Showing posts with label home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label home. Show all posts

Friday, August 24, 2007

Our Home on Borrowed Time?

In our previous post we put up some pictures of our lovely little home. Well actually in the last month or so, the house owner had decided to put it up for sale. So for the past few weeks we had been rather inconvenienced due to troops of strangers moving through during the inspection dates. It goes up for auction mid-September. Of course we'll rather not have to move for the time being given that we're looking to buy a house within the year ourselves. But what can you do. Anyway we're hoping that another investor ends up buying our current place (it's that kind of market here at the moment, most owner occupiers are priced out) and keeps us on as the tenants. That would definitely be the best outcome. But even if it's the worst case scenario and we have to move we'll be given two months notice, so no big drama. Anyway our home has now been listed on the Real Estate websites so it's a great chance to show you folks more pictures (this time some of the inside) courtesy of their professional photographer!


















Pictures from Thompson Real Estate Flemington, VIC. and linked advertised property websites.

The furnishings are ours so try to pick out the IKEA cheapies! According to Forbes, Mr Ingvar Kamprad, aged 80 and founder of IKEA is currently ranked fourth richest man with a net worth of $33 billion. All from marketing particle board and laminate! Actually thought I'd read recently that he may have even ranked higher but apparently not, so Gates and Buffet can still breathe easy.

Monday, August 20, 2007

Our Cottage in Flemington

Here are some pictures of our home in Melbourne. It's a little Victorian single-fronted cottage in the city-fringe suburb of Flemington. Those of you who know Melbourne will know that Flemington is where the famous Melbourne Cup horse race is held during a month-long orgy of horse racing, tipping/betting/punting, gentlemen in fine jackets carvorting with ladies in fine hats fueled by glasses of fine champagne...it's known as the Spring Racing Carnival. Anyway our house is about two kilometres from the racecourse.

Kingy at front of house taken during Spring of 2006, about a month after we moved here from a dark and depressing apartment the next suburb over in Kensington.

During the warmer months, there are prolific brambles of roses in our little courtyard out the back. There's room in our small back verandah for coffee and breakfast (forgive the makeshift tablecloth courtesy of Becton-Dickinson)...

...and a great view of the nearby government housing flats! Actually we also have a glimpse of Melbourne city beyond that.