She Renovates

Maria Burwood is the founder of Showcase Renovations. An elite team member in the Wonder Women program of The School Of Renovating. Maria is a passionate renovator, engineer and project manager with over twenty years of experience in the industry.   On today’s episode, Bernadette interviews Maria Burwood. They discuss her most recent renovation project - a three-bedroom penthouse spanning two floors of the Woolloomooloo Finger Wharf in Sydney. Bernadette covers,   How Maria secured a property originally planned for a family home renovation and why she decided to flip it The 3 major challenges Maria faced in renovating a heritage listing Why Maria gave all the reins to one builder and project manager and how it became a success Maria’s approach to an apartment without an outdoor area and how she used a palette of natural materials and resources to make it work What Maria would have done differently if given a chance The financial outcome of the project How a private buyer’s agent managed the selling of the pr