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Looking to finally upgrade the kitchen or add a touch of class to your bathroom? It might be easier to do than you realise, potentially without adding anything extra to your monthly financial commitments.

We've been following our clients Alisha & Dom as they start the journey of doing up their first home. In this post Alisha shares the experience of what it's really like redoing the walls of the lounge.

Feast your eyes on this transformation of an old Ponsonby villa. Owned by an expert architect, this was never going to be anything short of spectacular.

In the third instalment of first home buyers Alisha & Dom's journey, they're pulling out the paint brushes and test pots.

In part 2 of this mini-series, the Preests pick apart their new home, and decide on how to tackle the quirks, starting with the ugliest vanity known to man.

In a world of articles about young couples buying their first home 'on their own' but with a gifted deposit, it's nice to hear a success story with a touch of reality. Where hard work paid off, and avocados weren't given up, and a house was purchased.

As we welcome 2017, many of us are looking at ways of improving or bettering ourselves. Perhaps this year we should make a different kind of resolution: one for our homes.

With the Reserve Bank LVR changes (and generally below par rental yields) now is the time for investors to be looking at ways to maximise their existing portfolio and increasing its return where buying more properties is not an option.

Some jobs are best done with the assistance of experts. Here's how you know it's time to get in touch with the professionals.

They have come in all shapes and sizes in the past: Sheds, offices, even literal caves if you go back far enough.

Here are just three simple ways you can take the bite out of the weather and make your home that little bit warmer.

Adding rooms or features to your home can boost your value when capital gains aren't as strong as you'd like them to be. But with every reward, there are a few risks. One issue you need to keep an eye on if you've decided to renovate is overcapitalisation. But what exactly is this?