Here’s the thing nobody tells you about energy performance before a renovation: it’s not about stars and ratings. It’s about how you feel in your own home. How warm you are when you get out of bed on a cold July morning in Melbourne. How cool the house stays on a forty-degree February day without the aircon screaming. How the air smells — fresh or flat, clean or faintly damp. How clearly your family breathes in winter. How quiet and stable the temperature is when the weather outside is trying its hardest to get in. A high-performing home isn’t a technical stat or achievement. It’s a daily comfort. 🙋 Solar, battery storage, EV charging provisions, heat pump hot water — these are not separate projects that happen after a renovation is complete. They are decisions that are made most effectively and most affordably during a renovation, at the moment when the infrastructure to support them is most accessible. If you want a healthy home that has clean air, good heating and no mould, your best bet is to get off the gas and electrify where possible. If you want to know more, there are resources to explore what’s available in your state — rebates, incentives, product comparisons. 🫠 A renovation is your single best opportunity to build that comfort in from the beginning. Miss this window and you’re retrofitting for the rest of the time you own the property.

SHOUT OUT to you in the field - getting it right and having a crack.... And sometimes getting it wrong and still having a crack. I've been getting funny about sharing some O'Shit moments with random strangers. Yet its a safe space and I recently posted on Substack some of those moments. That all said, I'd love to hear your defining moments also. Till then - here's mine: https://open.substack.com/pub/drummondnaomi/p/the-renovation-mistakes-i-made-so?r=3hg720&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

If you are a weekend warrior - this is your time to shine on the tools. This weekend for me is about family and old friends, so that means some down time. My friend Stacey (who I've been renovating these past few weeks) did not sell her house yesterday at auction. It looked really special and this week I'm really pulling forward the universe for people to buy this inner city beauty. Today I'm taking my partner over to see his sister and to show him Stacey's house and all the work we've done there. He will be impressed. Hope you are having a great weekend.

If this is your hidden secret .. I know what you are thinking. Not ready to pull the trigger or move forward on a project you want... and there's one more renovation show you want to watch, or course you need to do or level of savings before you start. SCARED. AFRAID. I understand cause that's where I was also. A bundle of ideas, hopes dreams and stopped by fear. Welcome to this community you are right at home. 💕

Simon Sinek's iconic book is a call to action for many. Even in projects and building. I started a book called "She Knows her Brief" and my why is to inspire others to use their god given talents and build something around them. A home a shelter or the like. The commitment for our community, society and for future generations is that 30% of the Construction industry is represented by women. It's a target for 2030 and till then there's plenty of work to do. You may work part time in the industry or only for a season to complete your own project, it doesn't matter. I'm out to educate and build up the possibility of running construction projects with all the skills you inherently have. It's no recipe book but a gateway to a look at what it takes and what fun you can have in the building game. I've started posting snippets to the community in substack and would love to have the Skool community involved also. From time to time, I'll post a link to a snippet for your reading pleasure and other times I'll post a tool that is inspired by the book in our Classroom for your use. Lets start here: Why. https://open.substack.com/pub/drummondnaomi/p/why-i-was-wearing-overalls-before?r=3hg720&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true