This house is quite possibly my favorite house ever.
http://www.domain.com.au/Property/For-Sale/House/NSW/Normanhurst/?adid=2010025188
I would buy it tomorrow if I could. Sadly since Australia refuses to acknowledge Ted's US military service and give us thousands of dollars towards the purchase we are out of luck. But I can dream. I have been in this house many times, as it belongs to a friend of mine. It has just about everything I want in a home except for a live-in maid...well one besides me.
The great room and kitchen is hands down the best set-up I've seen for us "normal" people. Meaning if you do not have Russell Crowe wealth and live outside of the Eastern Suburbs and you can't design your house...this already wins. It's huge. Giagantic and open and easy to cook, watch the kids, entertain guests and just live. So many houses today are designed solely to save money. The great box house is popping up all over Sydney, just like in Texas. While they are big, the design doesn't fit how most people live. Not this house. It just works. Then it opens up to a great big yard with room to run. The garden's perimeter is stocked full of lovely, well grown trees and bushes. Mow and the ocassional trim, that's it. It's all done for you.
The front of the house is one of my favorite parts. It still has the old world look and it is the exact opposite of the box. Each room is slightly different from each other, giving the sense of individual space. I love walking through the rooms.
The laundry room is HUGE!!!! Designed for people who actually do laundry. The cabinets are all in the right places and the counter space is perfect for handling tremendous amounts of laundry quickly. I'm always so jealous of it when I go over.
Of course, any real estate agent will tell you that the true hallmark of real estate is Location, Location and Location. This house has it. Nestled in the corner of one of the best sections of Normanhurst. Not because of supreme wealth, but because of the people. Got kids? Your kids will find friends immediately and be able to walk to school and you to the train. It's ideal. It's close to everything! Shops, train, schools. Grrrr, I'm getting more annoyed as I type. I want this place!!!
I'm jealous of anyone who gets to buy this house. They are getting a ready-to-go home. Just move you're furniture and kids toys and you're done. Someone is going to snatch this baby up and I will be be green with envy. I wish it was me!
An American family living in Australia. While we all speak English here, I wouldn't say we all speak the same language.
Showing posts with label real estate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label real estate. Show all posts
Monday, October 15, 2012
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
More Homes Less Choices
Ah real estate in Sydney. I love it. Well, actually I don't. I grit my teeth every time I head to the computer. I marvel at real estate agents and how they act here. Each office is just responsible for a certain area. If you know what area you want that's great. If you don't, well, learn which one you want and quickly.
It's definitely NOT a renter's market right now and it shows. Realtors don't return phone calls. They don't worry about open houses advertising what time they'll be on. They have that blase attitude that is humorous...or bloody annoying if you're in a hurry to find a house.
I called about a house yesterday and was informed that an application was in and she would call if it didn't go through. She asked if I was willing to spend more a week because she had another house to go online. As we have already upped our maximum I said no. Then she said ok and we hung up. Today I checked online and that same office, that same agent has listed another house and it's UNDER my price limit. She had to have known about it but didn't see the need in mentioning it too me. UGH. I'm going to call this woman back and swallow my tongue and my toes to keep myself from asking her if she swallowed the entire bottle of stupid pills or if it was natural.
1 have 3 houses that I'm desperate for 1 to work out. One is really far out, but nice and huge. 1 is nice, medium distance away, the last is a little far away, no yard but brand new. I have never been inside any of these houses and right now I want to put applications in on all 3...site unseen. Desperation is a bad, bad thing.
Real estate agents in Hornsby area - here is what I need.
House large enough so that my children have space not to kill each other. That means 4 bedrooms. Please. I need at least 2 bathrooms. Not the laundry plus spare toilet. 2 bathrooms. I need some kind of yard. Doesn't have to be huge. Has to exist. Must be in walking distance to train or bus. Real walking distance. Not something that Cain would look askance at. I'm not a snob but can use a stove larger than a hibachi grill. I can live with an external laundry. Let me keep my dog. I'll put her outside. Just let me keep her. It must be within 20 minutes of Normanhurst Public School.
Come on out there. SOMEONE must be getting ready to rent my house!
