EP87 RenoVersity Doors Are Open

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I have some exciting news - the doors to RenoVersity are open once again!

Over my many years in this reno world, I’ve seen people struggle with renovating in so many ways, and that’s exactly why I created RenoVersity - my clear 5 Pillar step-by-step system that helps you plan, design and deliver your renovation in the right order. So you avoid costly mistakes, overwhelm and constant second-guessing.

It's been a little while since the course was last available because, behind the scenes, I've been busy working on a new renovation project of my own: an auction apartment that I completely renovated back to brick and have now rented out above market value. The entire project went from purchase to tenant in just five months using the very same RenoVersity system I teach inside the course. (But that's definitely a story for another podcast episode!)

I've also been busy adding some exciting new features, including the On-Demand AI RenoVersity Companion, so you can get answers to your renovation questions whenever you need them, and a Private Audio Series, so you can learn while you're commuting or on the go.

RenoVersity is packed with everything I've created and refined while managing real renovation projects over the years: video lessons, planning guides, calculators, templates, cheat sheets and practical resources to help you plan and manage your renovation with confidence.

The course is now open for enrolment, and in this episode, I'll walk you through exactly what's included, who it's for, and how it can help you create your dream home.

The course is now open for enrolment and inside this episode of the podcast, I talk you through exactly what RenoVersity is all about. 

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Hi, I’m Tash South — interior designer, renovation consultant, and founder of South Place Studio.

In this podcast, I share practical renovation advice, along with deeper insights into home and belonging.

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Transcript

Tash South 0:00

Hi everybody and welcome back to the How to Renovate podcast. Today I've got a special episode for you because I'm going to be introducing my online course called Reniversity. So Reniversity is the ultimate online course to help you plan your dream home. And the reason I created this course is because I have dealt with so many clients who didn't know where to start, whether it's actually whether it's clients or whether it's just people coming to me for some advice, they're confused, they're overwhelmed, they don't know where to start. And so I had the sense that there really wasn't much out there that guided people through from start to finish the process and the sequence and everything that's involved in a renovation project and how to do it well. Can you imagine creating the home of your dreams without the overwhelm and the confusion of where to start, the budget overruns, the fear of mistakes, and

Welcome And Reniversity Reveal

Tash South 1:04

a really big one that people have is that fear of hiring the wrong people for their project, especially when it comes to the contractors. So renovacity really is perfect for you. If you've been thinking about renovating, but maybe you don't know where to start, or if you're worried about doing things in the wrong order and making expensive mistakes, maybe you're worried or concerned about hiring the wrong people. And I mean, if you've done any renovation before, you'll know that you know you're already putting in the hours, you're trying to find the correct information, you're perhaps going through many, many other websites, trying to piece everything together. So if you're already putting in the hours, trying to find the right information amongst the kind of sea of different opinions, and then you know why not get it all in one place and learn from someone who's done it many, many times before? Because of course I've done it for myself many, many times. I've poured my years and years of experience of my own renovations and my clients' renovations into this course. I've been creating the modules, planning the lessons, creating all the content into this course from all of these years of experience that I have in renovating. Reniversity is also right for you if you're excited to start, but you'd like some advice or some guidance, and you also want some money and time-saving tips from someone who's done it before as well. So if you're ready to create your dream home and finally take that first step towards your home renovation, then listen on. So the reason I created this course is because I was getting so many questions from people about to renovate, and so many different questions on so many different aspects of renovating. And if you have done a renovation before, you'll know how complex and involved it can be, and really how many things can go wrong if you don't quite know how to handle them. So Reniversity will guide and encourage you to put in the time to plan, to learn, and to research for your renovation. So in doing that, you will reap so many benefits. For example, your entire project will just be less stressful. Your budget and your timeline will be more realistic, your relationships with your team will be better and therefore lead to better results because you will be able to communicate with them a lot easier. And if you know what you're talking about and what you want, it will be

