Case Study #1
Purchase Date: October 1995
Property Type: 4 bedroom house on a subdivided block of 415 sqm in Carnegie
Purchase Price: $174,000
Renovations:
* Painting
* Kitchen and front porch tiling
* Removal of a wall to create an L-shape lounge room
* New window furnishings
* Front and rear garden paving
Last Bank Valuation: Sep 2008 - $650,000
Average Annual Growth: 11% per annum over 13 years
Current ROI: 15.5%
Case Study #2
Purchase Date: October 1997
Property Type: 2 bedroom unit in a block of 5 in Carnegie
Purchase Price: $170,000
Renovations:
* Painting
* Polishing the floor boards
* Tiling the kitchen
* Decking at the back
* New window furnishings
Last Bank Valuation: Oct 2008 - $520,000
Average Annual Growth: 10.5% over 11 years
Current ROI: 9.8%
Case Study #3
Purchase Date: October 2000
Property Type: Off the plan 2 bedroom unit in a block of 2 in Brighton East
Purchase Price: $305,000
Last Bank Valuation: Oct 2007 - $600,000
Average Annual Growth: 10% over 7 years
Current ROI: 7.3%
Case Study #4
Purchase Date: March 2002
Property Type: 2 bedroom unit in a block of 5 in Carnegie
Purchase Price: $277,000
Renovations:
* Painting
* Polishing the floor boards
* Tiling the kitchen
* Tiling the laundry
* New window furnishings
Sold in February 2004: $330,000
Average Annual Growth: 9% PA over 2 years
Case Study #5
Purchase Date: January 2003
Property Type: 2 bedroom plus study townhouse in a block of 2 in Caulfield
Purchase Price: $442,000
Renovations:
* Painting
* Parquetry floors downstairs and upstairs
* New window furnishings upstairs
* Building a wall in a study to create an extra bedroom
* Updating balustrades on the upstairs balcony
Last Bank Valuation: January 2008 - $850,000
Average Annual Growth: 14% over 5 years
Current ROI: 6.9%
Case Study #6
Purchase Date: December 2005
Property Type: 2 bedroom Art Deco apartment in a block of 10 in Elwood
Purchase Price: $386,000
Renovations:
* New Kitchen
Last Bank Valuation: Feb 2008 - $540,000
Average Annual Growth: 12% over 2 years
Current ROI: 5.6%
Case Study #7
Purchase Date: November 2006
Property Type: 3 bedroom plus study house on a corner block in Brighton East
Purchase Price: $742,500
Renovations:
* Painting
* Polishing the floor boards
* New window furnishings
* New wardrobes to 2 bedrooms
* New kitchen
Last Bank Valuation: July 2008 - $1.1M
Average Annual Growth: 22% over 2 years
Current ROI: 4.5%