It's definitely NOT a renter's market right now and it shows. Realtors don't return phone calls. They don't worry about open houses advertising what time they'll be on. They have that blase attitude that is humorous...or bloody annoying if you're in a hurry to find a house.
I called about a house yesterday and was informed that an application was in and she would call if it didn't go through. She asked if I was willing to spend more a week because she had another house to go online. As we have already upped our maximum I said no. Then she said ok and we hung up. Today I checked online and that same office, that same agent has listed another house and it's UNDER my price limit. She had to have known about it but didn't see the need in mentioning it too me. UGH. I'm going to call this woman back and swallow my tongue and my toes to keep myself from asking her if she swallowed the entire bottle of stupid pills or if it was natural.
1 have 3 houses that I'm desperate for 1 to work out. One is really far out, but nice and huge. 1 is nice, medium distance away, the last is a little far away, no yard but brand new. I have never been inside any of these houses and right now I want to put applications in on all 3...site unseen. Desperation is a bad, bad thing.
Real estate agents in Hornsby area - here is what I need.
House large enough so that my children have space not to kill each other. That means 4 bedrooms. Please. I need at least 2 bathrooms. Not the laundry plus spare toilet. 2 bathrooms. I need some kind of yard. Doesn't have to be huge. Has to exist. Must be in walking distance to train or bus. Real walking distance. Not something that Cain would look askance at. I'm not a snob but can use a stove larger than a hibachi grill. I can live with an external laundry. Let me keep my dog. I'll put her outside. Just let me keep her. It must be within 20 minutes of Normanhurst Public School.
Come on out there. SOMEONE must be getting ready to rent my house!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Guidelines for Renting a House in Sydney
Dear all Home owners trying to rent property in Sydney,
When listing a property for rent please take a moment to consider proper wording for your home listing. This will help make the process of finding renters as smooth as possible.
As you think about the selling features of your property please do not entice families in with your beautiful rooms, your huge kitchen, your built-in backyard cubby house and your sparkling clean in ground pool and then accept a family only to learn they have pets and then tell them they are welcome to rent as long as they give away their animals. It will save you a lot of time if you simply put the words, "No pets" on your listing. The real estate agent who spent the day checking the references of the applying family and drawing up the contracts because in his words, "This is the winner" will thank you. Particularly since he had already emailed the family prior to the home inspection saying that pets were ok. The family, who dragged 3 children to your open house and pried their fingers off the gate to the pool, and waited for 4 days for approval: only to learn they could have their dream home if they give away 2 members of their family, will thank you.
To the Home Owner of the home in question in Hornsby Heights. I know you will find a suitable family soon. There's no way a house as beautiful as yours will be vacant for long. Forgive me for being less than charitable when I wish beyond hope that your new, pet-less family has children that cover your beautiful built-in closets with fairy stickers, fills all the power points with play dough, has bowling practice through your picturesque lounge room window and decides to make the pool the biggest mud pie making facility in NSW.
Signed with Love and Regards,
Future Renters in Sydney
When listing a property for rent please take a moment to consider proper wording for your home listing. This will help make the process of finding renters as smooth as possible.
As you think about the selling features of your property please do not entice families in with your beautiful rooms, your huge kitchen, your built-in backyard cubby house and your sparkling clean in ground pool and then accept a family only to learn they have pets and then tell them they are welcome to rent as long as they give away their animals. It will save you a lot of time if you simply put the words, "No pets" on your listing. The real estate agent who spent the day checking the references of the applying family and drawing up the contracts because in his words, "This is the winner" will thank you. Particularly since he had already emailed the family prior to the home inspection saying that pets were ok. The family, who dragged 3 children to your open house and pried their fingers off the gate to the pool, and waited for 4 days for approval: only to learn they could have their dream home if they give away 2 members of their family, will thank you.
To the Home Owner of the home in question in Hornsby Heights. I know you will find a suitable family soon. There's no way a house as beautiful as yours will be vacant for long. Forgive me for being less than charitable when I wish beyond hope that your new, pet-less family has children that cover your beautiful built-in closets with fairy stickers, fills all the power points with play dough, has bowling practice through your picturesque lounge room window and decides to make the pool the biggest mud pie making facility in NSW.
Signed with Love and Regards,
Future Renters in Sydney
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