I Want to Buy This House!

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!