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Originally posted by MrsDagboy
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ABC, there is plenty of space for pool/boat etc without having a huge great bloody garage at the front :lecture: .
Grayling, I can imagine exactly what they are like, when I drive into the city or north up to the SC all you see is a sea of roofs . Makes me shudder LOL. there are places in Brisbane that I wouldnt live if you paid me, & its got nothing to do with the people who live there or how *good* the area is.
We dont seem to get many of the "get a new life" programs here, possibly something about praching to the converted?
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ABC, there is plenty of space for pool/boat etc without having a huge great bloody garage at the front :lecture: .
Grayling, I can imagine exactly what they are like, when I drive into the city or north up to the SC all you see is a sea of roofs . Makes me shudder LOL. there are places in Brisbane that I wouldnt live if you paid me, & its got nothing to do with the people who live there or how *good* the area is.
We dont seem to get many of the "get a new life" programs here, possibly something about praching to the converted?
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Originally posted by MrsDagboy
Cadabra, thats the whole point, why do you have to modernise it?
Makes me want to
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edited : sorry, not new, but *modern*
Cadabra, thats the whole point, why do you have to modernise it?
Makes me want to
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edited : sorry, not new, but *modern*
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Ok, maybe you dont have to modernise them, but who wants to live in a house that has outdated wiring (also can be dangerous), drafty rooms, inadequate heating, dysfunctional plumbing and crumbling plaster?
All these things were present in the first house i rented when i came to Australia. Admittedly, the style and design of the house was lovely, but living in it was horrendous.
All these things were present in the first house i rented when i came to Australia. Admittedly, the style and design of the house was lovely, but living in it was horrendous.
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Originally posted by ABCDiamond
Yeah, you have to rip out all that old woodwork, and put some decent plasterboard sheeting up in its place, looks much nicer then
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Planning here is highly corrupt.
Planning here is highly corrupt.
I would paddle into the mangroves and tie up to a tree and just sit there or lie in the bottom of the canoe and listen to the crabs, plovers, the sounds of breathing of a living environment. I loved those places. The council was conservative in their planning and development on Bribie was slow. The developers got sick of the resistance to change and got elected onto council, rammed through their plans, and left.
The swamp was drained, the spring funnelled into drainage pipes, the creek across the road was filled in and houses were built on top of the spot where had I watched the poddys sneek into the trap to eat the bread. My beloved paddling creek was stripped of mangroves, the whole site enclosed in sand parapets so the destruction was hidden from prying eyes. The dredges finished the job. The canal front blocks were snapped up and the concrete seawalls ensured that no silt built up to allow the mangroves a chance of rebirth. You can drive your boat up the canals, where the sound of the outboards drown out the last gasps of that once glorious place.
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Originally posted by ABCDiamond
Yeah, you have to rip out all that old woodwork, and put some decent plasterboard sheeting up in its place, looks much nicer then
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Someone, in the past, had nailed plywood sheeting to them
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Must have been fashionable at one time
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I took the sheeting off but still had to fill all the nail holes before they looked right
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Originally posted by cadabra
Ok, maybe you dont have to modernise them, but who wants to live in a house that has outdated wiring (also can be dangerous), drafty rooms, inadequate heating, dysfunctional plumbing and crumbling plaster?
All these things were present in the first house i rented when i came to Australia. Admittedly, the style and design of the house was lovely, but living in it was horrendous.
Ok, maybe you dont have to modernise them, but who wants to live in a house that has outdated wiring (also can be dangerous), drafty rooms, inadequate heating, dysfunctional plumbing and crumbling plaster?
All these things were present in the first house i rented when i came to Australia. Admittedly, the style and design of the house was lovely, but living in it was horrendous.
Cadabra, some of those things should be fixed ie the wiring, plumbing. As for the drafty rooms etc, thats one of the things you put up with to live in an old house. Nothing wrong with doing things to make them liveable, but ripping out a kitchen & putting in granite & stainless steel instead of one that is in keeping with the period of the house is sad.
I dont mind that you dont like it, but if you want *new* then there are plenty of *new* houses to pick from. But please, dont destroy the beauty for those of us that actually love *old* things .
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Florida, that made me cry. I have similar memories
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I agree wholeheartedly DB. That is why i do not wish to live in an old house anymore.
To destroy old houses by putting in "plastic" improvements wil never look right anyway. If you are going ot modernise and upgrade an old house, you will need a lot of spare cash to make it look good and authentic.
As for the drafts. I have arthritis and just couldnt bare it for long.
It all boils down to tastes and individual lifestyle needs. I think the older you get the less likely you are to want the hassle of an older house.
To destroy old houses by putting in "plastic" improvements wil never look right anyway. If you are going ot modernise and upgrade an old house, you will need a lot of spare cash to make it look good and authentic.
