As if a global pandemic, devastating bushfires, catastrophic floods and the Russia/Ukraine war weren’t enough, we’ve had an Australian Federal election flung into the mix and, just this week, the first Reserve Bank of Australia cash rate rise in over a decade to add fuel to the raging flames! It sounds like the perfect storm to have even the most seasoned renovators shaking in the boots… and certainly enough to ward off would-be newbie renovators.