Why Renovations Feel Overwhelming

Tash South 3:45

so much easier to communicate that to them, which then, of course, will make for a much easier relationship and then a better result in the end. You will also make fewer costly mistakes. There are so many opportunities to go wrong during a renovation, and in the course, I talk you through how you can avoid costly mistakes, and there are various ways you can do that in a renovation because there are so many different aspects to it and so many different people involved and things to buy, and so just knowing how to avoid those mistakes or educating yourself, that itself will help you to avoid those costly mistakes. But most importantly, and what I absolutely most love about what I do is that this course, like I do with this podcast, and like I do with my masterclasses and anything else that I teach about renovations, it will show you how you can make your home just as you want it. And to make it function well for you and your family, those that live with you in your home, just make it that true sanctuary that supports and uplifts those who occupy it. So if you've been listening to the podcast for a while, you will know that everything I teach about renovations falls into my five-pillar process. And just the same, reniversity also falls into this five-pillar process. And if you've been listening for a while, you'll probably know that I always say that having good knowledge of the renovation process is one of the first and most important steps when starting your exciting home renovation. So, with the wisdom and the very hard-earned knowledge and blood, sweat, and tears of my many years of interior design and renovation consultancy and my own renovations, I developed this five-pillar process, which I now use for every single renovation I carry out, whether it's for one of my own renovations or for a client. This is the five-pillar process that I use, and this is the five-pillar process that is inside Reniversity. So the whole course is broken down into these five pillars just to make it easy

The Five Pillar Renovation Method

Tash South 6:03

for you to see the different sections, see how to approach your renovation, cover each pillar, each module, and come out at the end of each one knowing what to do for that section or for that part of the process. This really has been the bedrock of my many successful property makeovers for both myself and for my clients. So let's get into it. In the five-pillar process in Reniversity, pillar one, which is also module one, is planning. So, under planning, you will be shown how to find inspiration and to set up the vision for your dream home and also meticulously study your needs so that you can really nail down what you want from your project. This will be things like floor plans, style boards, your big picture budget. And then pillar two, module two, is preparation. So, in this module, what you'll do is you will start to prepare for the planning application process. You'll have lessons about learning about the planning process, whether you need an architect, and their role in your project. Amongst other things, you'll also learn how to put together a detailed prospective budget. And by the end of this module, you'll have a full brief to be able to hand over to your team. Module three, pillar three is people. So very, very important. Under this pillar, and in this module, you'll learn about which professionals you'll need to hire.

Planning And Preparation Modules

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I will give you advice on choosing a builder or a contractor for your project, and also how to review and compare architects and contractor quotes in detail, which is a really really important part of any renovation project. Moving on to pillar four, module four, which is practical management. So this is the stage where you're on site, and in this module, I am going to be teaching you all about having the confidence to manage your team and your project on site. You'll learn about the sequence of the actual build process. You'll learn how to put a build schedule together, how to completely manage your budget, and also very important, I also show you how to manage budget overruns so you can get as close to your target budget as possible at the end of your project. In this pillar, pillar four, I also teach about how to handle possible disputes with your team, which is very important for getting through your renovation projects. And then finally, pillar five, module five, is perfecting. And under this pillar, we will go over the final checks and the snagging. So, overall, when you enrol in Reniversity, you'll get these five modules, five beautiful modules, which I've designed to show you everything you need to know for a successful renovation from the very start to the very finish when you're placing that beautiful cushion onto your new sofa. And I teach all of these modules and all of the lessons using real project examples. So these are real life projects I've worked on from start to finish for real clients, and the lessons include beautifully designed resources, slides, graphics, and images to keep you engaged and inspired and motivated throughout the course. Inside the course, you're also going to get my seven behind the curtain masterclasses. The masterclasses are really in-depth lessons into a certain room or a certain aspect of your renovation. You're going to have access to seven masterclasses from how to plan your dream kitchen to how to draw easy-scaled floor plans to how to design your dream bathroom, how to create strategic and intentional style boards. There's even a masterclass on space planning and layout so you can plan your layout thoroughly and really experiment with what you want from your renovation. There's also a masterclass on lighting, so planning your lighting. Another masterclass is on materials. It really does cover everything you need to know in that initial planning stage. So with these masterclasses, I really give you all of my interior design intel, and I also give you the knowledge and the skills you need to create a beautiful functional space that works hard for you and your family, and really that

People And On Site Management

Tash South 10:29

you'll be proud to invite guests into. When you join Reniversity, you'll also get live QA consulting calls with me. As part of the course, I will be carrying out QA sessions. So you can submit your questions or you can come on live and I will answer all of your questions about the renovation or about your interior design or any questions that may have come up whilst you were doing the course. So I'm not just going to give you the course and leave you with it. You can check in with me. I really want to help you get that dream home and get that successful renovation done so that you can start to enjoy the space that you have. Reniversity is also absolutely jam-packed with done for you templates. So what this means is that inside the course, I have included all of the documents that I use for my real projects. So these include things like budget templates, calculators, checklists, worksheets. So I've taken my real documents and I've amended them slightly so that they are editable for you to use and plug in your own figures and for you to use as your own. So these resources alone will save you so much time and really help you keep your renovation on track, on time, and on budget, because these templates will really form the kind of bedrock of your renovation. They will be the documents that you keep going back to again and again and again as you manage your project from start to finish. So I'm actually really proud of these Done For You templates because I just know that they're going to help you so much with your projects. Also included

