.SOME TOPICS THAT WE COVER:
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[2:15]: How Dot & Pop started out as a personal creative outlet and is now a multifaceted brand incorporating an online space for design lovers and a styling business.
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[3:45]: How Eve has always been surrounded by the love of aesthetics and the arts.
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[4:30]: Eve talks about her and Matt's first property which was a heritage-listed Victorian house on a 102m2 block.
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[6:15]: How getting to your forever home is a journey and each property is a stepping stone toward your dream. Buy what you can afford and start with that.
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[7:30]: How things often are left unfinished when renovating and the difference between Instagram and real life
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[10:00]: How the small things make a big difference and the benefits of living with a builder.
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[12:40]: How Eve and Matt designed their house themselves without engaging an architect.
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[13:50]: Rebeka talks about why she doesn't do basements and the things you have to think about in terms of safety when renovating with kids.
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[16:15]: How Matt is a high-end builder with a great design eye and completes the floor plans and designs of their houses. They have established themselves in a niche market.
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[17:40]: You can never switch off when you're doing your own project and you have to work months ahead.
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[18:50]: Eve's tip in finding your niche and that she loves building relationships with brands and sharing the furniture and homewares that she loves.
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[20:15]: Creating content is time-consuming and being authentic is really important.
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[21:00]: How Eve and Matt are planning on doing another project but they have really enjoyed living in a finished home and how they often talk about moving to Queensland.
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[22:50]: How things always work out perfectly in the end and that they have never regretted missing out on properties.
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[25:40]: Rebeka's house progress and her steel window nightmare.