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This is a weird one, from Australia.

For a start, it's hard to tell if it's a 1960s building that's been neglected or a new-build that hasn't been finished.

Then you look at the details. Concrete brutalism (which I like if done well) coupled with Greek pillars. The groundfloor aesthetic of garage units on a council estate. Large windows with sweeping views of that soul-destroying suburbia you get in Australia. Interior done in late-1970s first division footballer style.

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Monty Pigeon said:
This is a weird one, from Australia.

For a start, it's hard to tell if it's a 1960s building that's been neglected or a new-build that hasn't been finished.

Then you look at the details. Concrete brutalism (which I like if done well) coupled with Greek pillars. The groundfloor aesthetic of garage units on a council estate. Large windows with sweeping views of that soul-destroying suburbia you get in Australia. Interior done in late-1970s first division footballer style.

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Sold 38 Surrey Drive, Keilor East VIC 3033 on 17 Jul 2020 - 2014555804 | Domain

10 bedroom, 4 bathroom house in 38 Surrey Drive, Keilor East VIC 3033 sold on 2018-08-07T15:54:38.303. View listing details #2014555804 on Domain
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They like a fancy shower as well.
 
Monty Pigeon said:
This is a weird one, from Australia.

For a start, it's hard to tell if it's a 1960s building that's been neglected or a new-build that hasn't been finished.

Then you look at the details. Concrete brutalism (which I like if done well) coupled with Greek pillars. The groundfloor aesthetic of garage units on a council estate. Large windows with sweeping views of that soul-destroying suburbia you get in Australia. Interior done in late-1970s first division footballer style.

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Sold 38 Surrey Drive, Keilor East VIC 3033 on 17 Jul 2020 - 2014555804 | Domain

10 bedroom, 4 bathroom house in 38 Surrey Drive, Keilor East VIC 3033 sold on 2018-08-07T15:54:38.303. View listing details #2014555804 on Domain
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Looks like unfinished.. needs landscaping and a nice coat of paint
 
Monty Pigeon said:
This is a weird one, from Australia.

For a start, it's hard to tell if it's a 1960s building that's been neglected or a new-build that hasn't been finished.

Then you look at the details. Concrete brutalism (which I like if done well) coupled with Greek pillars. The groundfloor aesthetic of garage units on a council estate. Large windows with sweeping views of that soul-destroying suburbia you get in Australia. Interior done in late-1970s first division footballer style.

www.domain.com.au

Sold 38 Surrey Drive, Keilor East VIC 3033 on 17 Jul 2020 - 2014555804 | Domain

10 bedroom, 4 bathroom house in 38 Surrey Drive, Keilor East VIC 3033 sold on 2018-08-07T15:54:38.303. View listing details #2014555804 on Domain
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You find similar things all around Melbourne and Sydney. The land value of plots are the expense and not the property sitting on it. Happened loads in my old suburb of Maroubra. Basically some fairly large but ugly 1960s house sitting on a big plot will get knocked down and some ridiculously opulent house built in it's place. Which then still sits next to two ugly 1960s houses with 20 year old cars on the driveway. And people waiting for the occupants to die so they can do the same.

Or an investor builds 4 'town houses' or 6 units on instead.
 
My first house, sold it 12 years ago.

Pleased to see the floorboards and both fireplaces still there. I went to the casino on a Friday night, won a grand and got home about 5 in the morning. Wife went mental so I bought the dining room fireplace the next day.
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Gala said:
My first house, sold it 12 years ago.

Pleased to see the floorboards and both fireplaces still there. I went to the casino on a Friday night, won a grand and got home about 5 in the morning. Wife went mental so I bought the dining room fireplace the next day.
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Interesting to see what people have done to your old house. Mine is up for sale a the minute too:

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Interesting that they have re-tiled the kitchen but left the old crappy boiler and units in place, while decorated the whole house. I was quite proud of the job I did tiling the bathroom and thought we had that looking really nice (it was the one room we did more than just a cheap lick of paint on) and they have replaced that. They also replaced the veggy patch with a strip of gravel while the rest of the garden (never that great) became a mess. There were some big trees at the back that we didn't plant but they give some privacy, but now the garden is overlooked from behind.

A house is all about making it what you want and what you can afford, so I'm not looking with any bitterness. When we did look at buying that one, there was another just up the road, a bit older semi on a very average street. But, in the living room there was this massive, very ornate, beautifully carved mahogany fireplace. I do like stuff made from wood and it was obvious this was real quality. The bloke said it was his pride and joy and would come back to make sure we were looking after it. He has spent his retirement lump sum on it and thought it added a lot of value to the house (it had not). We were thinking rip it out and flog it. It would have looked good in some of the big houses posted on here, but a small 3 bed 1960s semi's living room it looked really odd and took up half the room.
 
DaveH said:
A house is all about making it what you want and what you can afford, so I'm not looking with any bitterness. When we did look at buying that one, there was another just up the road, a bit older semi on a very average street. But, in the living room there was this massive, very ornate, beautifully carved mahogany fireplace. I do like stuff made from wood and it was obvious this was real quality. The bloke said it was his pride and joy and would come back to make sure we were looking after it. He has spent his retirement lump sum on it and thought it added a lot of value to the house (it had not). We were thinking rip it out and flog it. It would have looked good in some of the big houses posted on here, but a small 3 bed 1960s semi's living room it looked really odd and took up half the room.
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Gran used to go back and peer through the windows to check on her old house. She'd wallpapered herself and it was rubbish, but she thought it was great. She was furious when the new people redecorated throughout as she said there was nothing wrong with the way she left it!
 
becs said:
Gran used to go back and peer through the windows to check on her old house. She'd wallpapered herself and it was rubbish, but she thought it was great. She was furious when the new people redecorated throughout as she said there was nothing wrong with the way she left it!
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Old people get like that. I remember the other house we had looked at, they were making a big deal about how they had bought new wall paper and would decorate the spare room to have it "looking nice for us". It was very flowery old person wall paper. We politely said "I would not worry too much" while thinking we would rip it off once we moved in. We didn't buy that place in the end anyway.
 
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Bog next to your bed isn't a good look.
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I’ve seen a few on here like that, the open plan bathroom. The way it is all different decor it looks like someone has lifted it out of a showroom and dropped it in the corner of the bedroom. Some seem to do it because it fits it in but there is no window. There is a window there.

I wonder how many regret it? How is it even practical? If I go to bed when my wife is already asleep, I doubt she wants me cleaning my teeth in the corner of the bedroom. If I’m sleeping and she goes to be bog, I like her to leave the room quietly, and come back quietly. I don’t want the light going on, wake up with clattering, open my eyes to see her on the bog then have the noise of the flush and refill.
 

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