Masterclasses Calls And Templates

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in Reniversity, you are going to get lifetime access. So whether you're renovating this year or next year or in three years' time, when you buy Reniversity, it's yours and it's there for whenever you may need it. And as you may know, planning a renovation project takes a long time. So even if you're renovating in two years, if you get Reniversity now, it will give you that time to follow the course, learn about everything that's involved, and give you really sufficient time to plan for a really successful renovation. And then lastly, and this is something I'm quite excited about, and I'm also continuing to find new partners, but I'm going to be offering you some trade discounts as part of this course. So when you enroll in university, you will receive discounts from a range of different suppliers, most of which I've worked with before, who I have a good relationship with, and who are happy to offer you a discount on their products. So I mean, if you even just bought this course for the trade discounts, it probably could pay for itself. But this course is going to be worth so much, and the trade discounts is really just a really, really huge cherry on the top. And because I know how busy everybody is, we're all really busy and we're all juggling a lot. And now you have to plan an entire renovation on top of everything else you do as well. I've introduced these shortcuts for you. So these are really great time-saving shortcuts that I've added to the program. First, you have this on-demand AI Reniversity assistant. And this assistant has the entire Reniversity program loaded into it. So instead of searching through the lessons when you don't have time and you don't have time to search through all the video lessons, you can now ask a question and get a clear answer from this GPT. So when you're stuck on anything from layout to materials to lighting and you need a quick answer, this tool will give you the exact next step using the Reniversity method. It's like having expert support exactly when you need it. And the second time-saving resource that I've recently added to the program is the full Reniversity program on a private audio experience. So you can learn while you're commuting, while walking, or just doing whatever you need to do in your everyday life. You can listen to it as a podcast. All of the content is available for you as a private audio series. The reason I made this course was to help

AI Assistant And Private Audio

Tash South 14:49

people with their renovation projects. I know it can be a really stressful time of your life when you're running a renovation. There are so many different aspects to it. It can affect so many parts of your life, it can affect your family life, it can affect your finances, it affects your obviously your home life where you're living, you may need to move out, you may be living on a building site. There's so many different aspects that can be quite difficult to deal with and quite stressful. And so I feel like if people know what a renovation project involves and if they know the sequence and if they know how to plan well, all of those things will just make the renovation run a lot more smoothly. I'm not saying it's going to take all the stress out of it because you will still have to deal with some of those stressful elements of a renovation. You'll always have to if you're doing a renovation. But in having the knowledge, you then have the power and the confidence to speak

Why Planning Saves Money

Tash South 15:50

to your team, to speak to your potential architect and contractor with confidence, knowing what you want, knowing having this knowledge behind you and having a plan. And the planning itself is the gold. That's where it lies. If you plan well before you start your renovation, to me, that's always been the key because the planning is the thing that will save you time, that will save you money, that will make you go in with confidence. And reniversity is all about that planning. So at the end of this course, you will have planned your dream home. You will have thought about the layout and the style. You will have set out your vision on your style boards and designed your floor plans and looked at your big picture budget. You will have prepared a clear and detailed brief to hand over to your professionals and to your contractor. You will also have put together your dream team. So inside Reniversity, I teach you how to find those people that hopefully you will connect with who will help you and support you to achieve a successful renovation. You will have learned how to manage that team on site. So there's a whole module on practical management, and this is going to teach you just how to remain calm on site, how to go about things, how to manage people, and how to keep track of your budget, how to keep track of your build. I think that in itself is such a valuable part of this course. And then, of course, you will have learned how to perfect your dream home. So at the end, you will have the home that you've always wanted. And the best thing is you would have planned it. So you will know that you would have planned it, you would have thought about it, and you know that it's going to work for you and your family because you're not doing anything by chance. Everything would have been thought through, planned, and so you can go into your renovation with confidence because you know that at the end you are going to be getting something that you know will work for you and your family. But above all else, renovacity will give you that confidence to finally start planning that renovation that you've been dreaming of and really create a home that works hard to support you and your busy daily life, a home that is functional, a home that flows well and suits your lifestyle. So you end up with a home that is unique to you and really just a true reflection of who you are. To end off this podcast episode, everybody, to learn more about Reniversity, and you can do that at selfplacestudio.com forward slash reniversity. And like I said, I'm going to link to it in the show notes and in the episode notes for you. Well, thank you for joining me for this episode, everybody, and I hope to see you for the next one. It's bye for now, and I hope you have a really good week. Bye for now.