Tradespeople may be interested to know that contrary to what you may have seen in the media, Australians across the country are still renovating.  In fact a study recently commissioned by Winning Appliances, a company that supplies electrical appliances, found that:

• 51% of homeowners plan to renovate within the next four years
• 28 % have plans to renovate in the next 12 months
• 37 % are renovating bathrooms
• 28 % kitchens
• 25%  plan to renovate living areas
• 18 % the laundry

The Galaxy Research Survey of 1091 Australian homeowners also found that:

• 25%  have never renovated a home

• 58 %  have renovated within the last 4 years

• 17% have renovated in the past 12 months