It was some time ago that Josh and Emma Wilson met at an 80's party on the South Coast of NSW. Since then they have moved homes and travelled through France before falling in love with Melbourne and each other somewhere along the way. Josh grew up in the Barossa Valley in SA and was a self confessed computer nerd in his early days before building a very successful IT Project management business Melbourne. Emma's journey takes in retail, visual merchandising, cupcake baker, interior designer and now has found her passion as a ceramicist. So how does a IT consultant and a ceramicist manage to li ..read more

When Harriet Alexander was living in London she took in a three legged rescue dog. "Pedro" had a number of behavioral issues due do past trauma and neglect. Little did she know at the time Pedro was about to completely change her life. Harriet was so determined to understand him and how to help him that she ended up making a career of it. With the help of inspirational mentors and a lot of study in canine behaviour management, Harriet operates a professional dog training business in Melbourne called All Dogs are Good with methods that are ethical and kind and are a long way from the old traini ..read more

If you have never tried a Canelé you are in for a treat. If you are already a fan then I have some very exciting news. With its origins in the Annociades convent of Bordeaux where nuns cared for disadvantaged children, Melbourne has its very own decedent of the French boulangerie Vincent Uso moved to Australia from France about 6 years ago. With a dream in his heart and the secrete recipe from his Uncle Alain in his pocket he has just started baking the most magnificent Canelés here in Melbourne. Buy day he is an architect but by night he transform to produce French pastries that can be delive ..read more

Don't you just adore a good love story. Jelmer Stellingwerf was happily going about his life working in Switzerland when he was swept off his feet by an Aussie girl studying music at Zurich. Somehow he convinced his boss Australia would be a fantastic place to set up a new office and he and Karina moved here in 2019 leaving his family behind in his home land of the Netherlands. Karina is a professional musician (which the neighbors love) and Jelmer is the Managing Director of Swiss Grip Australia which as the name suggests is a non slip safety coating and he has very quickly grown the Australi ..read more

Have you every wondered how some people are able to do so much for others without any hint of personal recognition or financial gain. Growing up in Melbourne as the youngest 4 boys Nic Bolto had his outlook on life re set when his oldest brother Rob died of Leukemia. As if that want enough he lost another brother to suicide sending him and his family into deep shock for many years. What he discovered through this experience is the awful lack of responsiveness and care in our community to help us manage life's traumatic events. Nic is the Chair of "The Retreat" which is Bed & Breakfast set ..read more

Most Victorians have endured some form of restrictions since late March 2020 and it will continue until late November 2020 and beyond. For Daniel Wolff the early days of lockdown were tough and it took him a couple of months to settle into a pattern that helped him deal with the personal and commercial challenges most of us are facing every day. Daniel is the Director of Capstone Education who are business consultants to Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). Both Capstone Education and their clients being large and small training organisations across Australia have had to refocus on their ..read more

It times of trouble and challenge it is truly heartwarming to hear about less fortunate people being supported. Su Mai grew up in Malaysia before spending time in London, Uganda and Boliva and now Melbourne. Through Su Mai's work in her business Art Tearapy she supports people to take charge of their own mental, physical and emotional well-being. Su Mai explains how she uses her own personal experience of expressing herself through the medium of art to work with others including disabled people to help them process their own emotions. Creativity in many forms helps the healing and development ..read more

As we have discussed several times the apartment market trends differently in each capital city around Australia. The local market dynamics such as supply and demand play a big role but now we have the variations in Covid-19 restrictions and interstate travel factors at play as well. To help understand what is happening we welcome back our go to apartment market commentator Leigh Warner - Head of Residential Research at JLL. Leigh and his team of researchers around the country have just released the Apartment Market Snapshot which provides a review of each of Australia's capital cities markets ..read more

While Covid-19 has turned up the pressure on all of us, the importance on mental health and well being has always been there and always will be. This special episode of Talking Apartments goes inside the home to discuss the very important and personal issue of mental health. Rachel Bowes is Head of Crisis Services and Quality at Lifeline Australia and speaks to us about what you can do to manage your mental health, how to support others and the services lifeline offer to people needing someone to talk to. What struck me most in our discussion was while the Crisis Support volunteers that answer ..read more

When the property market hits troubled waters the industry turns to valuers for help to understand the property fundamentals and navigate their way through the complexity of issues. Valuers deep property knowledge provides a rigor that grounded and provides structure to factors not normally experienced. That is certainly the case now given the combined health and economic crises combining in a perfect storm of turmoil in every sector of the property market. Talking Apartments have therefore turned to Damian Kininmonth, Director - Preston Rowe Paterson, who' s 35 years experience provides lesso ..read more