imate1

Thought to share with you all.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...9/s1750041.htm

maepaulino

It's bound to happen what with all the new immigrants wanting to settle in Australia...

pete jackson

At least you can still afford to buy over there not like here where people cant even get on the housing market with a crappy 1 bed flat etc! pete

Tuxtrip

With the basic Aussie home now consisting of 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a decent sized kitchen and dining area, as well as a separate family/lounge area, not to mention a brick paved patio area, double garage and garden, let's face it - life ain't too bad.
Who really needs a games room, a home cinema, etc, etc? Sounds like too much housework to me............

Amazulu

But when that house is built on 375m2 & is 1m from your clorbond fence & 2m from your neighbours house, so close that you can hear him fart, then let's face it - life can be pretty bad.

Downies

We are selling our one-bedroomed flat for £80k and the reason it is so reasonable is because it is part of North Shields - if five minutes down the road into Tynemouth you would be looking at £120k for the same flat in the same condition!!

Roll on spare bedrooms!! I have even bought the bedding and everything!!

Paula

Vash the Stampede

"Houses become more expensive; people buy smaller ones."

And this is news?

Vash the Stampede

You reckon? Even that situation is heaven when compared to the shabby brick terraces which line the streets of the West Midlands - every one of them 100% identical, both inside and out.

I live in a 2-bed semi which shares a wall with the house next door. I can hear their TV with perfect clarity, right up to 11pm (when it finally goes off). Now that is bad. :scared:

Given a choice between a 4x2 on a 375m block 1m from the fence and 2m from my neighbour's house, or a 19th Century red brick terrace with no parking and no lawn, which shares a wall with my neighbours on both sides, I'd take the Aussie house every time.

In any case, the "4x2 on a 375m block 1m from the fence and 2m from your neighbour's house" is extremely rare; most houses that size are built on at least 500sqm, and have more space on each side.

By contrast, the red brick "no living space" terrace clone is standard fare in the UK, and has been for about 100 years.