Hi all,
I've been doing some recent looking in the North Watson / Majura Rise of North Canberra and i must say that i am not impressed at all - especially when considering the prices of the homes in these areas.
The homes are Mcmansions, they fill up 85% or so of the block (ie next to nothing for a backyard), have weird designs, some have very weird windows, the streetscape is bland and boring, very little parking space for visitors etc etc etc.
Then there is the so called townhouses in this area too - very strange designs and to me, not worth the 450k or thereabouts pricing for them,
For the people who are familiar with this area - do you like it? Would you pay 600k for a quickly thrown together box that is meant to be a house in this area?
I have written before about how depressing the quality of the new housing situation is in Canberra (for me anyway), but if this area represents what suburban life in Australia is going to become then i'll stick with the regionals anyday. At least in the regionals you get a yard, and the roads are wide enough for side street parking, and you can get at least 2 cars parking in your driveway, and more importantly, the children have a safe and secure place to run around in.
Am i just being too critical?
Thanks
g
I've been doing some recent looking in the North Watson / Majura Rise of North Canberra and i must say that i am not impressed at all - especially when considering the prices of the homes in these areas.
The homes are Mcmansions, they fill up 85% or so of the block (ie next to nothing for a backyard), have weird designs, some have very weird windows, the streetscape is bland and boring, very little parking space for visitors etc etc etc.
Then there is the so called townhouses in this area too - very strange designs and to me, not worth the 450k or thereabouts pricing for them,
For the people who are familiar with this area - do you like it? Would you pay 600k for a quickly thrown together box that is meant to be a house in this area?
I have written before about how depressing the quality of the new housing situation is in Canberra (for me anyway), but if this area represents what suburban life in Australia is going to become then i'll stick with the regionals anyday. At least in the regionals you get a yard, and the roads are wide enough for side street parking, and you can get at least 2 cars parking in your driveway, and more importantly, the children have a safe and secure place to run around in.
Am i just being too critical?
Thanks
g