As for the drafts. I have arthritis and just couldnt bare it for long.
It all boils down to tastes and individual lifestyle needs. I think the older you get the less likely you are to want the hassle of an older house.
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I have seen some lovely 'water meadows'. in the south of England destroyed in exactly the same way
Wild flowers, birds and common grazing rights have given way to featureless housing estates
Fortunately (not if you live there) nature has a way of geting her own back
. Some of these houses now flood regularly and are becoming virtually uninsurable:scared:
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I have seen some lovely 'water meadows'. in the south of England destroyed in exactly the same way
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Wild flowers, birds and common grazing rights have given way to featureless housing estates
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Fortunately (not if you live there) nature has a way of geting her own back
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Originally posted by Grayling
Florida
I have seen some lovely 'water meadows'. in the south of England destroyed in exactly the same way
Wild flowers, birds and common grazing rights have given way to featureless housing estates
Fortunately (not if you live there) nature has a way of geting her own back
. Some of these houses now flood regularly and are becoming virtually uninsurable:scared:
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I have seen some lovely 'water meadows'. in the south of England destroyed in exactly the same way
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Wild flowers, birds and common grazing rights have given way to featureless housing estates
![EEK!](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)
Fortunately (not if you live there) nature has a way of geting her own back
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I like to think we learn from the past.
I like to think we learn from the past.
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Originally posted by Grayling
Florida
I have seen some lovely 'water meadows'. in the south of England destroyed in exactly the same way
Wild flowers, birds and common grazing rights have given way to featureless housing estates
Fortunately (not if you live there) nature has a way of geting her own back
. Some of these houses now flood regularly and are becoming virtually uninsurable:scared:
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I have seen some lovely 'water meadows'. in the south of England destroyed in exactly the same way
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Wild flowers, birds and common grazing rights have given way to featureless housing estates
![EEK!](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)
Fortunately (not if you live there) nature has a way of geting her own back
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Britain does have poor planning however there is a great deal of effort made to keep what is left. Here the resisters are branded tree hugging greenies and dismissed. Central Sydney has realised this and the growth in green and independant politicians is great news. Sadly Labour and the Liberals have ganged up to stop the new polis from forming government in Marrickville and Leichardt.
I do hope the Greens and Independants get much more power here as change is needed to stop the blatant graft and corruption.
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I like old, but in Perth you are not going to get anything old unless you have a million or so to live near the city so I am happy enough with our 8 year old box in th burbs.
Thing is though, why is it in decorating mags they have all these character houses with skirting boards, architrave and nooks and crannys
I still hanker after the country cottage thing with an overgrown garden, I think I'm in the wrong country..
Thing is though, why is it in decorating mags they have all these character houses with skirting boards, architrave and nooks and crannys
I still hanker after the country cottage thing with an overgrown garden, I think I'm in the wrong country..
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Originally posted by DianeOZ
I like old, but in Perth you are not going to get anything old unless you have a million or so to live near the city so I am happy enough with our 8 year old box in th burbs.
Thing is though, why is it in decorating mags they have all these character houses with skirting boards, architrave and nooks and crannys
I still hanker after the country cottage thing with an overgrown garden, I think I'm in the wrong country..
I like old, but in Perth you are not going to get anything old unless you have a million or so to live near the city so I am happy enough with our 8 year old box in th burbs.
Thing is though, why is it in decorating mags they have all these character houses with skirting boards, architrave and nooks and crannys
I still hanker after the country cottage thing with an overgrown garden, I think I'm in the wrong country..
You just dont get that sort of thing here, although Im hoping that when we go to Tassie next week I will be pleasantly surprised. Im sure I could get used to the cold down there
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Cadabra, yes, the getting older thing can be very true. But at 39 (almost 40 though :scared: ), I dont consider myself very old yet, ask me again when Im about 70
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Originally posted by Grayling
Hi all
Following the 'get a new life' prog last night.
I have not watched many of these shows and good luck to the family who were on last night.
Am I the only person who thought all the 'ouses were 'orrible ?
Incuding the one they ended up in?
I have been in a few Queenslanders and older houses in places like Sydney but I thought the new houses shown were awful:scared:
I certainly don't see them as 'dream houses' whether they had a pool or not.
Am I alone on this one?
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Hi all
Following the 'get a new life' prog last night.
I have not watched many of these shows and good luck to the family who were on last night.
Am I the only person who thought all the 'ouses were 'orrible ?
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I have been in a few Queenslanders and older houses in places like Sydney but I thought the new houses shown were awful:scared:
I certainly don't see them as 'dream houses' whether they had a pool or not.
Am I alone on this one?
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