À LA MODE ACROSS FASHION

Not sure what’s in for your home? Look at what your good at. What's the hue of colour you’re wearing at the moment? What is the tone of your husband’s latest car lust?

What’s in fashion is in fashion across fashion so this is how to know!

There is no point in working on something and struggling with your lack of knowledge or love of interiors, rather embrace what you are good at and this can then translate into "The Vision for Your Space".

Here are a couple of in Vogue palettes to assist you in translation.

À LA MODE FUCSHIA, MAUVE

À LA MODE ROSE GOLD

A Sale Before Christmas

We are officially 7 weeks away until Christmas and those that have a house on the market and haven't sold yet need to do it with in the next week to grab that market that are visualising themselves in their new home for Christmas. Not to mention how handy that cash will be this time of year for you the seller.

"My advice, style your property now"

               

Those that are visualising themselves in their new home before Christmas need help doing so and are ready to make a quick decision. Grab those potential buyers in a big way and for a big $$$ value. Styling your property won't only help with a quick sale but will assist you in getting the best price, potentially adding 10's to 100's of thousands to your selling price. Contact Tweaq Group and help them create a "Vision for Your Space"

              

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Display Homes, the Key to Selling More Houses.

Aug 24, 2015 

By Kassandra Richards

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Display homes are the key to selling more houses in todays building market. Any builder that is doing more than 10 homes a year should be looking into this if they desire to grow. If you want a company rather than a small business build a spec home.

Break into a bigger market with a bang. Even if it is a simple spec home with a slight upgrade on basic finishes and fixtures, topped off with great styling by a qualified designer this will do wonders for your soon to be big business. 

A good designer will help guide you through from the inside out.

Get a really cohesive final presentation bring your interior designer in earlier on the process to nut out some great space planning and in vogue finishes, this will help to get the best outcome on a lower budget build if it is your first display. A good designer will help guide you through from the inside out. After all curb appeal is important however your potential client spends more time inside looking at the layout and finishes than on the street staring at the front facade. 

If you are just branching out into this market don't set up shop in huge display home villages competing with the big boys that might have 3 in a row. To start go for the smaller display home villages and opt for great signage and maybe even a pricing deal. This will bring investors in which are the best kind of clients, quick, non emotional and just want the job done.

Speak to your designer about putting some great internal packages together for you in the way of tap ware, PC items, doors and kitchen range. An experienced designer in the building industry will already be familiar with all of this and their fee will save you an extraordinary amount of time.

Come on small business think BIG!!!

Photo complements of Eagle Homes. Styled by Tweaq!

Save Some of your Building Budget for Final Touches

When Building a new home you are spending dollars before you even break ground and it is hard to keep things in line but I can't believe how many people use up their entire budget before they even get to their finishing touches. 

These finishing touches are what everyone sees at the final reveal. People a lot of the time are trying to scrimp and save at the end of the build rather than keep a close eye on it the whole way through. It blows me away when I see people spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on a home just to ruin it with bad taste and lack of knowledge at the end. 

When you lay bricks you bring in a bricky when you creating your electrical plan you bring in an electrician so why do people hesitate to bring in a professional interior designer when selecting there final finishes and fixtures?

There is a lot to think about at this stage. The first thing a person sees before

they enter your home is the exterior finishes, roof, fascia, guttering, brick, render and even drive way colour to name a few. That is one whole colour selection and you haven't even moved in side. 

Inside your home is where you spend a majority of your time and you will be looking at walls, floors, bench tops, cupboard doors, handles, tiles, doors, toilets, vanities, taps, window treatments and lighting fixtures and this is a short list. 

Its a big job and someone has to do it and if you get it wrong it can cost you in the long run. My advice is to continue with what works and hire a professional, you have done this for the entire build don't stop now. 

Have a designer create an efficient and sparkling final finish. You will find the cost of the professional designer often evens out if they can pass on some of their trade discounts to you as well. A good designer can often pass on anywhere from 5-20% discount. That is a professional service for little or no cost, after all this is where you will be  spending  your  time so save some of you building budget for those final touches.

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Kassandra Richards

Styling a Home for Sale

Article by Kassandra Richards Interior Designer and Stylist

When selling your car you take it to be detailed, when selling a boat you give it a polish so why when selling your house would you not have it styled. People under estimate the power of creating a "Vision for Your Space" or in this case a vision for what might become someone else's.



People need to visualise living in your home. They want it to function in the way that they need it to, they want their furniture to fit and work in each area and they want to imagine their children playing in the living room or their office fitting into the study.

So how do you do this? De clutter and neutralise. Essentially your home needs to represent a display home. Here are some great tips to get started but if the whole process seems overwhelming Tweaq's team can get it started for you with some great ideas or even take it the whole way from pack up to property styling.

TOP 5 TIPS

• Remove everything personal ie. photos, children's toys, knick knacks that might mean something to you but have no relation to anyone else. I know this seems like a pain but your going to have to pack it up to move anyway so you are just getting the job started.

• Clean clean clean. There is nothing worse than walking into a home and not wanting to touch anything in it. Potential sellers need to feel comfortable, so comfortable that they feel they can open robes and snoop around a little. Professional cleaners are very inexpensive and its one less job for you to do.  

• Curb appeal. Potential buyers see the front of your home before they even exit their car. Mowing the lawn and hosing down paths with a bit of fresh mulch creates great curb appeal at very little cost.

•  Style your home in neutral tones. This way you aren't excluding any potential buyers and those that like colour will visualise adding it. A fresh coat of paint never goes astray and it is the cheapest way to literally add $1000 of dollars to your sale. 

Renovator for profit Cherie Barber's  #1 tip is "Add a lick of paint for every $1 spent you get a $10 return"

•  Ambiance. Tap into the human senses. Visually create soft lighting through lamps, scented candles for great aroma and make sure the home is at a comfortable temperature finish everything off with some low background music and you complete the full experience. Anyone viewing your home will walk into a warm welcoming environment. If you can have your viewers come in the late afternoon this is a great opportunity for them to see the home in all lighting aspects and is perfect for starting with the outdoor areas and moving in as it gets darker for great mood lighting.

 Don't devalue your self sell the right way!
 

Tweaq's latest Concept to Completion Builders Projects.

Tweaq have enjoyed a long working relationship with many builders in Sydney's Western Suburbs offering them a professional design service for their important clientele. When working with our builder's clients we believe it is our job to listen and engage to ensure we get the best design result for their personal style. Here is one of our latest design concept that have come to life with our wonderful builders work.

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Check out Tweaq's latest furniture install for our favourite residential client. The Karim Rashid vertex range is to die for when coming to high end deconstructive design. Check out www.tweaq.com.au or contact kassandra@tweaq.com.au for further details.