Selling Houses Australia

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.

In Western Sydney Tina and Mick want to start a new chapter in life. Their kids have flown the coup and they want to start transitioning towards retirement. So they've had their house on the market for a year but it hasn't sold. Despite receiving a very healthy early offer, they were holding out for more. But as time has gone on the offers have got lower and lower and now they're stuck in a rut. 

The house has more than its fair share of problems that are putting buyers off. It's on a battle axe plot, it's back to front and the layout downstairs suffers as a result of it having been a display home dropped on a block it wasn't suited to. The decor and design is well and truly stuck in an 1980's time warp and outside the key issue is making the home feel like it has a discernible front and back. 

But with only a very modest budget, can Wendy and Dennis turn this house around and get Tina and Mick the sale they so desperately need?