine people would be tripping over themselves to buy in such a lucrative location. Well, they are - they just don't want Macca's house.

 The problem is it it's not appealing to passersby, doesn't have connectivity from the house to the garden and the floorplan lacks functionality. Macca needs a fresh start. Most of this cancer survivor pension goes towards paying off his mortgage as well as on-going medical expenses. 

He wants to get out of debt and move closer to his family. But his house has been sitting on the market without interest. Can our Selling Houses team turn this dingy man cave into a sun-drenched, tropical beach house?

Sam and Rosie have been trying to sell the old family house for over five months. They want $1,200,000, but it's an eyesore on a major intersection. The one offer they did get was $920,000, which they rejected. The dilemma is that Sam needs to give up work for his health so they need to sell ASAP to have enough money to retire.