We purchased a new property in April 2021 and sadly our pool was badly damaged by a demolition company who completely misunderstood the scope of works (look at the before photos... I know... something from a horror movie...). With a 1 year old daughter who loves swimming, we were absolutely gutted when this damage occurred. We were really worried we would have to fill in the pool due to the costs of repair, however, we fortunately stumbled upon the amazing boys at Just Swimming Pool Renovations. Jamie, Rose and the rest of the team inspected a few times and ultimately were able to work with us to come up with the most cost efficient solution to restore the pool. We added 2 coloured lights, a massive 4.5m concrete bench / stairs and new pebblecrete. We also removed the old council stairs (so gross!!) and of course, all the broken tiles and mud inside the pool was also removed.

We are so happy with the end result and are so grateful for the help of Just Swimming Pools. Without them, we would have entered summer with a swamp - now we enter with pool fit for the queen!

Approximate cost: $13000

Our first broker assessed our situation for 2 months and eventually said that we had no chance with anyone other than St George. Servicing was $200k less and we had a 30 day wait - so we had to cull this option

Our second broker (Wealthy You - George Popadalis & Umais Minai) assured us that we could get through with ING. After 3 weeks we were declined and initially we were told there was no hope. After we pushed and pushed (as they had been so sure about ING), they came up with a partial alternative of 3% on a variable loan. This wasn’t even a definite alternative and my wife and I became very stressed and worried.

We reached out to Suncorp (who our existing mortgage was with) but they had a 8 day turn around and wouldn’t offer a pre-approval. We decided this was too risky.

At this point we were very worried. We had sold our house and had already contracted for another. Not only were we worried we would have to crash on finance, but we were worried we would end up living in a far worse area/suburb. My wife is on maternity leave, my credit score was bleak (due simply to credit enquiries vs bad credit), we had a ‘joint property debt’ with our sister in law, and I was on probation. We had also had one decline already. We were really worried.

Finally, we found Hunter Galloway. They the situation around in 1 week and got us a 4-year fixed rate of 1.94%. Heres how it went down…
At 6PM on the Thursday we got in contact with Nathan/Ty. They sent us a document link before they left for the day and booked us for a meeting first thing in the morning. Before the meeting TY did his due diligence and ran our situation past a BDM at the bank. By the time we hit the meeting TY was certain he had a deal for us and by 5pm that day the documents were signed and submitted. By the Monday they bank confirmed they were ok with our financials and a valuation ordered. By the Wednesday we had a pre-approval and by the Friday we had the formal approval.
To say we are thankful is an understatement. Ty, especially, worked so very hard behind the scenes to hold out deal together and get us a cracking rate in record time. His communication was second to none and we could always be sure that as soon as there was an update, Ty would be on the phone to us. Unlike the three prior brokers, Ty did what he said he would do and at an incredible rate.

We are so thankful and grateful that we found Hunter Galloway - we will be certainly using them again.

Approximate cost: $1

Visited for the first time yesterday and used the 'Auto Wash - Extreme' and wasn't one bit disappointed. Not only was this Lazer Wash quick, effective and cheap (not to mention it also accepts card payments!), but the owner himself, Mr Stan Jackowski offered to personally clean my mag wheels for me (for free!). In addition to this great customer experience, i received a $3 off my next wash! I had never seen this place until yesterday, however, I intend to come back weekly now that I know it exists!

Approximate cost: $17