House & Home The happy I love my home thread...

I figured with all the noise and doom and gloom at the moment I'd start a happy thread on houses...not as an investment....but as a, you know,....place to live.

Who here loves their house? Unit? Caravan....teepee?

What made you fall in love with it?

 

The east west orientation, with sunlight streaming in during winter but blocked by eaves in summer.

Tiny house, big garden with three very large, old and productive fruit trees...

 

We bought a new ppor last year which I love. Its not everyone's cup of tea, but I love history and old stuff.

Its a 1925 brick character cottage in a great location. It's about 600m to one of Adelaide's nicest beaches and 200m to a train station. Also walking distance to pubs, cafes and restaurants.

I love the history of the house and the area. My nana lived around the corner for 60 years and we used to holiday there regularly. It feels like home like no other house I've lived.in.

 

Pictures please!

 

I would have thought this was a typical characteristic of north-south homes?

 

How about sharing your new buy/primary residence??

 

My happy place! 100+ yo sandstone home, lovingly hand built by the original owners and lovingly looked after over time by subsequent owners. It makes me appreciate all the beauty and history of Sydney whenever I see architecture.

We bought the house!! :)

It's open to the North, South and East sides (well... quite open to the west too except for the late afternoon) so its well orientiated,
15 min walk to major train station, easy walk to my bus stop with frequent buses to Parramatta, major uni in the next suburb (you could walk if keen) with popular shopping and cinemas etc, it's in the catchment zones of very popular high schools, it's near Eastwood and the excellent restaurants, it's leafy and green on a quiet and home proud street. With scrub turkeys and other wildlife regularly roaming around...
Just beautiful.

 

Character/
Location
Lifestyle

 

So you wont be shifting anytime soon

 

J

Small besserblock 80s butt-ugly duplex thing. It should be horrible but the developer had the brains to orientate it correctly and put in cathedral ceilings and big open double doors. The previous owner completely over capitalised on the Reno's and landscaped everything put in a lovely spa, jungle and pretty much rebuilt the interior...right down to the wiring and ceiling plaster...must have cost a mint!!

Because of all of this...we never need aircon during the day. Even in the insane NT summer. Turn the fans on and the place is lovely and cool.

This would be all good on its own...but the location is the icing on the cake....walking distance to the CBD, beach, cafes, work.

It costs the same as renting too....

I literally cannot believe I have it this good in my first PPOR.

 

Very nice.

 

Definitely needs a photo or two regardless.

 

Love my fugly. Bought for lack of appeal. Ahh how the worm turns.
Friendliest, most relaxed town in NSW.
Nowhere near finished with the reno yet but no time now, unfortunately. Not sure I want anyone else in there. Prob keep it for little old me.

 

My living areas are on the northern side.

An east west house allows the maximum winter sun exposure to rooms along its longest (northern) side.

This is the best orientation for a solar passive building ( maximum heating through the sun's energy entering living rooms in winter).

Of course, this assumes that the house isn't built from fence to fence or and next to another houseon the northe sode that takes up the whole block as per new housing estates!

 

View, size, potential, fireplace, high ceilings and something different to the popular standard new build!

Saying that, I haven't seen it yet - so may hate it

 

Home is what you make it, so make it special.

I had a good friend mention that you need to surround yourself with nice things, things you like, does not need to be expensive items, could be photos of friends and family etc.


I have a passion for my daughters art, she won a scholarship when she was 16 yo all her art framed around the house, just love them.

 

Yep. That's the problem I found with all the inner west Sydney homes! All of them are jam packed together. So for those you need north-south.

Gorgeous!!!

 

Notice everyone loves these old beauties

 

Pics

 

ok, will need to work on this