Oct 26, 2026 · 40 min · 14 segments
Jess Eva joins *Unpacked & Oversharing* for a hilarious and refreshingly honest chat! Jess opens up about the wild story behind her not-so-public breakup with Norm, reveals what was REALLY the…
Jess EvaGuest
Carly PortchHost
and i think this show is so much needed because you do have the block which is quite high end and it does what it needs to do and i've been a blockhead for a long time but I do love that this show fulfills a need for people like myself that when you buy a place, you don't have those block budgets.
First of all, you got it off the ground yourself and you self-funded it, which is amazing in itself.
Because very often I'll watch those shows and go, I'd love to do that, but I could never, ever achieve that or afford that.
Whereas I feel like I watch Budget Backlash and I'm like, that is exactly where I am at when it comes to what I can do with my place.
you say if you host a renovation show you meant to be able to be a builder or something um but i mean chris brown paved the way for all of us to be able to not do that so uh so if i can do it anybody can do it i promise you and so that's where we do paint the tiles or um chuck a bit of bicarbs over in some paint turn a plastic pot into a terracotta pot yes we've got some builders around us uh but there is nothing if you've got five bucks or you've got 50 bucks you will always be able to walk away being able to do a little bit of something
give us your top three tips so because i've been in this scenario and i was overwhelmed you buy a place you've literally put all of your savings into even being able to have a place of your own which is an achievement in itself no money left over for the budget to reno you What are three things that you can do, like if you just had to do three and prioritize to make the biggest difference that costs the less?
Paint, yes, it's expensive, but, and Croats, that's what they're lovely, but go to Facebook Marketplace.
And if you get, like, you're like, oh, but I've got four or five colour whites, you know, and I can't do the whole house.
You get one big barrel, pour them all in, mix them up, and you've got one big colour white to get through.
and i think this show is so much needed because you do have the block which is quite high end and it does what it needs to do and i've been a blockhead for a long time but I do love that this show fulfills a need for people like myself that when you buy a place, you don't have those block budgets.
First of all, you got it off the ground yourself and you self-funded it, which is amazing in itself.
Because very often I'll watch those shows and go, I'd love to do that, but I could never, ever achieve that or afford that.
Whereas I feel like I watch Budget Backlash and I'm like, that is exactly where I am at when it comes to what I can do with my place.
you say if you host a renovation show you meant to be able to be a builder or something um but i mean chris brown paved the way for all of us to be able to not do that so uh so if i can do it anybody can do it i promise you and so that's where we do paint the tiles or um chuck a bit of bicarbs over in some paint turn a plastic pot into a terracotta pot yes we've got some builders around us uh but there is nothing if you've got five bucks or you've got 50 bucks you will always be able to walk away being able to do a little bit of something
give us your top three tips so because i've been in this scenario and i was overwhelmed you buy a place you've literally put all of your savings into even being able to have a place of your own which is an achievement in itself no money left over for the budget to reno you What are three things that you can do, like if you just had to do three and prioritize to make the biggest difference that costs the less?
Paint, yes, it's expensive, but, and Croats, that's what they're lovely, but go to Facebook Marketplace.
And if you get, like, you're like, oh, but I've got four or five colour whites, you know, and I can't do the whole house.
You get one big barrel, pour them all in, mix them up, and you've got one big colour white to get through.
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