Hi everyone !

I am Matt and I am a co-founder of Refurber (plus the company behind Refurber called Vibe Capital).  I am a happily married fellow living in the beautiful city of Perth in Western Australia.  Great to see you on Refurber ! 

I am also happy to say that I have survived two reasonably intense home renovations:

The initial experience at renovating was with my very first house which I bought (with a great deal of help from the bank) at the tender age of 22 on a very busy street (make that highway) in Fremantle.  The house was built in 1910 and pretty run down at the time of purchase.  I learnt about the challenges of wooden windows, the smells associated with removing old carpet and the risks of shared sewerage lines during my 2 years renovation process (never truly completed but what renovation ever is ! )  I also got a small taste of the glorious satisfaction that comes with completing a job or project in your own house that makes it just a little more like the home that you imagined when you first toured through the place.

The second experience was a lot more recent and considerably more costly.  Over the past four years (since my return to Perth from many years abroad) I have been working on improving a 1920 house together with my wife.  This has involved a lot of personal effort but also external builders whom I have had to manage and negotiate with across a great many months.  The bathroom, kitchen and front yard in this house were all completed by paid tradesmen, fortunately for my personal pride there was also a lot of other things done by my wife and I as a team.  There are few greater tests for a relationship ...