{"id":7359,"date":"2016-03-18T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/realestatetalk.com.au\/?p=7359"},"modified":"2016-03-18T01:00:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T14:00:51","slug":"changes-that-add-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/channels.realty.com.au\/realtytalk\/changes-that-add-value\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes that add value &#8211; Graham Ross and Darren Palmer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn today&#8217;s show we are joined by not one but 2 television personalities as we look inside and outside a property to see what adds value. <strong>Graham Ross<\/strong> from Better Homes and Gardens takes care of the outside while stylist and judge on the Block, <strong>Darren Palmer<\/strong> has some great advice about getting the inside of a property looking great.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Transcript:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 My next guest is Darren Palmer. Darren, of course, interior designer, author, and much-loved judge and mentor on Channel 9\u2019s <i>The Block<\/i>.<br \/>\nGood day, Darren. Nice to have you on the show.<br \/>\n<b>Darren:<\/b>\u00a0 Nice to be back.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 We see spectacular rooms on shows like <i>The Block<\/i> and magazines like <i>House &amp; Garden<\/i>. Are they all that easy to create or replicate, given the guidance you can get in a book like <i>Easy Luxury<\/i>?<br \/>\n<b>Darren:<\/b>\u00a0 If it was easy, everyone would do it<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 That\u2019s true.<br \/>\n<b>Darren:<\/b>\u00a0 It is hard. It\u2019s a real skill, and it takes years to hone. What people are able to achieve on <i>The Block<\/i> is truly mind-blowing especially considering, generally speaking, they are everyday people who don\u2019t have any experience in renovation or design. With that in mind, it\u2019s spectacular.<br \/>\nBut if you look at what gets done in magazines by professionals and the amount of layering and detail and the principles behind things, yes, you can study all that stuff and you can learn it, but it really takes practice to master something like that.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s this anecdote of someone coming across Pablo Picasso on a riverbank and saying to him, \u201cCan you sketch me?\u201d In 15 minutes, he did a quick sketch, and it was a Pablo Picasso original. He said, \u201cThat will be \u20ac8000,\u201d or whatever. The person said, \u201cReally? That only took you 15 minutes.\u201d \u201cNo, it took me my whole life.\u201d<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Great story and very true. Darren, thanks for your time. All the best. I look forward to seeing you again on <i>The Block<\/i> real soon.<br \/>\n<b>Darren:<\/b>\u00a0 Thanks so much, Kevin.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Another famous name, another famous face, Graham Ross from <i>Better Homes &amp; Gardens<\/i> joins us.<br \/>\nGraham, thanks for your time.<br \/>\n<b>Graham:<\/b>\u00a0 My pleasure, Kevin? Are you well?<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 I\u2019m very well. Thank you.<br \/>\n<b>Graham:<\/b>\u00a0 Good, mate.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 What sort of impact, in your experience, does a nice garden or a very well-maintained lawn have on the price of a property if it\u2019s being sold?<br \/>\n<b>Graham:<\/b>\u00a0 Well, it\u2019s street appeal, street appeal, and street appeal. The whole objective, Kevin, is to get people out of the car. The real estate agent has either sent them, or they\u2019re in his car driving to XYZ and he has to get them out of the car. Street appeal is really where it\u2019s at. Don\u2019t go over the top. Don\u2019t make it look like it\u2019s a botanical garden that people are going to have to spend months and months looking after.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 One of the great things about living in Australia, Graham, is that we have this opportunity to have a great outdoor lifestyle. That affords some great opportunities, and I\u2019ve seen you do this on Better Homes &amp; Gardens, create some of those outdoor rooms.<br \/>\n<b>Graham:<\/b>\u00a0 It\u2019s a great idea. Again, the sound of water, the look of water, if you can go to the local garden center, the local nursery or the hardware store and buy just a simple\u2026 You think, \u201cI\u2019m not going to spend $400 on it,\u201d but if it looks $1000 and the image and the feel as they come through the house and look out onto the back, there\u2019s a bit of splash, there\u2019s a bit of water, there\u2019s a bit of a tinkling of the water, that\u2019s another real bonus.<br \/>\nYou have them out of the car, through the front garden, into the house. The house and the setup of the furniture and the smell and aroma of cooking and all those sorts of things that interior decorators are professional at, but when you start going through to the back, sometimes they\u2019re just backyards. While the old backyard was a very popular place to play cricket, in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century, it\u2019s an entertainment space, it\u2019s another extension of the room of the house.<br \/>\nIn the houses that we\u2019ve landscaped over the years and done a little bit of work in the backyard and in the front yard that we might have spent $10,000 or $15,000 on \u2013 that sounds a lot \u2013 you can get a 30% to 40% increase. We\u2019ve been able to say that time and time again that you spend that bit of time outside as well as indoors.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 Great advice, Graham. All the best with your show. I love your show, too, mate. It\u2019s going very well for you.<br \/>\n<b>Graham:<\/b>\u00a0 Thank you, pal. It\u2019s my 21<sup>st<\/sup> year with <i>Better Homes<\/i>. Last Friday night was my 856<sup>th<\/sup> episode. I don\u2019t know who\u2019s counting but someone told me that during the week.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 You\u2019re not that old. Come on.<br \/>\n<b>Graham:<\/b>\u00a0 It makes me feel a bit old, but it\u2019s been great and it\u2019s a great show to be part of this year.<br \/>\n<b>Kevin:<\/b>\u00a0 It\u2019s great having you on the team too, Graham. Thank you so much for your time.<br \/>\n<b>Graham:<\/b>\u00a0 Cheers, mate. All the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In today&#8217;s show we are joined by not one but 2 television personalities as we look inside and outside a property to see what adds value. 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